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Carbon tariffs on some imports urgently needed: Climate Energy Finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... correct the historic market failure to price carbon that has fed into to the climate crisis and support global emissions reduction goals. Critically, it will shift investment from fossil fuels into clean energy and the production of 'green' industrial ...

Australia must address climate adaptation finance gap: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... we have to go faster, and then we've got to get even more ambitious so we can bring on a 75% national emissions reduction by 2035," he said. While Australia has several public policy initiatives on the energy transition, Buckley said that private ...

Australians reject net zero targets, polling claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
In new polling from the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), some 79% of Australians said they want the re-elected government to shift its energy policy focus to affordability and reliability. Just 21% said they'd like to see emissions reductions ...

Labor win 'a referendum on renewable energy'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... clean energy transition - supporting jobs and economic growth, the environment, and playing our part in global emissions reduction in the process." However, the Albanese government has more work to do when it comes to protecting Australia's wildlife. ...

Carbon Market Report shows positive momentum

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... Safeguard Mechanism, are assisting businesses to make strong contributions toward Australia achieving its emissions reduction targets. In 2024, schemes administered by the CER are estimated to have reduced emissions by at least 69.2 million tonnes of ...

Warakirri milks dairy opportunity

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... regions in Australia and New Zealand. Further, these investments aim to make a positive impact through both an emissions reduction and social responsibility approach. Speaking of the new strategy, Warakirri AM managing director Jim McKay believes there ...

Climate Change Authority warns of nuclear bungle

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Operator and Frontier Economics. It found that a nuclear pathway could see Australia miss the legislated 43% emissions reduction target for 2030 by over five percentage points. Under opposition leader Peter Dutton's nuclear scheme, Australia would breach ...

HSBC adds 20 years to net zero ambitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... under the Scope 3 supply chain component "is proving slower than we anticipated." "We currently expect a 40% emissions reduction across our operations, mean that we would need to rely heavily on carbon offsets to achieve net zero in our supply chain ...

Banks' culture, conduct has government committee 'deeply concerned'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... this front while also supporting Australia's economic development as part of an orderly energy transition; emissions reduction is important but so is energy security. The committee's report acknowledged the efforts by banks to be more thoughtful about ...

Government creates $1bn green iron fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... demand for Australia's iron ore as the world moves toward lower-emissions iron and steel - and support global emissions reduction at a massive scale in the process," the government said. The fund announcement was welcomed by Greenpeace Australia Pacific ...