The roadmap predicts that by the 2030s, the sector could boost Australia’s annual GDP by around A$10 billion, create 26,200 jobs and reduce emissions by about 9%.
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At COP26, governments will have to consider how climate policies help them achieve their emissions targets and affect economies.
Continuous growth of energy production and consumption, even from low carbon energy sources, could create more problems than solutions.
Reach net zero requires policies spanning energy, industry, transport, agriculture, land use, even trade. Climate change is a whole-of-government issue. It’s every minister’s problem.
Labor is not due to announce its full climate plan until after international climate talks in Glasgow.
Developments in the energy sector shouldn’t be reduced to technological sophistication. They should be guided by how they improve the livelihoods of the intended beneficiaries.
Energy and climate policies aren’t always headed in the same direction, but if they work together they can tackle two of the biggest challenges of our time.
The cost of decarbonising the UK’s energy system is falling disproportionately on the poorest.
The seismic changes to energy supply and demand during the pandemic could be just the beginning.
The new commitments of state governments go some way to filling the void left by the lack of a national climate policy. The states should, and can, coordinate their efforts. Here’s how.
Contrary to popular belief, falling natural gas prices didn’t significantly accelerate coal power plant retirements. Here’s what did.
The Texas electric power market is designed to give energy companies incentive to sell electricity at the lowest possible cost. That focus helps explain why it collapsed during a historic cold wave.
Universal energy access can only be achieved if people have the capabilities to use the energy to transform their lives.
Landmark case highlights the conflict between immediate climate action and a gradual transition to renewables.
Labor has pledged to create a A$20 billion corporation to upgrade Australia’s energy transmission system. So what’s this all about?
Zimbabwe’s policy makers believe that deforestation is a threat to the economy, but citizens believe environmental degradation is an outcome of the country’s dire political and economic situation.
Increased business lobbying for incentives and mandates may tip the balance in favor of a cleaner US energy policy.
It has been another huge week in news, with coronavirus spikes in Melbourne, an investigation into former High Court judge Dyson Heydon, and a Labor plan for an energy policy framework.
The case for carbon pricing is not as ironclad as the case for climate action.
Ireland needs to stop burning peat, and wood from down under presents a surprising sustainability dilemma.
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