economy
Australian Federal Government
Climate
Governments
Renewables
Four ways a smart government can create jobs and cut emissions
Done well, post-Covid government spending can make Australia’s economy more productive, improve quality of life and help the low-carbon transition. Here's how.
Australian Federal Government
Climate
Coronavirus
Governments
Markets
Why the Covid Commission’s “gas fired” recovery plan is doomed to failure
Tasked with stimulating the economy post-Covid-19, the Morrison government's NCCC has come up with a gas-based agenda. Here's why it's bound for failure.
Climate
Coal
CSIRO
Electric Vehicles
Insight
News & Commentary
Research Groups, Institutes and Universities
CSIRO, NAB chair say shift to 100% renewables inevitable, and likely by 2050
Report led by CSIRO and backed by NAB says 100 per cent renewables in Australia is inevitable, and will likely slash bills by more than half under an ambitious...
Australian Federal Government
Climate
Governments
News & Commentary
Climate change could wipe $571bn from property values by 2030
Coalition climate policies set to wipe billions off property values, and be major drag on Australian economy, new Climate Council report shows.
The global balance of power is going to be completely changed by decarbonisation, and the burden of saving the world will fall disproportionately on Asia.
Australian Federal Government
Governments
Markets
Renewables
CEFC marks year of record investment, as industry embraces clean energy
Clean Energy Finance Corp reports record $2.3bn of investments in 2017-28, as industry and financial markets embrace decarbonisation.
“The question now is not one of direction, but of pace."
Governments
Other Good Stuff
Renewables
Smart Energy
Solar
Poor households are locked out of green energy, unless governments help
It’s time for governments to get serious about helping everyone to join the energy transition, not just the most affluent.
Climate
Other Good Stuff
Renewables
Clinton pushes clean energy as economic catalyst, Trump rejects climate change
With 91 days to go, Trump and Clinton sharpen focus on economic policy in bid to sway voters in battleground states.
A new trend is challenging the old argument that economic growth can not be driven by, or even coexist with, carbon reduction.
No sex thanks, it's global warming: Study finds climate change could cause declining birth rates in developed nations, with serious economic consequences.
