Environment
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States of transition: renewable energy progress across Australian jurisdictions
The renewable energy transition is well underway in Australia, but the deployment of renewable energy generation, storage and transmission infrastructure needs to accelerate to keep pace with net zero requirements. This report analysed deployment progress to date, build rates and pipeline capacity across Australian jurisdictions to understand how each jurisdiction is tracking towards renewable energy...
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Home safe: national leadership in adapting to a changing climate
The surge in extreme weather disasters around Australia reinforces the need for national leadership on adaptation in a changing climate. This report examines how climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of flooding, bushfires, extreme storms and coastal erosion, and the rising costs of these events for Australians. It calls for governments to reduce...
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Global drought outlook
This outlook assesses how countries can strengthen drought management to adapt to a changing climate. It provides new insights into the rising human, environmental and economic impacts of droughts and offers practical policy solutions to minimise losses, build long-term resilience and support adaptation to a drier future.
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Battery boom: supercharging Australia’s renewable rollout
As costs rapidly fall and technologies improve, battery storage of all kinds is set to accelerate across Australia, with benefits from bill savings, further cuts to climate pollution and a more reliable grid. This report argues that with targeted policies, Australia can ramp up battery storage and make the most of this opportunity.
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From bad idea to bad laws: the five pillars of net zero
This report outlines how economic harm from net zero can be attributed to specific policies and laws of current and previous Australian governments. It analyses the key pillars holding up the policy of net zero at the federal level. The report suggests that pursuit of emission reduction targets is causing economic harm and must be...