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The Energy Trilemma: Affordability, Security and Climate

Chris Hall

If the aim of restricting climate change to within the Paris-agreed 1.5°C C increase over pre-industrial temperatures was hanging by a thread at the end of COP26, subsequent economic and geopolitical events appear to have dealt a blow to those ambitions – at least in the short term. Beast from the east.

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The ESG Explainer: Advance Australia, Finally

Chris Hall

Many of the communities dealing with this recent flooding have already had to deal with a range of cascading climate events in recent years. Australia adopted an economy-wide target of net zero emissions by 2050 in the run-up to COP26. At COP26 in Glasgow, Australia refused to commit to phasing out coal.

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Despite the Headlines, 2021 Was A Year Full of Environmental Victories

Richard Matthews

International cooperation is the goal of the annual Conference of the Parties (COP) and despite being dismissed as a failure, the final agreement at COP26 emphasized the importance of nature and ecosystems, including protecting forests and biodiversity. trillion in assets, have committed to divest.