Insight
Australian Federal Government Climate Governments Insight Renewables
Do we really need 100 new technologies to drive emissions reductions?
Pending technology maturity, cost-effectiveness and potential impact, we could already have the silver bullets we need.
Michael Moore is one of my heroes, but this time he has made a bad mistake. His new film on renewable energy is out-of-date, superficial, simplistic and misleading.
Climate Insight Markets Renewables
Climate friendly investments performing better amid Covid-19 disruption
Major global bank HSBC finds that climate friendly investments have significantly outperformed global markets amid Covid-19 disruptions.
Climate Insight Other Good Stuff
Michael Moore’s Planet of the Humans: A reheated mess of lazy, old myths
Planet of the Humans documentary is not just bad, it’s old bad. But the outright lies about wind and solar are serious and extremely harmful.
Covid-19 could trigger largest ever annual fall in CO2 emissions in 2020 – but even this would not come close to bringing the 1.5°C global temperature limit within reach.
An economy and human society built on the concept of infinite compound economic growth was obviously unsustainable. Covid-19 has burst that bubble.
Australian Federal Government Coronavirus Governments Insight Resource Efficiency Smart Energy
Planning for the unknown: Lessons for energy sector from Covid-19
The current structure and governance of the electricity market in Australia is not fit for purpose to meet known and unknown challenges.
Climate Coal Governments Insight
How energy and emission projections and scenarios distort climate debate
Scenarios and modelling is distorting the debate we need to have about energy and climate, and hiding what can be acheived.
Australian Federal Government Climate Coal Governments Insight
Australia has done little on emissions, and is not planning much in next decade
Australia's emissions have risen substantially since 1990, and since 2005, without including land use, and its Paris goal are only reached through carry-over credits.
Australian Federal Government Climate Governments Insight Renewables
Industry emissions surge to record high as “safeguard mechanism” fails
A new report by energy and carbon market analysts, RepuTex, indicates that emissions from Australia’s largest industrial facilities have surged to 60 per cent above 2005 levels.
