Richie Merzian, Author at Renew Economy

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The good, the bad, and the ugly – a leave pass for fossil fuels at compromised COP27
COP27 made important advances on loss and damage, but the refusal to call out fossil fuels and backtracking on 1.5° target has left a bitter taste.
Richie Merzian

Nov 21, 2022

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“Poisoning our planet:” Greenwashing, deception and loss and fairness at COP27
UN Secretary General warns fossil fuel companies that using bogus ‘net-zero’ pledges to cover up massive fossil fuel expansion is “rank deception”.
Richie Merzian

Nov 9, 2022

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COP27 First Day: Climate backsliding and buyer’s remorse
COP27 is all about implementation. But where things will unravel is around compensating developing countries for loss and damage from climate change.
Richie Merzian

Nov 8, 2022

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US is charging ahead on climate action, so where the bloody hell is Australia?
The seismic shift in US climate politics since the Biden inauguration has left a growing divide between Australian and US climate policy.
Richie Merzian

Mar 5, 2021

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Morrison sidelined by Boris at climate summit, overshadowed at Pacific Forum
On Friday it was confirmed that Australia has not been offered a speaking slot at the Climate United Nations’ Ambition Summit. This should not come as a surprise. The Climate Ambition Summit is, as the name would suggest, all about climate ambition – where Australia is decidedly lacking. Earlier this week, Australia was ranked second last […]
Richie Merzian

Dec 11, 2020

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Australia’s pursuit of climate loophole as fires raged at home was beyond belief
Australia’s ambition at the Madrid climate talks was to seek accounting loopholes that deliberately and actively wrecked the key decisions necessary to implement the Paris Agreement.
Richie Merzian

Dec 18, 2019

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Climate strikes have changed the rules of diplomacy at UN Climate Action Summit
UN is drawing on the strength of youth climate strikes, and the vision of big companies like Atlassian to try and reshape rules of climate diplomacy.
Richie Merzian

Sep 23, 2019

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Coal

Will Morrison kick off 2019 with massive own-coal?
The top eight reasons why federal government funding for new HELE coal power plants stinks worse than a river full of dead fish.
Richie Merzian

Jan 25, 2019

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Australia lies low in Katowice as UN scrapes together rules for climate deal
Environment minister Melissa Price kept as low a profile as possible in Poland climate talks, as Australia’s only noticeable contribution to public debate was its declared support of fossil fuels.
Richie Merzian

Dec 17, 2018

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Minister Price is not right
When the lights are on and the cameras are rolling, most government Ministers know that they must at least pretend to believe in and care about the impacts of climate change.
Richie Merzian

Oct 19, 2018

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