This Month
No election road out of Australia’s energy perdition
The election contest between Labor’s faltering subsided renewables policy and the Coalition’s nationalised nuclear pipedream does not inspire confidence.
Matt Kean has ‘material interests’ in carbon credit schemes
The Climate Change Authority chairman is a green investment adviser on the side. Experts say it’s above board despite “tremendous advantage” to Wollemi Capital.
March
Cyclone Alfred hands Chalmers $1.2b clean-up bill plus hit to GDP
The Treasurer will on Tuesday tell the Queensland Media Club there will also be a $1.2 billion hit to gross domestic product in the March quarter, thanks to the wild weather.
Private jets and public virtue: unspinning Cannon-Brookes on climate
The MCB playbook is clear: acknowledge contradictions before critics turn them into weapons, overwhelm with technical solutions, reframe luxury as sacrifice, and wealth as the solution.
‘Don’t create a problem’: Advice for private jet owner Cannon-Brookes
Tech entrepreneur and clean energy evangelist Mike Cannon-Brookes has bought a private jet. Is it possible to travel in style and save the planet at the same time?
Don’t want another Cyclone Alfred? This data says one’s coming
Hot temperatures in the world’s oceans are making storms and cyclones more destructive. Australia is uniquely vulnerable.
Alfred highlights need to fix insurance industry
Readers’ letters on the insurance industry after Cyclone Alfred, Peter Dutton’s nuclear power policy, attacks against Australian Muslims, Donald Trump’s policy and the share market slump.
February
‘Sustainable’ investors flee references to climate change
Even the small activist firm that led the shake-up of ExxonMobil’s board in 2021 is distancing itself from ESG.
Climate change means Australia has entered the ‘age of the engineer’
Increasing bouts of extreme weather have turbocharged already high demand for engineers across Australia, the incoming head of Aurecon says.
Billionaire investor Daniel Besen tips into Sydney’s Climate Tech
The venture capital newcomer, founded by Patrick Sieb and Tom Kline, matches companies with large corporates’ specific decarbonisation needs to derisk investments.
The secret history of the Arctic and Antarctica
When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to shape and change the world.”
January
Postgrads enter climate workforce looking for a clean start
Demand for workers with climate skills is already increasing, as more job postings specifically cover adapting to the green transition.
Meet the McKinsey analyst turned teal powerbroker
Allegra Spender, who could hold the balance of power after the next federal election, grew up in privilege but prides herself on being able to talk to anyone.
Banks should face penalties for restricting loans under ESG
Readers’ letters on who banks should lend to, election promises, the ESG pushback, Star Entertainment’s bid for tax relief and Taiwan.
Why the ESG pushback isn’t about Trump
Large parts of the world want access to the things we take for granted, and that means large amounts of reliable and affordable energy.
Dutton was not being divisive by opposing the Voice
Readers’ letters on the opposition leader, campaign finance laws, Liberal Party preselections, climate change, Georgina Downer, Tasmanian forests, and smartphones.
Just 28pc of offices will meet major tenants’ climate needs
Government and blue-chip private sector tenants are pushing to move into green offices, but they are in short supply.
Macquarie, IFM-backed net zero group suspends itself as Trump looms
The world’s biggest climate finance alliance cited “different regulatory and client expectations” in starting a review and making its membership list secret.
Why this country thinks it will have to bring back daylight saving
Authorities in Brazil nearly brought back daylight saving late last year to conserve energy amid a historic drought that had threatened hydroelectric power generation.
Californian fires to push premiums higher, worsening poor policy cover
The rising cost of insurance policies has already meant a third of about $60 billion in natural disaster damage over the past decade was left uninsured.