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Climate Change Authority releases ACCU and NGERS reviews

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Scheme and the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011. The Climate Change Authority (CCA) is required to review the CFI Act every three years and the NGER Scheme every five years. The Department of ...

Preparing for mandatory climate reporting: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... brought to you by Energetics In 2024, Australian business will need to focus on the strength of their response to climate change, with government aiming to legislate mandatory climate disclosures for Australian companies based on the International Sustainability ...

The rise and rise of ESG salaries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... competing business priorities as the two main challenges in the sector. ESG professionals' main priorities ahead are climate change and developing a net zero pathway, followed by reporting and disclosures. "Despite the current economic concerns, demand ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... we didn't turn the page on the fossil fuel era in Dubai, this outcome is the beginning of the end," said UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell in his closing speech. "Now all governments and businesses need to turn these pledges into ...

COP28: "Weak" Global Stocktake slammed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Fund, $134 million Adaptation Fund, $129 million Least Developed Countries Fund, and $31million to the Special Climate Change Fund.

Agriculture funding takes the stage at COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... participating in Innovation Sprints. AIM for Climate, announced at COP26 by the UAE and the US, aims to address climate change and global hunger through increased investment in climate-smart agriculture and food systems innovation over five years (2021 ...

COP28: Australia commits $150m to Pacific resilience

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... drastically cut their emissions and provide climate finance to frontline communities so they can adapt to the impacts of climate change, and be compensated for losses and damages they've incurred as a result. "We urge the Labor Government to shape ...

Government sets stage for sovereign green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... government's green bond program will select assets based on one or more of the government's three green goals - climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, and improved environmental outcomes. Potential eligible projects have been defined ...

Here's what happened at COP28 so far

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... day of COP28 culminated in a landmark deal to help the most vulnerable emerging economies pay for the impacts of climate change. Loss and damage funds a key consideration for COP28 The shape and scope of a global fund on loss and damage, the integration ...

COP28: Australia signs Glasgow statement to end public finance for fossil fuels

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... the pledge. Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Penny Wong stated that the commitment was in recognition that climate change represents "the greatest threat" to the Pacific region. "Dealing with this threat means making smarter, more targeted investments ...