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EU needs one-third cut for future energy security
The United Kingdom faces fresh calls to back proposals for a new 2030 energy-efficiency target as European Union governments meet to examine the bloc’s latest energy security blueprint. That blueprint...
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Printable solar panels move closer to market
Australian solar power scientists are one step closer to making available a cheaper and faster way to print solar cells onto plastic. CSIRO’s senior research scientist Dr Fiona Scholes said the...
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CCA’s Fraser says extend RET, close coal power
The chair of Australia’s Climate Change Authority, Bernie Fraser, has called for the Renewable Energy Target (RET) to be retained as is with its time frame pushed out beyond the current 2020 deadline....
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UCal won’t divest but spend big on climate change
In the United States the University of California has a US$91 billion investment portfolio and a task force has recommended that it does not divest fossil fuel holdings but spend big on other climate...
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Climate Institute: clean power central to RET discussion
The Climate Institute think tank has today called for a bipartisan approach to decarbonising Australia’s electricity sector with a goal of at least a 50 per cent cleaner power supply by 2030. It said...
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UN climate summit adds Cameron to 125 leaders
The United Kingdom’s Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron is the latest name added to 125 world leaders attending a major United Nations climate change summit in New York this month. One person...
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China coal cap, import curbs in draft pollution law
The draft version of a new air pollution law aimed at combating China’s smog problems indicates the country would impose a national cap on coal consumption and a ban on the import of low-quality coal....
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China carbon market to aim for 40% cut by 2020
A Chinese government official has revealed the country’s national carbon market is likely to regulate three to four billion tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2020 and be worth up to $72 billion. Reuters...
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Climate report smashes economic myths ahead of UN summit
The Climate Institute think tank has raised speculation about Australia’s contribution to next week’s United Nations climate summit in the light of a new report into the connection between climate and...
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Lib-Nat govt to make RET offer to Labor
The conservative Liberal-National government continues to attempt to win support from the Labor opposition for its plans to change or do away with Australia’s Renewable Energy Target (RET. In the...
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Germany charges in with largest grid battery plant
A German utility has unveiled a cutting-edge five-megawatt (MW) energy storage system designed to help manage fluctuations in renewable energy supplies. In doing so the company may have delivered the...
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Obama aide: carbon rule first important step
A senior advisor in United States President Barack Obama’s administration has defended the signature effort to combat climate change, saying while it will make only a modest dent in global...
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Greens offer Direct Action deal to save RET
In a surprise move the leader of the Australian Greens Party, Senator Christine Milne, has thrown Australia’s conservative Liberal-National government a lifeline that could rescue its beleaguered...
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Report: slowing climate change stimulates economy
A major new report presses the view that economic growth can be stimulated by investment in clean infrastructure and technology to address climate change. The international report also said investments...
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US renewables reach cost-parity tipping point
New research from the United States suggests large wind and solar farms capable of under-cutting gas generation without recourse to subsidy. The US renewable energy market received a major boost as new...
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IMF report: carbon price makes economic sense
Research by staff at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has shown that for most large carbon emitters, action to put a price on carbon dioxide has economic benefits beyond reducing global climate...
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Parties agree ‘no case’ for RET change
The leaders of three non-government parties, including the Labor opposition have agreed there is no case for a change to Australia’s Renewable Energy Target (RET). Labor leader Bill Shorten told a...
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Investors want carbon price, ambitious climate deal
More than 340 global institutional investors representing over $24 trillion in assets have called on government leaders to provide stable, reliable and economically meaningful carbon pricing. The call...
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Hundreds of thousands rally for climate change
Celebrities, political leaders and hundreds of thousands of people have rallied in New York and across the globe demanding urgent action on climate change, with organisers saying 600,000 people hit the...
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New Chinese climate change measures at UN summit
China’s Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli is expected to announce ‘new measures’ to combat climate change during the United Nations summit on global warming in New York tomorrow. Chinese official said Mr Zhang...
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