Private vehicle usage must be halved to cut emissions, Climate Council says

EVs will help, but more needs to be done to help reduce global emissions, the Climate Council says. (ABC News: Curtis Rodda)

Australia needs to rapidly adopt electric vehicles, but they aren't the key to slashing transport emissions, a study says.

The country's reliance on private vehicles needs to drop by more than half for the country to play its part in slashing global emissions by 2030, according a report released by the Climate Council today.