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Queensland to boost clean economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... is still too low for what the climate science shows is needed to give us the best chance at avoiding escalating extreme weather and climate damage costs. Australia and all states and territories need to aim for 90% below 2005 by 2035 as the minimum ...

COP28: Climate finance, carbon markets take centre stage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... will see an increase in investment in communities affected by conflict, which are three times more likely to face extreme weather and receive up to 80 times less climate finance. Australia did not sign on to the agreement. Countries across Asia, Africa ...

Clean tech bags big bucks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... funded so far include: XFrame: A modular construction system Office of Planetary Observations: Urban greening and extreme weather exposure data map DiaperRecycle: A start-up that recycles used diapers from landfill into other products ClimateClever ...

Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... frequent and more intense bushfires, storm surges, coastal flooding, inland flooding, cyclones, droughts and other extreme weather events. "To my mind, it seems likely that such events will give rise to a huge drain on Commonwealth resources and on the ...

UK transition plan taskforce releases final disclosure framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... as well as the transition plan guidance developed by the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). "As the extreme weather witnessed around the world has shown, climate change is increasingly having a very real impact on companies and capital," ...

Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... by climate change calls for an equally massive investment in risk reduction through mitigation and adaptation. Extreme weather, rising seas, decarbonisation, economics, and politics all impact the sector. These issues are triggering enormous changes ...

Podcast: Investing in climate resilience - Michael Bones

THE GREENER WAY  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... directly and indirectly, saying in the report "direct impacts may include damage caused by more intense and frequent extreme weather events and reduced productivity due to altered climate conditions. Indirect impacts may include disruptions to supply ...

Climate action both risk and opportunity to Australia: Intergenerational Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... about losses in productivity, agricultural production, possibly tourism demand, and an increase in costs from extreme weather disasters. This is going to cost hundreds of billions of dollars. "The Treasury estimates we are facing lost economic output ...

Climate minister identifies climate adaptation as key priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... directly and indirectly, saying in the report "direct impacts may include damage caused by more intense and frequent extreme weather events and reduced productivity due to altered climate conditions. Indirect impacts may include disruptions to supply ...

Investments at risk: Finance "out of step" with climate science

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... collapse of this important ocean system would dramatically restrict Europe's agricultural output and lead to more extreme weather events. Among 16 other tipping points that are on the brink of occurring, several more may have already started including ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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