The road is long and time is short, but Australia's pace towards net zero is quickening

Coal has been mined here for more than 200 years, providing generations of people with good livelihoods and lives.

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  • Coal has been mined here for more than 200 years, providing generations of people with good livelihoods and lives.
  • The Hunter is developing a clean manufacturing precinct, and state and federal governments are investing heavily in the effort.
  • Even in the Hunter, with its long fossil fuel history, change is in the air.
  • The road is long and time is short, but our pace is quickening.
  • Last week, the US Treasury advised that financial institutions’ net zero plans should be in line with a 1.5℃ pathway.
  • The progress in technology in that time demonstrated potential to bring emissions to net zero over a decade faster than previously shown.
  • With a clear view of what is needed to bring homes to net zero, other states and the federal government can follow its lead.
  • The Net Zero Authority – created in July to help “seize the opportunities of Australia’s net zero transformation” – is the layer of connective tissue that will help these precincts succeed.
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