In its Climate Policy AGL stated that it will close all existing coal-fired power plants by 2050 and include carbon pricing in each capital investment decision related to its electricity generation assets. It will continue to invest in new renewable or near-zero emission technologies, and...
China and the United States have questioned Australia’s climate change targets and Direct Action Policy in a long list of questions submitted to the United Nations. China also questioned why Australia appeared to be doing less that it demanded of other developed countries and how...
A report based on a collaboration between World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Australian National University (ANU) stated that Australia could source all of its power needs from renewables by 2050 without incurring massive costs if there were clear national policy settings to...
On April 23 2015, The Australian Clean Energy Regulator who is responsible for running the Emission Reduction Fund (ERF) auctions on behalf of the Federal Government, announced that they had contracted 43 organisations with 144 projects to deliver 47 million tons of carbon abatement for...
A coalition of 43 CEOs from companies with interests in over 150 countries and territories who generated total revenues in excess of $1.2 trillion in 2014 has written an open letter to world leaders urging them to reach an ambitious climate deal at the United...
According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Water Council (WWC), over consumption and the impact of climate change threaten food security and water supplies around the world. By 2050, the FAO estimates that food production will have to increase...
The lack of certainty around the Renewable Energy Tariff (RET) in Australia has made investment in large scale renewable projects very unattractive according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). According to BNEF’s report, investment in the Australian large scale renewable energy sector fell by 88%...
During a round-table discussion on the impacts of climate change on public health at Howard University in Washington on April 7 2015, United States President Barack Obama made the case that protecting public health is as important as cutting greenhouse gas emissions in tackling climate...
