Uninsurable Nation
Uninsurable Nation: Australia’s most climate-vulnerable places. 'As the risk of being affected by extreme weather events increases, insurers will raise premiums to cover the increased cost of claims and reinsurance.' (Climate Council of Australia, Sydney) >
Living Within Limits
'Climateworks Centre report investigates the environmental limits Australia must work within so it can continue to prosper for generations to come.' (Climateworks Centre, Monash University, Melbourne) >
Australia is 91% Reliant on Foreign Oil
'Australia’s transport fuels are highly vulnerable to international prices and supply chains and yet demand-side solutions, particularly the electrification of transportation, have been ignored.' (The Australia Institute, Canberra) >
Assessing Climate Governance in Australia
“A growing number of G20 developed economies have announced meaningful emissions reductions by 2030 – with a handful of holdouts, such as Australia,” ~ UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. (Climate Action Tracker) >
Regional Decarbonization
Contributing to regional decarbonization: Australia’s potential to supply zero-carbon commodities to the Asia-Pacific. 'The paper investigates three pathways by which Australia could instead export zero-carbon energy and products: direct exports of renewable electricity via sub-sea cables, exports of zero-carbon fuels such as green hydrogen, and the export of “green” metals processed from Australian ores using renewable energy.' (Analysis & Policy Observatory, Melbourne) >
CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES PRIORITY for ECONOMISTS
Prioritising issues for the incoming Government. 'One issue matters more to top economists than any other this election.' (National Economics Panel, The Economic Society of Australia, Sydney) >
Insurance Industry Review 2022
General Insurance Industry Review 2022. Analysis and insights on the Australian general insurance market financial results up to 31 December 2021. Specifically, check Chapter 9: Climate Change: 'Insurers continue to face a higher exposure to natural perils, such as floods, bushfires and cyclones. Modelling predicts the frequency and severity of these natural peril event trends will only continue to increase.' (KPMG Advisory) >
Disasters: Societal and Economic Impacts
'Disasters have devastating and long lasting societal and economic impacts that are often regional and sometimes global in reach. By nature, disasters usually occur with little or no warning.' 'The adverse societal, economic and environmental impacts often endure long after the event.' (Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions, Australian National University, Canberra) >
Climate Litigation Report 2020
'...an overview of the current state of climate change litigation globally, as well as an assessment of global climate change litigation trends.' (UN Environment Program) >
The Rise of Climate Litigation
'Climate litigation is an increasingly common and accessible area of environmental law, and is being used to hold countries and public corporations to account for their climate mitigation efforts and historical contributions to the problem of climate change.' (Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance) >