Climate Change (State Action) Act 2008
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5 Tasmania’s emissions reduction target
[Section 5 Substituted by No. 35 of 2022, s. 6, Applied:30 Nov 2022]
(1) Tasmania’s emissions reduction target under this Act is to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions, or lower, in Tasmania from 30 June 2030.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) , net zero greenhouse gas emissions means a balance between the amount of anthropogenic emissions into the atmosphere and the amount of anthropogenic removals from the atmosphere in each year.