AustraliaAUSTRALIA’S ACTION PLAN FORPOWER SECTOR DECARBONISATIONSandra Choy and Harriet GibsonDepartment of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)Delivered for the 14th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM14)July 2023AustraliaACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRYAction Plan for Power Sector DecarbonisationThe Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water recognises the First Peoples of this nation and their ongoing connection to culture and country. We acknowledge First Nations Peoples as the Traditional Owners, Custodians and Lore Keepers of the world's oldest living culture and pay respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.AustraliaA collaborative report from the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) on Lessons Learned for Rapid Decarbonization of Power Sectors was delivered to energy ministers and presented at the 13th CEM (CEM13) in the United States in September 2022. In light of these lessons learned and discussed at CEM13, several jurisdictions signaled intent to develop Action Plans for power sector decarbonization, to be released at CEM14 in India in July 2023. These Action Plans complement, but are differentiated from, other international power sector initiatives such as the Breakthrough Agenda (whose broad purpose is to raise collective ambition) and the Global Power System Transformation (G-PST) Consortium (whose goals are to convene power system operators to accelerate research innovations and foster peer learning). The Action Plans, supported by the 21st Century Power Partnership and other CEM workstreams via direct technical assistance and capacity building, are intended to focus on select implementation actions given each country’s existing power sector goals and...
