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From ABC News (27/11/23)… Community pushback against renewable energy projects could see Australia miss its emissions targets and climate goals A leading energy expert is warning that pushback from communities against renewable energy projects on their doorstep risks derailing Australia’s climate and emissions goals.…
From The Conversation (27/11/23)… Green growth or degrowth: what is the right way to tackle climate change? Nearly all the world’s governments and vast numbers of its people are convinced that addressing human-induced climate change is essential if healthy societies are to survive. The two…
From The Conversation (24/11/23)… The government will underwrite risky investments in renewables – here’s why that’s a good idea Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen today announced a scheme to underwrite the risk of investing in new renewable energy generation and storage. The expansion of…
From the New Daily (23/11/23)… Scheme to supercharge renewable capacity powers up The government is expanding its Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) to drive the development of new renewable energy projects. An expansion of the underwriting scheme announced on Thursday is expected to double the…
From The Conversation, (23/11/23)… If we do it right, we can replant trees and shrubs to store carbon – and restore biodiversity This is how carbon farming works. Farmers plant trees on abandoned farmland. The trees take in carbon from the atmosphere as they grow,…
From Cosmos …(21/11/23)… Plants can absorb more carbon dioxide than we thought Plants will store more CO2 in a very high-emissions world, according to a new study in Science Advances. The study finds that “gross primary production” – the rate of energy captured by…
From The Conversation (23/11/23)… Our new high-resolution climate models are a breakthrough in understanding Australia’s future Australia’s climate, already marked by extremes with bushfires, heatwaves, storms and coastal flooding, is only set to worsen with the growing effects of climate change. Disasters like the Black…
From The Conversation ( 16/11/23)… How could Australia actually get to net zero? Here’s how Every bit of warming matters if we want to avoid the worst impacts for climate change, as the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows. In 2020,…
From The Conversation (14/11/23)… Fire is consuming more than ever of the world’s forests, threatening supplies of wood and paper A third of the world’s forests are cut for timber. This generates US$1.5 trillion annually. But wildfire threatens industries such as timber milling and paper…
From Cosmos (10/11/23)… Green hydrogen an emerging opportunity for regions Australia’s shift away from fossil mining and energy towards renewables could present regions with new industrial opportunities in the coming decades, the Future Energy conference in Adelaide has heard. With a particular focus on hydrogen…