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Climate tech gets funding boost

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... investment from collaborating partners. "Great ideas create great products, which create great jobs," minister for industry and science Ed Husic said. "That's why we're supporting science and industry collaboration with this $51 million, backing great ...

Japan issues first climate transition bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change says this commitment is "ambitious" - however, independent science-based research group Climate Action Tracker ranks Japan's target as "insufficient". Starting in 2028 the Japanese government ...

Global managers drop out, scale back on Climate Action 100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... "It would be a mistake to think that the dysfunctional US political ecosystem changes the local economics or the global science."

Queensland to boost clean economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... 75% must be the floor, not the ceiling of Queensland's ambition. "The target is still too low for what the climate science shows is needed to give us the best chance at avoiding escalating extreme weather and climate damage costs. Australia and all ...

Brookfield reaches first close on second transition fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... carbon capture and storage, renewable natural gas, and nuclear services opportunities. "All investments are managed to science-based sector pathways for net zero and the total impact of BGTF I, measured in avoided emissions, is on track to exceed the ...

Investors push for nature in climate plans

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... anticipate that TNFD disclosures will provide essential data to make informed decisions, ensuring that transition plans are science-based, consider capital requirements, engage communities, and promote a just transition. The inclusion of nature-positive ...

Element Zero raises US$10M for zero-carbon iron

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... capital firm with over US$1.2 billion of assets under management that invests in frontier technologies in deep tech and science, including decarbonisation, automation, infrastructure, and genetic engineering. Currently, lower grade iron ore cannot be ...

VC initiative to catalyse AgTech for climate solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Beanstalk Drought Venture Studio comes from the $5 billion federal government's Future Drought Fund. "We have research and science around drought, but no way to translate that into commercial solutions that can scale around the world," Archibald ...

Investors "flying blind" to climate litigation risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... diligently means engaging with the law through research that combines legal reasoning with financial analysis and climate science. Else, they will continue to fly blind in their treatment of climate risk," Wetzer added. 2485 climate lawsuits have been ...

Two Aussie states ramp up climate ambitions to attract investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... by 2050 target, having reduced emissions by 29% since 2005, according to the Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Queensland premier Steven Miles announced the plan, which builds on the Queensland Climate Action Plan and the Queensland Energy ...