In the wake of the Paris Climate Agreement, France has committed to cutting achieving carbon neutrality for its building stock by 2050. While the goal is ambitious, the challenges are significant.
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Canada's proposed new environmental assessment law is facing heated, if not necessarily well-informed, opposition. The real question is whether it goes far enough.
William Nordhaus showed that the market offers the best chance for preventing global catastrophe form climate change.
Low level carbon monoxide poisoning leads to a wide range of nonspecific but significant symptoms – making it very difficult to detect.
We take salt water for granted, and often overlook how important it is for our own lives and in sustaining a healthy planet.
'Energy security' isn't just about cheaper bills. We urgently need to design a modern, safe Australian grid.
Encouraging people to buy LED bulbs is not a long-term solution. We need lighting which is kind to the planet and our health.
A Labor government would introduce a permanent gas export control trigger that could be pulled when prices were too high, not just when a shortfall is forecast.
Splitting the energy and environment portfolios might sound like a backward step, but here's why it could work.
The recent Rokan block deal signals a shift to a more nationalist agenda, but Indonesia's government is still pursuing other more outward-looking economic policies.
We need to move past biased, opaque models for energy policies.
Bitcoin is often criticized for using up tons of energy. But its carbon footprint may not be that bad.
Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima demonstrated the difficulty of managing a disaster at a nuclear power plant. What is the situation in France?
The carbon tax is an unpopular and deeply unequal measure. And Sweden, given as an example in this field, needs to be examined more closely.
South Africa's new energy plan is set to be announced.
In a developed country like the UK, why can life expectancy within just a few miles differ by as much as 18 years?
Our energy supply underpins everything we do – so why is it exempt from the fair trade arguments used for food and clothing?
Big solar has a potentially bright future in cities, but we need to get the planning right first.
A recent study suggests that smart meters can help households reduce their electricity use by as much as 5%. Are France’s anti-Linky households listening?
Blockchains and AI could play a key role in the decentralised energy systems of the future.
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Researcher at the Australian German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne
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Chief economist, CSIRO energy, CSIRO
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Energy Fellow, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
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Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Professor of Climate Politics, Cardiff University
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Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, University of Oxford
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Professor of Global Energy, Warwick Business School, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Professor of Environmental Politics, Plymouth University
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Full Professor of Political Economy, University of Pretoria
