Oceania

August 22, 2020 0

Australia’s Suncorp to stop financing, insuring oil and gas industry by 2025

The Guardian: Major Australian insurer Suncorp will end any financing or insuring of the oil and gas industry by 2025, adding to the group’s existing ban on support for new […]

August 3, 2020 0

‘Extreme’ glacier loss events linked to human-caused climate change for first time

The rapidly evolving scientific field of “extreme event event attribution” has detected the fingerprint of human-caused climate change on a wide range of extreme weather events, including heatwaves, floods, wildfires […]

June 15, 2020 0

Australia’s 5GW wind energy pipeline celebrated on Global Wind Day

Wind energy’s contribution to Australia’s electricity supply has doubled since 2014, after the sector added a record 837MW of new capacity to the grid over the course of 2019, and […]

June 15, 2020 0

Australia’s most efficient solar cell, next to ‘revolutionise an entire industry’

A small startup technology company in Wollongong has created what it believes is the most efficient commercial-sized solar cell ever made in Australia without relying on expensive, precious metals, but […]

March 13, 2020 0

While we self-isolate, it’s a good time to reflect on the urgency of the climate crisis

As Australian governments scramble to formulate the appropriate response to the newly declared pandemic proportions of the Coronavirus, a new report from the Climate Council has reminded of the burningly […]

March 3, 2020 0

New Zealand to divest fossil fuel stocks from government-backed savings funds

SBS News: The New Zealand government is ringfencing billions of dollars from fossil fuel investments, effectively divesting much of the country’s superannuation scheme. On Sunday, Commerce Minister Kris Faafoi announced […]

February 6, 2020 0

City of Adelaide seals deal to go 100% renewable, starting July

One Step Off The Grid The City of Adelaide has revealed it will power all of its operations and council-owned facilities with 100 per cent renewable energy via a power […]

February 5, 2020 0

Nationals turmoil threatens to spark fresh round of climate wars within the Coalition

Photo: Scott Morrison may have a climate change policy battle on his hands. (ABC: Matt Roberts) The first meeting of Coalition MPs after Michael McCormack’s re-election as Nationals leader points […]

January 29, 2020 0

Academics call on Government to ‘acknowledge the threat’ and cut greenhouse gas emissions

By National science, technology and environment reporter Michael Slezak Updated January 29, 2020 12:18:36 Eighty of Australia’s top academics have written an open letter declaring an “urgent need for deep […]

January 18, 2020 0

Australia snubs Davos session on Australian fires

The fires have decimated an area twice the size of Belgium and killed millions of animals, putting Australia in the Davos firing line next week | Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty […]