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Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... housing projects, farm relocation assistance and the like", as well as improving climate resilience of government infrastructure. However, since Australia is wealthy and has never defaulted on its sovereign debt, it would be complex and difficult for ...

Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... developments all implicate Indigenous lands and communities across Canada, including 20% of Canada's electricity infrastructure. FNMPC now has 12 renewables projects with CAN$45 billion in capital expenditure for 34 First Nations, and supporting ...

Investors lack clarity, rural solutions lack funding

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... revealed that rural communities need more funding to develop and grow industries, as well as the necessary social infrastructure and services to support the community around those industries. Through FRRR's new Community Led Climate Solutions program ...

Reducing risk and navigating a just transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... community deal with the impacts of both the boom and bust cycle, and ensured a more positive legacy in terms of better infrastructure and long-term economic benefits to the region. For example, the Gladstone gas hub is widely considered a failure of ...

GRESB leader now 100% green loan financed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... This year GRESB Real Estate Assessment participation increased by 15% to include 2084 real estate portfolios, 172 infrastructure funds and 687 assets across 75 countries. Oceania and Asia saw particularly strong growth, recording a 23% year-over-year ...

CEFC allocates $100m to NSW infrastructure roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... The investment allocation will support the construction of renewable generation, long duration storage and grid infrastructure as part of the NSW Infrastructure Roadmap. The roadmap is a policy framework to coordinate the investment in generation, storage ...

Aware Super plugs in to renewable energy platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... investments in utility-scale wind and solar generation assets and other climate solutions, said Aware Super head of infrastructure Mark Hector. "An investment in the Birdwood Distributed Energy Platform is not only consistent with our strategy to increase ...

Record climate spending for low and middle-income economies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Investment Bank (EIB), was drawn from the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the Council of Europe Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the EIB ...

ACCC approves Origin Energy bid on renewable grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... generation business. After the acquisition, Brookfield will control AusNet, which owns significant energy network infrastructure in Victoria, and Origin's energy retailing and generation business. "The ACCC concluded that even if Brookfield is unable ...

Act now on carbon emissions to avoid higher costs later: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... decisions that you'd make around things like asset replacement/refurbishment cycles, in terms of location of key infrastructure assets, in terms of thinking through implications for trade and value chain, etc."