Australia has a lot of wind and sun, but will we actually become a world leader in renewable energy generation?
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Any remedies to the South African power crisis initiated now – or under development – are not going to have a significant impact this year.
Australia is already in the grip of a skills shortage. We’re going to have to solve that before we can start on the big renewables build.
In the first major study of its kind, the authors travelled to where renewable energy is expanding in NSW to ask communities how they feel about the changes.
The tariffs targeting cheap Chinese imports mean prices in the US are higher than average, at the same time Biden is pushing for more renewable energy. But their effect might surprise you.
How governments can ensure phasing out oil and gas won’t do more damage.
Australia must treble its emissions reduction targets and reach net-zero emissions by 2035. Without this and other radical global action, the chance to hold warming to well below 2°C will pass us by.
The blocks can be used to run steam turbines at power stations as a clean alternative to burning coal, and at a fraction of the price of storing energy in batteries.
The federal government is spending $94 million to buy cheap oil. Instead, Australia should use the money to manufacture our own energy.
Sun Cable could provide Australia an alternative to the export business of coal and gas, and even reduce our export dependence on China.
Australia hasn’t done much planning to prepare for the shift away from coal. But it’s not too late to learn from international experiences.
It’s often more effective, cheaper and less controversial than other efforts to confront climate change.
Multiple studies have found the overall impact on labor markets to be minor, even if some workers will need new career paths.
Principales colaboradores
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Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor in International Relations / International Political Economy, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Discipline of Politics & International Relations, Macquarie School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University
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Professor and Associate Dean (Education), University of Nottingham
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Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor of Economics, Georgia State University
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Distinguished Fellow, Sustainable Solutions Lab, UMass Boston
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Senior research associate, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam
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Research Affiliate, University of Sydney
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PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Engineering , University of Newcastle
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Conjoint Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Global Inequalities, University of Glasgow
