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About the author
Ryan Neelam
Ryan Neelam was Director of the Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program at the Lowy Institute. He led the flagship annual Lowy Institute Poll, was project director for the Global Diplomacy Index, and wrote about climate diplomacy and multilateral policy.
The Australian government has set a national target to generate 82% of electricity from renewable sources by 2030. The largest share of Australians (41%) think this target is ‘about right’. For the remainder, one-third (33%) of Australians say the renewable energy target is ‘too ambitious’, while one-quarter (25%) say it is ‘not ambitious enough’.
