The Net Zero Economy Authority will have a broad remit to support the net zero transition. Here are some pointers on how it could go about it, based on an assessment of best practice
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Electricity networks in cities need the biggest overhaul – but the public can help.
Supply and demand imbalance means the automotive sector may be heading for a perfect storm.
Expanding the $22.7 billion Future Made in Australia program would enhance the country’s economic resilience and competitiveness.
The phrase ‘net zero’ has a long history.
A new report from the Transport Energy/Emission Research consultancy examines Australia’s New Vehicle Efficiency Standard, finding it was weakened by late changes.
Why is Australia talking about opening new gas fields as a way to reach net zero?
The new strategy sees gas as crucial to the new Future Made in Australia policy, which includes support for manufacturing and refining critical minerals.
The Albanese government will invest $566 million over a decade on data, maps and other tools to promote exploration and development in Australia’s resource industry.
The public is largely open to moving away from fossil fuel use for residential heating and hot water.
Producing energy from harvested trees and other plants – bioenergy – might sound like a greener option, but it’s not a simple issue.
Yes we need land for solar panels, wind farms, batteries, pumped hydro, transmission lines and so on. But the amount of land is surprisingly small, when you do the sums. Here’s why.
Looming carbon budget deadlines pose a challenge for the UK’s flagship climate legislation.
What happens when statutory carbon reduction targets are missed.
Modellers of the energy transition have tended to neglect fractious international relations in their calculations.
Cutting wealth inequality could curb the super-rich’s disproportionate share of emissions.
Australia leads the world in rooftop solar per head. Can this small-scale power source be the secret weapon to fire up our struggling transition to net zero?
Any efforts to tackle methane emissions must first begin with measuring the intensity of those emissions.
The most comprehensive Australian carbon budget assessment completed to date shows the nation flip-flops from source to sink of carbon emissions, depending on the prevailing conditions.
Australia supported a phase-out of fossil fuels at the recent UN climate summit but is still expanding coal and gas production. It’s a contradiction that threatens the planet. There is a better way.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter
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Deputy Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
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Associate, Grattan Institute
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Senior Research Scientist, Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University
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Professor of Climate Economics and Policy, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
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Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds
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Professor in Energy and Climate Governance, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
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CEO, Climateworks Centre
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Executive Director, Oxford Net Zero, University of Oxford
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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CEO and Scientific Director, Ocean Frontier Institute; Professor and Associate VP Research, Dalhousie University
