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Sydneysiders are being told they need to change the way they live under a radical new plan to decarbonise the nation’s most populous city. Petrol and diesel cars would be banned in just five years' time and there should be no new gas connections to buildings across the city, a Committee for Sydney proposal suggests. Under the plan, gas connections would be phased out from 2035 and there should be no new gas appliances by 2030. The influential body of business leaders and infrastructure experts have said that without more aggressive action the state will fail to meet its 2030 or 2050 targets. “NSW’s climate policies are leading the nation, but this research is a wakeup call that Sydney’s not on track for net zero – we’ve got plenty of work to do,” committee spokesman Sam Kernaghan said. “To halve emissions by 2030, the only levers big enough to make a real difference are getting many more electric vehicles on the road, and reducing the carbon intensity of the energy we use. “Both come with big social, logistic