This Month
Climate body targets cattle barons on methane emissions
Some of the nation’s biggest pastoral companies generate enough greenhouse gas emissions to be counted as major polluters, says the Climate Change Authority.
- Jacob Greber
Support for wind farms declines but solar still king: poll
The popularity of wind-generated energy has taken a hit in the latest Financial Review/Freshwater Strategy poll, while support for nuclear has lifted a little.
- Phillip Coorey
Boris Johnson: why I changed my mind on climate change
Boris Johnson speaks with Jennifer Hewett at The Australian Financial Review Business Person of the Year dinner. December 14, 2023.
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- Exclusive
- Electric vehicles
PEP bets $250m on EV charging firm founded in a Sydney garage
Most of the cash will be used to drive EVSE’s growth and integration with Intellihub smart meters to help customers manage their charging and protect the grid.
- Ben Potter
- Analysis
- Analysis
How an oil man won a climate summit deal
In language reminiscent of an award acceptance speech, Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber congratulated the gathered diplomats, and himself, on proving the doubters wrong.
- Max Bearak and Brad Plumer
The world just made it clear the fossil fuel era is ending
More than any climate deal before it, the new pact reflects a recognition that the world is doing more harm than good by prolonging the era of coal, oil and gas.
- Chico Harlan, Maxine Joselow and Timothy Puko
Four key takeaways from the new energy market roadmap
Coal is dead, the consumer is king, rising costs are squeezing new transmission and utility-scale generation projects, and gas will play an indispensable but small role.
- Ben Potter
Is Labor’s green energy plan a Ponzi scheme or grid saviour?
This week on The Fin podcast, senior correspondent Jacob Greber on whether the government’s new renewable energy plan will work and how much it will cost.
COP28 deal says gas to play role in energy transition
Climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen hailed the stronger than expected COP28 outcome as a way to bolster Australia’s transition to renewable energy.
- Hans van Leeuwen
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- Energy transition
COP28 deal pledges fossil fuel ‘transition’ for first time
After a marathon round of backroom wrangling, the 198-nation summit endorsed a “transition away from” fossil fuels by 2050.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
Labor hits family-friendly hybrids with luxury car tax
Popular models such as Toyota Klugers will be included in a new definition of fuel efficiency and face a 33 per cent tax.
- Jacob Greber
- Opinion
- Energy transition
COP28 shows weaning the world off fossil fuels is hard to do
The hard reality is coal demand will be here for decades to come. Oil and gas are no different.
- Patrick Gibbons
- Opinion
- The AFR View
COP28: Beware premature predictions of the death of fossil fuels
Whatever the final climate conference wording, given the clear lack of global consensus, we should be wary of predictions that oil’s days are numbered.
- The AFR View
- Analysis
- Carbon challenge
Will COP28 fail after dropping fossil fuel pledge?
For the Albanese government, and many others, the test of success or failure at COP28 is not necessarily a fossil fuel phase-out, but simply making progress.
- Hans van Leeuwen
COP28 draft agreement drops phase-out of fossil fuels
Australia is among the countries pushing back against the UAE’s suggested deal text, saying the draft was only a “step forward” not the needed “step change”.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Sprawling and costly: Can Australia host COP31 in just two years?
The conference, which could attract up to 80,000 people and puts pressure on transport, is likely to come to Australia in 2026. But the decision will be made next year.
- Hans van Leeuwen
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- Energy transition
Fossil fuel phase-out good for Australia, Bowen says
The climate and energy minister says if COP28 can agree to tough action on fossil fuels, it will create opportunities for Australia as a renewables superpower.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
Expectations dim that COP28 will agree to phase out fossil fuels
COP28 chief Sultan al-Jaber told countries to put aside self-interest, and Australia’s Chris Bowen urged them not to drift apart, as the endgame draws near.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
Inside the Coalition’s nuclear crusade at COP28
Opposition climate change and energy spokesman Ted O’Brien brought half a dozen Liberal and National MPs to COP28 in Dubai. What were they doing there?
- Hans van Leeuwen
Australia’s nuclear brawl spills over into Dubai climate summit
Opposition climate change spokesman Ted O’Brien vows that in government the Coalition would join a 22-country partnership pledging to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2050.
- Hans van Leeuwen
