The annual report Tracking to the Kyoto target found Australia's total greenhouse emissions are projected to rise to 108% above 1990 levels by 2008-2012, which is equal to Australia's Kyoto target.

Emissions are projected to reach 120% above the 1990 level by 2020.

This year Climate Change Minister Penny Wong also asked that the report include the impact of the new Government's policies, such as the 20% Mandatory Renewable Energy Target to be reached by 2020.

It found emissions would be slightly lower by the 2008-2012 Kyoto period under the Rudd Government.

Without the new Government's climate change measures, emissions were projected to be 109% above 1990 levels by 2008-2012.

In a breakdown of sectors, stationary energy emissions are projected to rise 56% above 1990 levels by 2008-2012 and 64% above 1990 levels by 2020, with Government climate change strategies such as the renewable energy target included in these estimates.

To counter rising emissions in this sector, climate change strategy advisor Professor Ross Garnaut recently pointed out the need for investment in low emissions technology in the issues paper Research and Development: Low Emissions Energy Technologies.

He said emissions from the stationary energy sector are much higher in Australia than in other developed nations and the private sector invests only 0.4% of its annual turnover in technology R&D.

The stationary energy sector comprises the generation of electricity and the direct combustion of fuels for purposes other than transport.