A re-elected Victorian Labor government would adopt a world-leading emissions reduction target for 2035, and would advance the state's net-zero deadline by five years.
The election of a federal government that is more engaged on climate change will affect state government decision-making about interim targets, Victoria's Climate Change Minister Lily D'Ambrosio told Footprint today.
The Victorian government has appointed an expert panel chaired by carbon law and investment specialist Martijn Wilder to advise it on a binding emissions target for 2035.
Not everything has been thrown into turmoil by Covid. Next week's ERF auction will go ahead, and three jurisdictions will make major climate policy announcements within weeks.