The Leadership Forum on Energy Transition is calling on the federal government to lead a national energy transition plan to shift Australia to clean energy, through engaging across parliament and with all levels of government, communities, workers and businesses. The plan should drive a transition to clean energy by 2050, or sooner, to meet our international obligations under the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.

The plan needs to establish rules, policies, regulations, markets and a basis for investment that will power the transition. It must be founded on a just transition for workers and communities. 

The blueprint details eight foundational actions that should form the basis of Australia’s national plan:

•         Update the electricity market to speed up a clean energy transition 
•         Facilitate and accelerate the inevitable closure of coal plants
•         Accelerate the uptake of clean energy and support the development of new technology
•         Create an attractive sustainable investment environment for clean energy
•         Ensure a just transition for communities and workers
•         Protect vulnerable Australians 
•         Make Australia’s buildings and businesses much more efficient users of energy
•         Dramatically reduce transport emissions