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Why the move to clean energy won't be enough

ALISTAIR MILLS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... have seen governments and corporations across the globe coordinate and collaborate on an agreed goal of net zero carbon emissions by the turn of the half-century. In December 2015, 196 nations signed a landmark and legally binding international treaty ...

Role of oil and gas in net zero emission future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... tackling climate change "the biggest challenge we face", acknowledged the consensus position to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and the urgency to get there as quickly as possible utilising technologies that offset or sequester the carbon emissions ...

New fossil fuel exploration acreage released

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... all scientific and economic reason." The Climate Council said it recommends, based on research, that Australia cut its emissions by 75% by 2030 (based on 2005 levels), and reach net zero by 2035. But, Berenecker's colleague Geoscience Australia energy ...

APPEA conference kicks up controversy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... lobbying is inconsistent with limited global warming to two degrees. The report claims APPEA's support for net zero emissions by 2050 is only "notional" in nature and in reality it opposes any action on climate change which may threaten the expansion ...

EY names Oceania chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... agenda." EY has committed to a sustainability agenda that "includes an ambition to be carbon negative in 2021, reducing emissions by 40% and achieving net zero by 2025," the firm said. Nelson is based in Melbourne and is currently EY global climate change ...

Assessing carbon beta risk in portfolios: Platypus Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Measuring a portfolio's carbon emissions to produce a footprint is a blunt instrument that may not accurately measure and manage climate risk, according to Platypus Asset Management. Platypus Asset Management has developed a quantitative tool aimed ...

Oxfam Australia calls for stronger climate action amid GDP risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Australia. Oxfam Australia is calling upon G7 leaders and invited guest countries including Australia to cut carbon emissions more quickly and steeply. The G7 and guest countries are meeting in the UK this week. Nations invited to the G7 summit could ...

ASFI reports on momentum towards sustainable finance sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... participants are integrating sustainability into investment valuation frameworks, growing support for adopting a net zero emissions goal by 2050, reporting in alignment with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and a commitment ...

DON Smallgoods site to house bioenergy plant development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... project is being developed under the aegis of Mount Alexander Sustainability Group's (MASG) target for reaching Zero Net Emissions (ZNET) in the shire by 203, and would be the first community-led integrated waste to energy initiative in Victoria. Bioenergy ...

Using climate scenarios to assess company risks, return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... the businesses being split into CleanCo and DirtyCo, and both companies will have strategies in place to lower their emissions. "These kinds of responses and hard strategy pivots will be more prevalent over time as companies face r into climate change ...