Key state falling short on emissions reduction targets

NSW is failing to reduce carbon emissions fast enough to meet rapidly looming targets. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

NSW is failing to reduce carbon emissions fast enough to meet rapidly looming targets, a new scorecard has revealed.

Without change, the state is unlikely to meet its legislated reduction targets of 50 per cent by 2030 and 70 per cent by 2035, a report by the Net Zero Commission revealed on Thursday.