UNGA is over and NYCW has drawn to a close. We have a 2035 emissions reduction target and a plans to deliver but we still don't know if we are hosting the 31st UN Climate Conference in 2026. Join us on 'The COP Drop: The latest on Australia’s role and opportunity' us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

I often get asked about the outsized influence of the big gas companies in WA. In the context of the approval just last week of the North West Shelf gas project extension, there is not a better time to be examining this relationship.

Australia's Climate Risk Assessment is out and making for sobering reading, but so is this excellent piece in @theenergy.co by @frankiemuskovic.bsky.social setting out how Australia's climate goal and plan is a signal about the economy we want Australia to have. theenergy.co/article/what...

Energetic recommendation from Americium Reeve!

Some blue sky (and a happy doggo) just for you Bluesky. A little moment away from the complexity and uncertainty so many of us navigate now.

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

The Year is New, the Pod is Out, the NDA has expired, and it’s time to post the winner of the 2024 Wonkie Award For Best Policy Paper Covered By The Let Me Sum Up Podcast. Three guesses what it is! Well, three candidates:

When @reevealison.bsky.social fact checks, it’s logical, 💥 on point and funny. A thread. Read ALL the way to the end for Idris Elba.. worth it.

Do YOU know someone who needs to know about climate & energy, but doesn’t have time to deal with the avalanche of policy papers? Give the gift that keeps on explaining: a year’s subscription to Let Me Sum Up, with bonus episodes galore and extra silliness aplenty! www.patreon.com/LetMeSumUp/g...

Just amazing. Would have been good for 6th in the 2024 Olympic final. www.smh.com.au/sport/athlet...

Very good by @frankjotzo.bsky.social on the idea of NDC+

Albanese government says Australia on target to reduce emissions – but campaigners say they could do more

Australia is on track to reach the Albanese government’s 43% emissions reduction target by 2030, according to the most recent analysis by the f Climate Change department.

Worth a read: Wesley Morgan on Australia’s bid to host the UN Climate Conference in partnership with our Pacific Island neighbours as a crucial opportunity to strengthen our regional ties and commit to Australia’s future in an increasingly green global economy. theconversation.com/the-australi...

#BREAKING COP29 draft proposes rich nations pay $250 billion annually by 2035 to help poorer countries fight global warming

Highlights – G77: need finance "quantum" – Panama: lack of ambition a "death sentence" – Bolivia for LMDC: wants to rollback 1.5C focus – EU: "very much concerned" – US: "glaring imbalance" – NZ: GST risks "being erased" – Marshalls: "we're playing with people's lives" – Saudi: rejects FF text

The floor for Australia’s 2035 target has been set by states and territories’ whose combined emissions reduction targets add up to a reduction of 66-71% from a 2005 baseline. 71% should be the floor with an 85% reduction needed to limit warming to 1.5 degrees. www.smh.com.au/environment/...

The Federal Government will direct the Future Fund, Australia’s public wealth fund, to consider investing in national priorities such as housing and the green energy transition where it’s profitable to do so. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...

Let’s not waste another summer debating climate science – Australia’s energy transition can work for everyone | Peter Lewis #Climate