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Carbon markets heat up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... indicating a surge in demand in both voluntary and compliance markets. Xpansiv invests in Evident US energy market infrastructure provider Xpansiv has acquired a minority stake in renewable energy certification platform Evident for an undisclosed sum. ...

Global economists identify key risks for the decade ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... social mobility, and both emerging and advanced countries are less capable of investing in the public services and infrastructure that are needed to cushion the blow. This is contributing to the first major rollback in human development in decades. Widening ...

Forestry fund raises $450m for natural capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... markets in Australia and New Zealand, targeting investments in core forestry plantations, processing and related infrastructure, with some exposure to agriculture. Investors in the first close include Swedish pension fund Andra AP-fonden; German pension ...

Podcast: Will PFAS be everywhere forever? Investing in PFAS solutions with Georgia Hall

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  SUNDAY, 7 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... unsafe by US standards. Here to discuss is Georgia Hall, the London-based ESG and investment director, global listed infrastructure, with Maple-Brown Abbot. The boutique investment manager recently put out a paper outlining the impact of PFAS on water ...

Two Aussie states ramp up climate ambitions to attract investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... agriculture sectors. Importantly, the plan outlines steps for decarbonisation of mining in the Pilbara through common-use infrastructure and the creation of renewable generation hubs in consultation with affected communities, including Traditional Owners. ...

QIC secures US$300m SLL

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Mizuho Bank, Scotia, and Bank of China. The SLL is attached to QIC' s second infrastructure fund. With US$20.9 billion across 22 international direct investments, QIC Infrastructure invests primarily in the transport ...

COP28: "Weak" Global Stocktake slammed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... orderly and equitable manner to achieve net zero by 2050 Reduce non-CO2 emissions such as methane, through develop infrastructure for zero and low emissions vehicles to reduce transport emissions Phase out "inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage ...

Government sets stage for sovereign green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... with members from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Department of Finance, the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Department ...

COP28: Australia signs Glasgow statement to end public finance for fossil fuels

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... investments across our region," Wong said. "That's why we're already contributing at least $350 million in climate infrastructure for the region, including $75 million for a program for off-grid and community scale renewable energy in remote and rural ...

Australia joins COP28 gender and just transition partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The focus will be 70% climate adaptation (food, water and health security, infrastructure and public works, ecosystems, and biodiversity resilience) and 30% climate mitigation (transport and industry electrification ...