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Australia has 'incredible opportunity' to lead in clean energy: UN

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... leadership on climate and sustainability reporting. This comes as Australia positions itself to co-host the 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) in partnership with Pacific Island nations. In line with the launch, UN climate chief Simon Stiell visited ...

COP29 skirts diplomatic disaster

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... year rising to US$1.8 trillion from 2025 to 2030 - which was one of the main topics of talks in Baku. The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) was "at best the avoidance of a diplomatic disaster," that came "too little too late," said the Potsdam ...

COP fails to bridge yawning funding gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Developing countries are asking for more climate financing and wealthy nations debating how to pay for it. The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) runs from 11-22 November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. So far, COP29 chief executive Elnur Soltanov ...

ESG in 2024: key trends and legislative changes for the year ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Indigenous Issues in April, the UN SDG Summit in September, the UN Biodiversity Conference COP 16 in October, and the UN Climate Change Conference COP 29 in November. At the World Economic Forum meeting in January, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... we didn't turn the page on the fossil fuel era in Dubai, this outcome is the beginning of the end," said UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell in his closing speech. "Now all governments and businesses need to turn these pledges into ...

Australia joins COP28 gender and just transition partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Pacific nations. "Climate change is not gender neutral - it disproportionately impacts women and girls," said UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP28 Razan Al Mubarak. "Already, the climate crisis amplifies existing gender inequalities and poses ...

COP27 preview: loss and damage, action on commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
The next UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in November is expected to focus on implementing commitments made at last year's conference, with the role of countries like Australia as well as investors and business to become enhanced. In preparation ...

2021 theme in review: biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... which intersect and interact with climate change, will also be front of mind. Just before the kick-off of the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26) in early November, the UN Biodiversity Conference, COP15, took place in Kunming, China. The ...

From the courtroom to the boardroom: climate change risks and remedies

LOUISE CAMENZULI, JULIA GREEN, SANDY MAK  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... focus in Australian courtrooms and boardrooms. With the UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP15) and UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) both set to be held later this year, this trend is unlikely to dissipate. These conferences ...

Beyond the spin - what did COP26 actually deliver?

SIMON O'CONNOR  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... Simon O'Connor, CEO of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). If there is one thing a UN Climate Change Conference always delivers, it is bucketloads of pledges. But if we sift through the various announcements which came out ...
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