Frank Jotzo, Author at Renew Economy

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Yes, we can reach net zero by 2050: New report maps path in more detail than ever before
Australia has committed to reducing carbon emissions to net zero. The Climate Change Authority report is the most important analysis to date on how to get there.
Frank Jotzo

Sep 5, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Australia has a carbon price for industry – and it may infuse greater climate action
Implementation of the safeguard mechanism bodes well for Australian climate policy and may also pave the way for carbon pricing beyond the industry sector.
Frank Jotzo

Mar 31, 2023

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Policy & Planning

A new climate politics: The 47th parliament must be a contest of ideas for a hotter, low-carbon Australia
Climate change has figured little in the 2022 federal election campaign. But the need for sensible, long-term measures is now dire.
Frank Jotzo

May 19, 2022

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Policy & Planning

Australia to attend climate summit empty-handed, despite UN pleas to ‘come with a plan’
The UN has convened has urged countries to “come with a plan” for ambitious emissions reduction, but Australia is not expected to propose any significant new actions or goals.
Frank Jotzo

Sep 16, 2019

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Renewables

Australia is not on track to meet Paris emissions target – not without policy support
Angus Taylor has seized upon an ANU renewables briefing as justification for the government’s do-nothing approach to climate. But meeting our Paris target is certainly not a given.
Frank Jotzo

Feb 8, 2019

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Policy & Planning

The true cost of keeping the Liddell power plant open
It is the worst of all worlds: a market-based system but with extensive and unpredictable intervention by governments that tend to undermine investor confidence
Frank Jotzo

Sep 8, 2017

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Policy & Planning

What is a LET, and how would it work?
With the release of his review, Dr Finkel is expected to advocate a “low emissions target” . But what is a LET, and why is it better than an EIS?
Frank Jotzo

Jun 8, 2017

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Coal

New coal plants wouldn’t be clean, and would cost taxpayers billions
Even the cleanest coal plants add millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere each year.
Frank Jotzo

Feb 3, 2017

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Policy & Planning

Climate Change Authority’s gamble on political pragmatism
Years of controversy over carbon pricing has both major parties scared of any policy seen to raise electricity prices. The CCA seems to have taken this political situation as a starting point.
Frank Jotzo

Sep 2, 2016

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Policy & Planning

Can Malcolm Turnbull do climate and energy policy now?
The re-elected Coalition government has the opportunity to revamp its policies on climate change, but will Malcolm Turnbull have the appetite and internal authority to tackle the challenge?
Frank Jotzo

Jul 14, 2016

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Paris agreement: signaling change for decades to come
The Paris agreement creates a mechanism to ratchet up ambition, and there is reason for optimism that the world can progressively do better.
Frank Jotzo

Dec 18, 2015

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A coal tax to help the climate and the resource owners
Most of the world’s remaining coal will need to stay in the ground if we are to avoid the risk of severe climate change: it is unburnable.
Frank Jotzo

Nov 2, 2015

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