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- Climate policy
Catherine Brenner backs carbon risk start-up Emmi
Boral director Catherine Brenner is backing a new start-up that wants its method of scoring companies’ carbon risk to become as ubiquitous as credit ratings.
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- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
How to fix carbon confusion
A small Australian company is helping to lead the way towards a trusted and standardised approach to trading carbon offsets.
- Tony Boyd
This Month
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
How one simple idea helped Australia map its biodiversity
Australia is leading the world in the measurement of its natural capital thanks to a brilliant idea hatched by a group of scientists more than 13 years ago.
- Tony Boyd
- Opinion
- Coal
Despite all the headlines, clean coal is far from dead
Coal will not win every race in the move to a clean energy future. But it will be more competitive than many people think.
- Michelle Manook
Global bankers warn Australian investors on carbon risk
The world’s biggest central banks risk creating a ‘dog’s breakfast’ of global climate disclosure rules unless Canberra engages more aggressively with the rest of the world, say investors.
- Jacob Greber
ESG investing isn’t just about cutting fossil fuels
Decarbonising a portfolio requires a more sophisticated approach to deliver the same ‘look and feel’ with similar risk.
- Updated
- Ben Potter
Tesla eyes $1b-plus of Australian minerals
Tesla’s chairman says Australia has the minerals to power the renewable energy age and challenged all involved to seize the extraordinary opportunity to become a renewable superpower.
- Jacob Greber
- Opinion
- Emissions
Global carbon incentive an elegant economic solution for emissions
A global fund that charged big and small emitters would be fair, prevent free-riding, and leave countries free to choose their own path to net zero.
- Raghuram G. Rajan
May
- Opinion
- Climate policy
Carbon capture is a gift horse for Australia
After wool, coal, and iron ore, the storing of carbon could be Australia’s next big opportunity in the global economy.
- Craig Emerson
Australian carbon emissions fell 5pc in 2020 on energy advances
The Morrison government says emissions are down 20.1 per cent since 2005, the benchmark year for Australia’s 26-28 per cent 2030 Paris promise.
- Jacob Greber
Australian gas could take hit from Shell climate ruling
Courts in the Netherlands and Australia have combined with shareholder activism in the US to boost the campaign against fossil fuel producers.
- Peter Ker
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Tech-neutral ‘green’ investment
Labor’s position on ‘green’ investments – which should be tech- and sector-neutral – is picking a political fight over something that should help, not hinder, Australia’s path to net zero.
- The AFR View
Pipeliner wants ‘green gas’ target to mirror RET
Gas pipeline owner Jemena says a target for biogas and green hydrogen like the Renewable Energy Target would help reduce the long-term cost of reaching carbon neutrality.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- Electricity
Why the Hunter Valley gas plant is bad policy
The Kurri Kurri gas fired power station will neither cut power prices nor add useful capacity. But it will push energy investment risk back onto the taxpayer, writes the first chairman of AEMO.
- Tom Parry
The Rich Listers set to profit from saving the climate
A growing number of ultra-wealthy people are investing in ways to make business more sustainable, and therefore more competitive – and profitable.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Plastic
Who to blame for the plastic peril
A handful of companies and their investors could make all the difference to a world that’s awash in plastic waste.
- Mark Barnaba
Abandon coal: Britain raises stakes for climate summit
Britain’s call comes as PM Boris Johnson phones Scott Morrison to gee him up for a 2050 net-zero target ahead of a G7 meeting next month.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Musk underlines bitcoin’s biggest weaknesses
Now even Elon Musk accepts bitcoin has an unjustifiable carbon emissions problem, will we see any legislators consider a carbon tax?
- Tom Richardson
Carbon border taxes mostly unnecessary, climate guru says
Influential climate economist Nicholas Stern says any EU or US carbon tariffs should be limited to a handful of sectors such as steel.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Australia’s electric vehicle strategy is a mess
Australia lags the world in the adoption of electric vehicles, despite compelling arguments in favour of reducing carbon emissions and weaning the country off imported fuel.
- Tony Boyd
