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Future Fund to back energy transition, residential housing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
The Future Fund has been handed a new mandate, with the government directing it to prioritise investments in the energy transition, residential housing, and infrastructure. The $230 billion sovereign wealth fund has been provided with a new investment ...

COP29 skirts diplomatic disaster

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... critical for the private and non-governmental sector to step up climate financing for the Global South in the absence of government commitments, said PIK climate economist Ottmar Edenhofer. "Global emissions must be reduced by 7.5% per year to avoid ...

Experts cynical of Adani outcome under Trump

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... allegedly raised over $175 million, capitalising on a multi-billion-dollar solar energy project awarded by the Indian government. "This is a major historic event," commented Tim Buckley, founder and director of Climate Energy Finance. "The Hindenburg ...

Climate adaptation presents $100bn opp: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
There is an urgent need for investments to protect against escalating climate risks and minimise capital flight from vulnerable areas as the globe careens closer to a runaway climate change scenario. At the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) summit ...

New risks on board watch list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... extremely concerned about cyber-attacks (72%), as well as AI governance (35%). Housing affordability and supply (33%), government energy policy (25%), national skills shortages (83%), and board diversity (51%) are also top of mind for directors. AICD ...

Australia among the leaders in lowering carbon emissions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... happening," he said, adding that the last two months posted the lowest penetration of coal in the national grid. Besides the government, the investment community - fund managers and super funds - plays a critical role. "The report confirms urgent action ...

'No' to nuclear energy, 'yes' to biodiversity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Ryan agreed that the private sector, particularly institutional investors pushing for change, is doing better than the government in the renewable energy push. "In many ways, the business community has been way ahead of government. What that does is ...

Back on the huddle, fund flows into clean energy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Physical climate risks could wipe out the lion's share of investor money into infrastructure assets by 2050, research shows, but there is a way to dodge a crisis, delegates heard. Day two of the IGCC summit kicked off with a brighter mood than the ...

Battery storage the next energy disruptor

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... panel agreed that the two factors that will impact the continued development of the renewable energy markets are local government policy and, more importantly, the demand side of the equation. If people want to use these alternative sources of energy ...

Australia waits for 2035 target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... uncertainty following the US election. The Climate Change Authority (CCA) is the key independent statuary body advising the government on this target and plan. CCA chair Matt Kean, a former NSW Treasurer and energy minister, said sector pathways are ...