What do Rishi Sunak’s 100 new drilling licences mean for the UK’s net zero target?
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More than a century of research shows that burning fossil fuels warms the climate – that’s exactly why granting new North Sea oil and gas licenses is a bad idea.
Research found people were not confident about the government’s leadership in meeting net zero.
As the drive towards electrification advances, one fact seems clear: it is far easier to reuse waste heat for our homes and businesses than it is to generate it anew.
This government has taken its foot off the throttle and the world has noticed.
A ‘greenhushing’ campaign is targeting insurers, who have the power to accelerate the transition to cleaner energy in how they write policies and invest.
When people are involved in planning for climate transition that takes account of their other daily concerns, such as housing and jobs, they become more positive about transformative change.
How can the Net Zero Authority help Australia make the most of this once-in-a-generation economic transformation?
To meet New Zealand’s target of a net-zero carbon economy by 2050, industrial heat process will have to change. Here are the four main options.
Climate change is a real threat to national security. So why didn’t our armed forces review properly come to grips with this?
What the BBC Radio 4 drama gets right (and wrong) about rural opposition to the energy transition.
While the ACCC, ASIC and a new senate inquiry begin to flush out greenwashing, we take a closer look at dodgy climate claims. Complaints and court cases are stacking up. Here’s what you need to know.
CCS remains a ‘handy excuse’ for extracting more fossil fuels, our review indicates.
While the introduction of more climate policies across jurisdictions is good, synchronized policy decisions are better.
Climate models embed colonial attitudes and massive inequality.
National strategies depend on natural methods to offset emissions – but acknowledge this may not be possible.
We’re rarely aware of a company’s full environmental footprint.
Airlines are investing in sustainable biofuel startups and starting to uses alternative fuels, including cooking oil, ag waste and corn ethanol. But biofuels alone won’t be enough, research shows.
Companies seen as big polluters suffer little in terms of reputation and sales when they are found making misleading claims about protecting the environment.
Until February 17 2023, you can have your say on the government’s plan for standardised company reporting of climate‑related risks, which would start in 2024-25.
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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