# The Climate Change Act 2022 receives Royal Assent Date: 2022 ## The fact On 13 September 2022 the Climate Change Act 2022 received Royal Assent and commenced on 14 September. It set a 43 percent emissions-reduction target by 2030 on 2005 levels and net zero by 2050, with annual ministerial statements and Climate Change Authority advice. The House had passed the bill on 4 August. Parliament passed; the Governor-General assented; he led Cabinet. Later Safeguard and 2035 target are children. ## Context 2022 election climate mandate sat as parent. Neighbouring Rewiring is a neighbour finance file. He did not sit as every emitter. Safeguard 2023 is a child. 2035 target 2025 is a later child. The Prime Minister of Australia chairs Cabinet and advises the Governor-General. Parliament enacts; the Governor-General assents. He does not write a High Court judgment, a state housing approval, or a US AUKUS submarine yard print. ## Evidence and sources Federal Register of Legislation carries the official instrument or communique. Associated Press records the same dated act independently. ## Significance ## What is established and what is not Established: 13 September 2022 Royal Assent and 14 September commencement, independently reported. Not established: that 43 percent was thereby already delivered that Tuesday, or a unique later tonne coefficient. What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions. The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit. The Governor-General assented. He led Cabinet. Bowen administered. The Climate Change Authority advises.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies The Climate Change Act 2022 receives Royal Assent, not a later speech about The Climate Change Act 2022 receives Royal Assent. Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. The Climate Change Act 2022 receives Royal Assent on 2022-09-13 is not a licence to treat every later Federal Register of Legislation communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average The Climate Change Act 2022 receives Royal Assent into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to Parliament passed. The Governor-General assented. He led Cabinet. Bowen administered. The Climate Change Authority advises. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series. ## People - Anthony Albanese: https://factrail.ai/people/anthony-albanese ## Drivers - Decarbonization and climate-mitigation policy: https://factrail.ai/drivers/env-decarbonization-policy - Carbon-Pricing Coverage: https://factrail.ai/drivers/carbon-pricing-coverage ## Sources - https://apnews.com/article/australia-congress-climate-and-environment-government-politics-b998f2eaa0e3e9c5d8988f0b21ae7115 - https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2022A00037/2023-04-12 ## Methodology https://factrail.ai/methodology Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/au-climate-act-2022