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A portfolio approach for renewable investment: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... national energy market is a central tenant to achieving the goal of reducing carbon emissions in line limiting global warming to 1.5°C. But there is investment risk related to the timing of when renewable energy generation is dispatched and the impact ...

Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Murphy made the statement : "I doubt that it will be as difficult as the Commonwealth submits to establish that global warming and climate change gives rise to real, systemic risks to the Commonwealth's coffers and therefore to the value of the change ...

Renewables set to dominate by 2040

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... will decline, however current active policies are insufficient to meet the Paris Agreement target of containing global warming at 1.5C. With record growth in areas such as EV sales and renewable energy, by 2040 solar and wind are predicted to dominate ...

AASB publishes climate-related disclosure standards draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... conclusion," as well as requiring reporting entities to convert greenhouse gases into a CO2 equivalent value using "the global warming potential values from the same Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment report as that applying under the ...

Bowen paints mixed outlook for energy future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Minister of Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen delivered a pessimistic outlook on containing global warming at 1.5C as Australia heads into a "long hot summer". However, Bowen maintains optimism on the state of Australia's renewable rollout amid ...

Australian companies lagging on climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... carbon-emitting companies are still failing to align their decarbonisation targets with the end goal of containing global warming at 1.5° by 2050, according to the latest assessment by Climate Action 100+. Emissions at the 14 Australian companies are ...

Climate fund assets reach half a trillion dollars

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... change. "Our analysis of these funds reveals a gloomy reality, though. None are aligned with the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5-degree Celsius. We're not saying climate funds are greenwashing. The fact is that they're investing in a tiny pool ...

ZEN Energy recruits new senior exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... is an electricity retailer that has a "near-term science-based emissions reduction target in line with limiting global warming by 1.5°C." Key customers include the South Australian Government, CSIRO's sites in New South Wales, Victoria, and the ...

Climate minister identifies climate adaptation as key priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... projected adverse impacts and related losses and damages from climate change, escalate with every increment of global warming. "As your report makes clear, this is a systemic risk that requires a systemic response. But your report also makes it clear ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... northern permafrost abrupt thaw, and Barents Sea ice loss. Many pension funds use investment models that predict global warming of 2 to 4.3°C will have only a minimal impact on member portfolios, and that even with 5 to 7°C of global warming, economic ...