Just transition for coal workers would be ‘best of Australian values’, says Combet Economy & Industry Net Zero Economy Agency chair and former ACTU secretary Greg Combet has a ‘just transition’ for fossil fuel workers on his mind.
Commitment to Australia’s future lost in endless climate change rhetoric, politicians say February 16, 2023 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment Climate Integrity Summit laments the needless complexity of climate policy and decades of state capture that have dragged government action.
Climate change will impact Australia’s productivity, finds commission September 29, 2022 By Anna Macdonald Economy & Industry The Productivity Commission’s fourth interim report says climate change is expected to directly impact some of Australia’s key industries.
Premium Insights and analysis How to make a carbon club work June 24, 2022 By Marisa Coulton Editors' Picks The Canadian system is a promising—and politically palatable—prototype for other large emitters of carbon.
Premium Insights and analysis What if democracy and climate mitigation are incompatible? March 25, 2022 By Cameron Abadi Editors' Picks Democracy works by compromise, but climate change is precisely the type of problem that seems not to allow for it.
‘Clean hydrogen’ plan risks more greenhouse gas emissions, experts warn November 23, 2021 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry Researchers raise the alarm over the federal government’s idea of producing fossil fuel hydrogen as a carbon emissions reduction ‘plan’.
Premium Insights and analysis Four key takeaways from COP26 November 18, 2021 By Christina Lu Editors' Picks After two weeks of intense climate negotiations, here’s where progress was made — and where negotiations fell short.
The APS gets its own minister in a reshuffle of promotions October 1, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal Ben Morton has been elevated from an assistant minister with responsibility for the public service, to a fully fledged minister in the portfolio.
The future is now: how the ocean can help us solve the climate crisis July 28, 2021 By Eelco Rohling, Justin Borevitz, Philip Boyd, Kerryn Brent, Zanna Chase, Laurie Menviel, Graciela Metternicht, Andrew Roberts and Chris Turney Editors' Picks The ocean has the greatest capacity of any system on Earth to take up vast amounts of carbon. The Southern Ocean has the highest potential for carbon capture.
New tools help communities measure and reduce their emissions locally February 14, 2020 By Stephen Pollard Community & Social They measure emissions within a municipal area, such as from cooking with natural gas or driving a car, and emissions from activities within that area that produce emissions somewhere else, such as using electricity from a coal-fired power station or sending rubbish to landfill.
The costs and benefits of a clean economy June 7, 2019 By Tom Kompas Editors' Picks If countries around the globe cut emissions, how badly would Australia’s exports of coal and natural gas suffer?
Australians could have saved over $1 billon in fuel if car emissions standards were introduced 3 years ago May 30, 2019 By Robin Smit Jake Whitehead Nic Surawski Editors' Picks When it comes to road transport, Australia is at risk of becoming a climate villain as we lag behind international best practice on fuel efficiency.
NZ introduces groundbreaking zero carbon bill, including targets for agricultural methane May 9, 2019 By Robert McLachlan Editors' Picks New Zealand’s long-awaited zero carbon bill will create sweeping changes to the management of emissions, setting a global benchmark with ambitious reduction targets for all major greenhouse gases.