Response to Climate Change Authority Targets, Pathways and Progress 2024 Issues Paper

Master Builders Australia welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Climate Change Authority’s (CCA) 2024 Issues Paper: Targets, Pathways and Progress consultation.

We acknowledge that the Issues Paper provides details on the CCA’s approach, direction, and latest thinking on the development of both Australia’s 2035 Emissions Reduction Target, and the sectoral pathways required to reach that target.

The review seeks to identify technologies (including operational changes) in each sector that best support Australia’s transition to net zero based on their readiness, emissions reduction, and potential cost.  It also identifies barriers, what can be done to overcome barriers and interdependencies between sectors.

Our response provides commentary regarding coordinated government action, industry readiness, interdependence across a supply chain of multiple sectors and technologies that might assist a net zero transition.