EU – Australia opportunities for cooperation on climate & energy
Please join us for a keynote address and moderated conversation on: EU – Australia opportunities for cooperation on climate & energy (In-person only event). Keynote address by Hon Chris Bowen (MP), Australian Minister for Climate Change and Energy. The Hon Chris Bowen MP was appointed Minister for Climate Change and Energy on 1 June 1 […]
COP27 agreed compensation for loss and damage… but the fear is we’ll just end up seeing even more loss and damage
Not all COPs are made equally. After 2021’s COP26 in Glasgow – successfully hyped up by the Boris Johnson-led UK as a showcase of ‘Global Britain’s’ diplomatic mettle – COP27 in in Egypt was perhaps always fated to be a less significant one. Weak organisational and diplomatic capacity in the authoritarian state made underwhelming outcomes […]
The Green Transition in the EU and Japan during geopolitical and energy market turmoil
With Russia’s war on Ukraine, energy security has returned to the top of the political agenda. Europe and Asia are both scrambling to reduce their dependency on Russian energy while competing for scarce alternatives such as LNG. Households as well as businesses, both large and small, face the pain of high energy prices. Longer-term, the […]
Geopolitics of carbon pricing and clubs
The war in Ukraine has upended the European economy, with knock-on effects for gas and carbon prices. While it has reinforced the need to reduce the dependency on fossil fuels – thereby contributing to climate policy objectives – the social implications of climate and energy policy have also been pushed up the political agenda. There […]
From carbon pricing to climate clubs
Carbon pricing has been adopted as a key climate policy measure in an increasing number of jurisdictions. With much of the world moving towards net-zero targets since the entry into force of the Paris Agreement, carbon pricing instruments now operate in a different context for climate policy than when economists first proposed them. This report […]