Impacts of Climate Change
Climate change brings social, environmental and economic impacts. 'Climate change affects everything. It’s already putting pressure on our planet—on people and other living things, on economies and on governments.' (The Australian Museum, Sydney) >
Hydrogen Game Changer for Heavy Industry
New CSIRO company pursues hydrogen game changer for heavy industry. 'Hadean Energy, a new company co-founded by CSIRO and RFC Ambrian, is on a mission to accelerate industrial decarbonisation.' (CSIRO, Canberra) >
Capturing the Climate Opportunity in Insurance
'The world’s transition to net-zero emissions will cost trillions of dollars and present new kinds of risks. Here’s the role insurers can play.' (McKinsey Insights, McKinsey & Company - management consultants) >
Emissions are no longer following the worst case scenario
'due to the rapidly accelerating energy transition' ... BUT ... 'important to note that emissions are only one of three sources of uncertainty' (The Climate Brink) >
Hydrogen from Sunlight with Record Efficiency
'achieving high solar-to-hydrogen (STH) efficiency concomitant with long-term durability using low-cost, scalable photo-absorbers is a long-standing challenge' (Rice University, Houston Texas USA) >
The Next Economy: Regional Economic Resilience
'The Next Economy has the experience, relationships, and understanding of regional economic resilience to support the creation of the next economy that works for everyone.'
Plastic Gets a Do-Over
Breakthrough Discovery Recycles Plastic From the Inside Out. Plastic than can 'be disassembled into its constituent parts at the molecular level, and then reassembled into a different shape, texture, and color again and again without loss of performance or quality' (Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California) >
The Economics of Systems Collapse
'Economists in the mainstream have not even begun to understand the implications of ecological systems collapse.' and Earlier collapse of Anthropocene ecosystems driven by multiple faster and noisier drivers. (The Ecologist, London_ >
Credibility Gap in Net-Zero Targets
Credibility gap in net-zero targets leaves world at high risk. 'Global climate policy is undergoing a rite of passage. What used to be a conversation about ambitious target-setting now focuses increasingly on implementation and interventions to put these targets in good stead.' (Imperial College, London) >
Measuring Progress of Sustainable Development Goals
Measuring progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. 'SDG Tracker presents data across all available indicators from the Our World in Data database, using official statistics from the UN and other international organizations.' (Our World in Data, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford) >