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We’re joined on this podcast by the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen who outlines Australia’s ongoing energy transition.
Several big green hydrogen projects have been shelved. An expert explains why Australia’s sky-high ambition for the industry is struggling to reach fruition.
Key climate finance terms explained by experts.
Electric vehicle sales are racing ahead in the UK – but the switch to heat pumps is lagging behind.
A new report identifies opportunities for the 121 Local Aboriginal Land Councils in NSW to partner with renewable developers and build projects on their own land.
Workers ‘on the tools’, building and upgrading transmission infrastructure, are struggling.
Cutting carbon dioxide emissions to zero by 2050 will reduce global warming, but climate modelling shows that some regions may still experience extreme heat.
Community Wealth Building offers a new model for economic development that can be at the heart of the UK’s transition to net zero
What the next generation of nuclear technology might involve.
New research warns the UK must grow more of its own wood to meet climate targets.
Research reveals that fallow deer have an unexpected appetite for brambles, a plant often seen as a woodland nuisance.
The UK’s official climate adviser has published its seventh climate budget, with a plan to reduce emissions up to 2042.
Achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 is humanity’s only hope of achieving climate security. It’s time to think deeply about our chances of getting there.
Efforts to reduce emissions and decarbonise industry must be combined with new technology that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Australia can build an industry around this service.
New research examining how net-zero announcements from the US, UK, and China affected global financial markets could help forecast what the future may hold, if the US pulls back on its commitments.
The aviation industry is racing against time to meet its 2050 net zero target. But soaring passenger numbers and limited progress on sustainable technology leave it at risk of falling short.
Your organisation should probably ditch offsets too.
It’s unclear whether requiring the fund to prioritise certain kinds of investments will lead to lower returns. There’s a bigger question – why can’t the government fund priority projects through debt?
The answer will determine how hot the planet gets this century.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
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Assistant Director of the Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter
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Professor of Climate Economics and Policy, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
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Climateworks Centre Country Lead, Australia, Monash University
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Australian National University
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Adjunct Professor of Transport, University of Technology Sydney
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Professor of Law, Deakin University
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, University of Leeds
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Former Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Head of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford
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Chair of Energy and Climate Governance, University of Manchester
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Senior Research Scientist, Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University