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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 ...

Climate Change Authority releases ACCU and NGERS reviews

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... with the CCA's advice". "We will ensure that any regulatory changes are informed by stakeholder consultation, sound science and best practice."

QIC secures US$300m SLL

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... interest rate margin. Portfolio companies will be assessed on their gender diversity, GRESB rating, and compliance with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) - including stretch targets demonstrating reduction in greenhouse gas emissions for portfolio ...

COP28: "Weak" Global Stocktake slammed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... COP28. COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber is also the president of UAE state-owned oil company Adnoc and recently claimed "no science" behind fossil fuel phase-out. Australia, the US, UK, Canada and Japan all stated they will "not be a co-signatory" to ...

Agriculture funding takes the stage at COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... responded to the government's whitepaper on the agriculture sector decarbonisation plan, noting "We support the use of science-based targets to develop meaningful decarbonisation strategies aligned with national and global targets," and "furthermore ...

Finance realignment urged as nature-positive trails 30:1

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
Global public and private funding directly damages nature reached US$7 trillion per year, while funding with a positive impact reached $200 billion last year - a 30-fold gap. New research from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) compared ...