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Cannon-Brookes backs rural climate fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... communities are already being impacted socially, economically and environmentally by increasing temperatures and extreme weather events, Matthee added. These communities "have the knowledge and ideas" required to decarbonise, mitigate climate risks ...

AI trumps climate as chief risk factor: economists

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... outlook for Australia after attending the World Economic Forum in Davos. While discussions around climate and extreme weather were widely discussed in Davos, misinformation and disinformation arising from generative artificial intelligence were now ranked ...

Queensland to boost clean economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... 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 states and territories need to aim for 90% below 2005 by 2035 as the minimum ...

COP28: Climate finance, carbon markets take centre stage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... will see an increase in investment in communities affected by conflict, which are three times more likely to face extreme weather and receive up to 80 times less climate finance. Australia did not sign on to the agreement. Countries across Asia, Africa ...

Clean tech bags big bucks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... funded so far include: XFrame: A modular construction system Office of Planetary Observations: Urban greening and extreme weather exposure data map DiaperRecycle: A start-up that recycles used diapers from landfill into other products ClimateClever ...

Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... frequent and more intense bushfires, storm surges, coastal flooding, inland flooding, cyclones, droughts and other extreme weather events. "To my mind, it seems likely that such events will give rise to a huge drain on Commonwealth resources and on the ...

UK transition plan taskforce releases final disclosure framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... as well as the transition plan guidance developed by the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). "As the extreme weather witnessed around the world has shown, climate change is increasingly having a very real impact on companies and capital," ...

Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... by climate change calls for an equally massive investment in risk reduction through mitigation and adaptation. Extreme weather, rising seas, decarbonisation, economics, and politics all impact the sector. These issues are triggering enormous changes ...

Podcast: Investing in climate resilience - Michael Bones

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... directly and indirectly, saying in the report "direct impacts may include damage caused by more intense and frequent extreme weather events and reduced productivity due to altered climate conditions. Indirect impacts may include disruptions to supply ...

Climate action both risk and opportunity to Australia: Intergenerational Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... about losses in productivity, agricultural production, possibly tourism demand, and an increase in costs from extreme weather disasters. This is going to cost hundreds of billions of dollars. "The Treasury estimates we are facing lost economic output ...
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