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COP28: Australia commits $150m to Pacific resilience

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Australian government has announced it will rejoin the global Green Climate Fund with an initial contribution of $50 million, and allocate $100 million to the Pacific Resilience Facility, to help developing countries transition their economies to ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... the CETP comes after a group of nine Pacific Island civil society groups issued an open letter urging the Australian government to make the pledge. Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Penny Wong stated that the commitment was in recognition that climate ...

Super investment key to decarbonising Australia: ASFA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... terms, in the order of 5 per cent higher than 'business-as-usual' levels," the paper said. ASFA supports the Australian government's sustainable finance strategy as well as plans for a national Capacity Investment Scheme. "The sustainable finance strategy ...

Clean tech bags big bucks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... electricity generation," 1414 Degrees chair Kevin Moriarty stated. "With financial support from Woodside and the Australian Government Modern Manufacturing Initiative, we are well-positioned to facilitate industries' transition to lower carbon energy ...

Preparing for COP28: nature and climate integration

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
As the world gears up for COP28, practitioners are preparing for a significant shift towards the integration of nature and climate in reporting. Evan Center, an expert in environment and climate change with the United Nations Global Compact Network ...

ANZ in court over climate and nature risk failure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... climate risk was not properly disclosed when O'Donnell invested approximately $1000 in Exchange-traded Australian Government Bonds. The case was settled on August 7, and Treasury was required to publish a statement acknowledging that climate change ...

Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... climate change risk was not disclosed properly when she invested approximately $1000 in Exchange-traded Australian Government Bonds. This systemic risk includes the physical and transition risk of climate change and its impact on the value of government ...

ASX50 lags on disclosure of political spending: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... enhanced calls publicly for companies to get involved in advocacy activities such as contributing to the Australian government's sectoral decarbonisation pathway frameworks, or seeking policy that reduces risk to unlock greater development of Australia's ...

Reducing risk and navigating a just transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... are keen for more coordination, planning and certainty through this significant economic transition. The Australian government has gone some way to providing this through its climate policies, and will hopefully go further with a more integrated approach ...

CEFC allocates $100m to NSW infrastructure roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... provides the SFV with a liquidity facility to support cashflow as infrastructure projects are advanced. The Australian government has appointed the CEFC as the financing arm of the broader RTN program, allocating an additional $19 billion to the CEFC ...