Yesterday
Don’t dump corporate climate targets because of Trump, CFOs say
Big business is locked in to its decarbonisation path given commitments made in other countries, and to investors, senior executives said.
- Amelia McGuire
The energy transition will be much cheaper than you think
Analysts have for decades severely overestimated energy demand and underestimated the speed of technological advances.
- Analysis
- Energy transition
No-shows and early exits make climate talks a sideshow
The world leaders who skipped Baku last week are all in Brazil now. While COPs are always fraught and fractious, this one feels at risk of sliding into irrelevance.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
This Month
Forrest makes ‘dollars and cents’ appeal to climate sceptic Trump
The US president-elect has already reached out to the Fortescue boss, who has switched from environmental rhetoric to the language of economic rationalism.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Oil and gas are ‘a gift of God’: COP29 leader
The Azerbaijan president’s opening speech was a striking start to the climate summit, already marred by uncertainty and absenteeism.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Carbon trading deal struck despite likely US exit from Paris accord
Carbon trading could help raise some of the cash developing countries need to adapt to the effects of climate change, and enable big polluters to cut emissions.
- Kenza Bryan, Attracta Mooney and Aime Williams
Why no one is turning up to this year’s climate summit
COP29 is meant to land a $US1 trillion deal to fund poor nations’ fight against climate change. But political and business leaders are a widespread no-show.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Pressure on other countries to lead on climate after Trump win
Experts say Trump’s election means countries will need to engage with US businesses and states to ensure the energy transition continues.
- Hannah Wootton
October
- Opinion
- US election
Trump is the elephant in the room on climate targets
The US election result next week will influence the world’s global climate change action plans, including Australia.
- John Kehoe
Emissions tracking tool a winner for super funds and Pathzero
Aware Super and Hesta use Pathzero software. So do 600 fund managers. It’s already the world’s largest data sharing network for private market carbon emissions.
- James Eyers
How this Aussie mining tech company is doing its bit for the planet
ElectraLith is named the 2024 AFR BOSS Most Innovative Company in the Agriculture, Mining, Engineering and Utilities sector.
- Sally Patten
‘We should learn from history’: ex-general warns of climate wars
As chief of the Dutch armed forces, Tom Middendorp was castigated for suggesting climate change was a security threat. Now his views are mainstream.
- Andrew Tillett
September
- Opinion
- Opinion
Bringing COP31 Down Under will be an unprecedented opportunity
Australia could co-host the global climate meeting in 2026 well on the way to emissions targets, and ready to drive fresh momentum.
- Kerry Schott and John Connor
UniSuper faces uprising from scientists over its support of gas
More than 1000 members of the $140 billion industry super fund have signed a letter to its board demanding it leverage its influence over APA Group or risk greenwashing.
- Hannah Wootton
New gas projects approved, but supply buffer shrinks
Labor has approved two small gas projects in Victoria, hot on the heels of a new warning that gas supplies are shrinking.
- John Kehoe
Microsoft’s climate hypocrisy on AI
The tech giant has marketed AI technology to ExxonMobil and Chevron as a powerful tool for finding and developing new oil and gas reserves.
- Karen Hao
Learning to live with 50 degree temperatures
From Dubai to Mumbai, cities are having to adapt to hotter summers, often exacerbating economic inequality in the process.
- Chloe Cornish
Farmers slam call to create huge forest to reduce emissions
The Climate Change Authority review sparked criticism from the agricultural sector over a call for large-scale forestation.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Ronald Mizen
How changing your diet can help get to net zero
Eating more chicken, pork, kangaroo – and even algae and insects – could be necessary to get to net zero by 2050, according to the Climate Change Authority.
- Ronald Mizen
- Updated
- Climate policy
Matt Kean unveils plan to achieve net zero by 2050
The Climate Change Authority’s landmark report downplayed the Coalition’s nuclear ambitions and said wind and solar generation needs to move faster to ensure Australia’s net zero ambitions are not derailed.
- Ronald Mizen and Angela Macdonald-Smith