Climate change is the most pressing issue of our time – so what have the Coalition and the Labor party actually promised? Five experts grade different aspects of their climate policies.
Managing the transition to a net-zero emissions economy must be a priority task for the next government. Our strategic and economic success depends on it.
The threat of expensive payouts may already be having an effect.
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A new study adds up the potential legal and financial risk countries could face from hundreds of agreements, like those under the Energy Charter Treaty.
Notwithstanding COVID, this political term has been framed by extreme events such as the Black Summer bushfires and floods – and it will show at the ballot box.
Solar panels have become increasingly common on homes as prices have fallen.
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Solutions already exist. What’s holding humanity back is the will to get past the status quo and embrace innovation.
Canada is the fourth-largest oil producer in the world, with almost all of its crude oil headed for the United States.
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The recently released Emissions Reductions Plan aims to put Canada on track to reduce emissions by up to 45 per cent from 2005 and reach net-zero emissions by 2050. It will do neither.
It is deeply regretful that the budget and forward estimates don’t specifically recognise the ongoing scale and the fiscal impact of climate disasters.
RioTinto’s Kennecott mine in Utah produces a variety of metals, including copper, gold and silver.
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Sally Innis, University of British Columbia; Benjamin Cox, University of British Columbia; John Steen, University of British Columbia, and Nadja Kunz, University of British Columbia
Simple economic modelling shows the mining industry would benefit from a carbon tax.
The SEC’s proposed rules include some reporting of so-called Scope 3 emissions, in companies’ supply chains and use of their products.
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Matthew E. Kahn, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Human behaviors shift. Policies change. New technology arrives and evolves. All those changes and more are hard to predict, and they affect tomorrow’s costs.
The Capitol Power Plant, which uses fossil fuels.
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Jim Krane, Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University and Mark Finley, Rice University
The social cost helps regulators factor in harm from climate change when they consider new rules and purchases, like buying electric- vs. gas-powered trucks for the Postal Service.
The proposal is likely to mean economic and diplomatic costs for Australia, and should ring alarm bells in Canberra.
Climate marches, like this one in Glasgow during the COP26 climate conference in November 2021, can help people move from worry to action.
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