Of all Australia’s climate policies, the Renewable Energy Target has been the most effective. Why have Australian governments moved away from it, and how can they revive it?
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The transition to net zero emissions is under grave threat if governments do not do more to address the potential unfairness of some climate policies.
Australia’s move towards net zero emissoions by 2020 is in danger of stalling. If it is not to fail, the nation urgently needs a government plan, aligned with industry and with public support.
The Biden Administration’s signature climate legislation is unleashing a wave of clean energy investment, along with some opportunities and risks for countries like Australia.
Getting to Zero, a new series in The Conversation starting today, examines how – and whether – Australia can meet its net zero emissions target by 2050.
The widespread pessimism about our ability to solve climate change is misplaced. Australia is putting in place the fundamentals of a net zero future. Now we need to go faster.
The rising climate crisis presents an existential threat to humanity yet our government and political system are on a go-slow response. Is this issue too hard for humans to solve?
We can construct buildings that reduce atmospheric CO₂ by more than their lifetime emissions. They now don’t cost much more – and a project involving 1.2 million homes would drive costs down further.
Top contributors
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Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Australian and Aboriginal History, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW
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Professor, Australian National University
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Professor of Sustainable Future Transport, University of Sydney
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Climate Program Manager, Institute of Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Researcher in architecture and urban planning, Climateworks Centre
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CEO, UNSW Energy Institute, UNSW
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW
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Senior Fellow in Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Chair of ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Biotechnology, The University of Queensland
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Redmond Barry Professor of Political Science, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor of Politics, La Trobe University
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Senior lecturer in Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW