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CEFC commits $98 million in finance to Victoria's Bannerton Solar Park

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... Melbourne's iconic tram network, reducing the city's public transport emissions, making an important contribution to decarbonisation of the economy." The project is being developed by a joint venture between independent global infrastructure and private ...

CEFC allocates up to $150 million to Qube Holdings for transport terminal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... freight connectivity for years to come. This project, and others like it, are essential for us to progress down a decarbonisation pathway to net zero emissions by the second half of the century while improving the sustainability of our cities." The CEFC ...

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures releases final report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... release of the final TCFD recommendations are a significant milestone as industry gets on with the business of decarbonisation and adapting to the effects of climate change".

Challenges to Carbon Capture and Storage adaptation in Australia: Credit Suisse

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... is "an if (not when) proposition at this stage in the game, with implications for Australian power mix under a decarbonisation scenario," the report notes. "There's a long way to go until CCS is viable in Australia, particularly around whether it has ...

EY issues call to action to companies over social license to operate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... with the goals of meeting a sub-2 degree climate future. "If you look at it, the Paris Agreement is a call for decarbonisation," Bell said. "It's not about seeking efficiencies, it's not about seeking solutions to minimise impacts, it's about decarbonisation. ...

Shell Scenarios on pathways to net-zero emissions

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... said Jeremy Bentham, head of Shell Scenarios. Bentham was present in Melbourne last week to discuss pathways to decarbonisation at Melbourne University. While being an oil and gas company, Bentham underlines the importance for Shell to be "part of the ...

QIC invests $800m in Powering Australian Renewables Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... integral to creating sustainable conditions for further investment in new renewables and Australia's pathway to decarbonisation. We look forward to working with energy industry participants, the government and the community to address this." The Future ...

Paris Agreement: implications for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... at the COP 21 United Nations Climate Change Conference is widely seen as a historic deal that will lead to the decarbonisation of the global economy. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Although Australia has signed on to the agreement, it is ...

AXA IM to launch second impact investing fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... of livelihoods through the utilisation of carbon credits for rainforest protection." AXA IM believes that the decarbonisation of the global economy is underway, with the Paris Climate Change Summit (COP21) a part of the roadmap. "We are not expecting ...

Draft Low Carbon Transport Standard issued for bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... that US$15.7 trn in additional transport related investment will be required to 2050 to achieve the necessary decarbonisation of our transport systems. On average that's $450bn per year, or a third of current annual global investments in land transport. ...