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FY22 budget proposes "technology not taxes" for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... taxes" to manage climate change, with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announcing a further $1.6 billion commitment to drive abatement of greenhouse gas emissions. Delivering the 2021/2022 federal budget, Frydenberg affirmed a series of allocations under Australia's ...

Agriculture sector can contribute to climate solutions: GreenCollar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... changes in crop production, fertilizer uses, native vegetation projects," Schultz said. "All of these areas have huge abatement potential, and the pathway to commodifying or pricing this stuff isn't limited to doing this under the ERF." Schultz noted ...

Bank, state government become first buyers of Reef Credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... have been purchased by HSBC and the Queensland government are based on three methodologies. The first one focuses on abatement of sediment flows on to the Great Barrier Reef by improving gully systems that become degraded through activities related to ...

ARENA, CEFC changes open door to CCS, hydrogen investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... and permanently held oil and gas in place for tens of millions of years," Gallagher said. "Australia needs low-cost abatement to maintain our position as a leading energy exporter and manufacturer of energy-intensive materials, and to enable new industries ...

GreenCollar secures funding for Queensland carbon farming projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... land-sector projects that deliver additional environmental, social and economic co-benefits. Carbon farming refers to carbon abatement and sequestration activities on agricultural land. The Queensland Government is investing up to $100 million in 2020 ...

CEFC invests $1.7 million in Australian agritech company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... come from protecting existing soil carbon stores in the world's forests, peatlands and wetlands. But significant carbon abatement could also be achieved by supporting farmers to adopt new agricultural practices to enhance soil carbon on their land, leading ...

CEFC to oversee $300m Advancing Hydrogen Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... the CEFC said. "Accelerating the transition to green ammonia, produced using renewable energy, represents a sizeable abatement opportunity for Australia, with the potential to position Australia as a leading global producer and exporter of green ammonia," ...

Governance Institute releases climate change risk disclosure guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... many sustainability frameworks, so many reporting mechanisms, so may different ways to count credits and carbon and abatement, providing some guidance as to what we think is a good framework is very important. It's assisted them to have clarity on the ...

VicSuper: $3 billion in assets linked to sustainable outcomes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... equity share basis, our investments and what that means in terms of megawatts of renewable energy, and the greenhouse gas abatement they're creating. We measured the number of sustainable transport passenger journeys as a result of our investments. We ...

CEFC makes its 10th investment in large-scale wind farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... to power around 55,000 homes each year. It is expected to deliver more than eight million tonnes of carbon emissions abatement over its lifetime. CEFC's overall commitment to wind has topped $700 million since it began investing in 2013, catalysing an ...