Divestment from fossil fuels, advocated by climate action campaigners such as Bill McKibben, is a blunt instrument for reducing carbon emissions, according to climate risk analyst Robert Litterman in an…
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In 2013 Imperial Tobacco, one of four major transnational tobacco companies, posted its first fall in profits in 17 years. One could be forgiven for thinking from the proposed introduction of new restrictions…
In June 2013, author, activist and academic Bill McKibben is visiting Australia and New Zealand as part of the Do the Maths tour. He has been discussing the carbon bubble, fossil fuels, climate change…
Earlier this month, Australia’s Big Four banks copped a serve over their support of the coal and gas extraction industries, focusing attention on the ways large banks’ investment decisions can put the…
One quarter of Australians would be willing to switch superannuation funds to avoid investing in coal or coal seam gas, according to a recent survey. Not only does this research raise important questions…
The recent news out of the RIO+20 summit is dire. No collective pre-agreement, no institutional change, no investment. The difference between RIO+20 and Kyoto was that at least Kyoto created an agreement…
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Professor of Finance, President, UWA Academic Staff Association, The University of Western Australia
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Accounting, Durham University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Professor in Intellectual Property and Innovation Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Theology, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Organisational Studies, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Government, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University
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Professor and Chair, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor, Conservation Planning, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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PhD Researcher, Marine Conservation Finance, James Cook University
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Chair & Professor of International Business, University of Manchester
