This Month
Pathzero reinforces green credentials for asset managers
Pathzero has developed the largest private markets emissions data network globally, and wins the small organisation category in the Sustainability Leaders list.
Australia must overcome these challenges to meet its net zero targets
A massively complex and expensive task is ahead for Australia to decarbonise its power supply and infrastructure. To start, it will take a lot of building.
Is it time for standalone Suncorp to find its Warren Buffett?
The company promised us a leaner, meaner insurer. Investors are yet to see it. However, the next few weeks could be telling.
Storm tamer wants to put a dent in Australia’s cyclones
He’s a college dropout who has the ear of climate scientists and even the Australian government with his sci-fi-sounding plan to stop cyclones and hurricanes.
Labor is adrift on gas policy. Here’s why that’s bad
Without a clear strategy, Labor leaves the field open to those who insist we should stop all gas now, and those who argue that gas will be around for many decades yet.
How AI is being used to save the Great Barrier Reef
Humans and robots are working in tandem on reef conservation efforts that are about to be rolled out around the world.
Tuvalu said gas project decision was a matter of trust. Then it wasn’t
A small Pacific Island nation came out firing against Labor’s North West Shelf call. Then it backtracked.
May
Bowen enjoys AEMO energy boost
The climate change and energy minister is the happy recipient of some good timing.
Dramatic glacier collapse buries Swiss alpine village
At least one person is missing after Blatten village in southern Switzerland was buried beneath tonnes of debris from the Birch Glacier.
Before you trash carbon offsets, ask who pays for conservation
If private land-based funding isn’t going to come from taxpayers, then we should be striving to grow markets that support genuine conservation efforts.
Nats’ demands could make them leave Coalition
The Nationals are urging the Liberals to stay committed to certain key policies as a condition of staying in the partnership.
Hardest part of net zero challenge still ahead for Labor
Labor may have neutralised its opponent, but that was the easy part. Now Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has his work cut out for him.
Ley can’t win in 2028 but maybe she can carve a competitive Coalition
Sussan Ley’s challenge is so onerous that just making it to the next election will be achievement enough.
Clean Energy Council gets the hots for gas
Is there any climate change or energy transition that doesn’t somehow have links to Andrew Forrest?
‘Green Macquarie’ Pollination fails to raise $150m venture fund
Despite securing cornerstone investment from Queensland’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, Pollination has had to scrap ambitions to invest in climate start-ups.
April
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?