Net zero now – it’s the economy AND the planet
In Australia, as elsewhere, the climate wars have focused on the climate versus jobs dichotomy. Yet while Australia remains highly dependent on fossil fuel extraction for its national economic prosperity it has also become increasingly unequal in its distribution of that wealth.
Securing energy and reducing carbon – making the hard decisions
How much electricity will we need in the future? We don’t know the answer and yet governments must make decisions, set policies and plan for the absolute certainly that is climate change.
Making room for the rivers
When deciding if they should live with or fight the floods, Australia and many other countries can learn from the Netherlands.
Running out of water on the blue planet
How do governments close the water management gap and improve universal access to water?
What this year’s El Niño means for wheat and global food supply
The new El Niño is unlikely to significantly increase global food prices, but some parts of the world will feel the pain.
Can marketing be a force for good in the world?
Without marketing, businesses engaging in strategies relating to the UN Sustainable Development Goals are unlikely to achieve their strategic goals.
Solar overtakes oil investment – at last
The shift in energy investment over the last eight years is a key signal that change is possible.
What the DAC? Can Direct Air Capture help save the planet from global warming?
Once the ‘ugly duckling’ of decarbonisation, direct air capture is finally winning friends and influence.
Resource security for renewable energy? No worries!
Is it possible to power the world’s energy needs and also reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
COP27 and moving forward with climate change responses
This week: we talk to Christopher Wright about COP27 and how to move forward with responses to climate change.
Coal, oil and gas and their inflationary problem
The clean energy transition is inevitable one way or another, but will greenflation be an issue along the way?
A technologically advanced society is choosing to destroy itself. It’s both fascinating and horrifying to watch
Why does civil society accept a system that condemns today’s children life on a hostile planet? And what can we do about it?