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Super funds set renewables targets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has welcomed the decision at a recent Treasury investor roundtable to progress work towards encouraging greater investment in Australia's renewables transition. The roundtable was for the ...

New tool sniffs out greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Future Group's new and much-needed green lie detector has been made open source, available for free for all. The tool developed in partnership with the University of Technology Sydney's Institute for Sustainable Futures promises to help investors ...

Podcast: How Trump will impact global clean energy and climate finance with Lachlan Carey

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... policies globally in driving clean energy investment. He will also wind back environmental protection laws, exit the Paris Agreement, and "Drill, baby, drill!" (for fossil fuels). Trump himself believes climate change is a "scam", and just last week ...

Climate adaptation presents $100bn opp: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Policy Office (NAPO), which coordinates climate adaptation work across all governments. The chance of meeting the Paris Agreement of 1.5C is low, and humanity has already breached six of nine irreversible tipping points in the planetary system.

Australia among the leaders in lowering carbon emissions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Defying the global increase of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel, Australia has slashed its emissions year-on-year, a trend likely to continue. A research report 'The Global Carbon Budget' released this week in time for COP29 found the ...

Back on the huddle, fund flows into clean energy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... generation and storage, transition minerals, electric vehicles, and turbines and solar PV. Even if the US exit the Paris Agreement under Trump, which could hurt global emissions in the next four years, Fraser said Australia does not need to import US ...

Climate debate shifts gears after Trump win: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Climate Change (IGCC) summit 2024. Trump's vows to repeal the IRA and environmental protection laws, exit the Paris Agreement, and increase spending on oil. This signifies an increase in global emissions by four billion tons to 2030, according to ...

UniSuper defends APA stake amid member backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... carbon dioxide. The UniSuper investment in APA is not consistent with its commitment to support action to meet the Paris Agreement targets. All new fossil gas extraction projects in Australia need to be stopped." A UniSuper spokesperson said the superfund ...

Natural gas buyout bulldozes investors: Analysts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... fuel expansion, despite the investor vote for a stronger transition plan. This conflicts with the company's Paris Agreement commitments, said Erica Hall, author of 'Top Stocks Special Edition - Ethical, Sustainable, Responsible'. "The company's ...

Indices move beyond carbon tunnel vision

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... invested in resources to also evaluate other climate characteristics of companies such as their alignment with the Paris Agreement, whether companies provide solutions to lower the world's future emissions and their level of climate transition risk. ...