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Frank Jotzo 28 Feb 2022 13:00

Russia’s war will hasten the drive for clean energy security

Wind and solar is not only zero-emissions – it’s local. And that will cut Europe’s dependence on Russian gas and oil.
Frank Jotzo 17 Jun 2021 10:00

Coal’s decline is underway, no matter what Australia’s politicians say

Key countries are positioning for huge investments in clean energy industries and Australia should take its slice.
Frank Jotzo 4 Jun 2017 18:25

America sidelined, the climate caravan moves on

The Trump administration’s backward-looking and isolationist stance is the opposite of what's needed by the industries of the future.
Frank Jotzo 17 Dec 2015 13:00

Paris agreement: signaling change for decades to come

Years from now, the Paris climate conference may be seen as the point where ambitious long term global climate policy was finally enshrined in an international agreement, and where the world found a formula that enables consistent action. True, there is a massive gap between present policy ambition and the aspiration to keep warming to well below 2°.
Frank Jotzo 28 Sep 2015 16:31

China's emissions-trading announcement is a signal to the world

The US and China have jointly announced their vision for the Paris climate talks and the steps they will take at home. But what took the headlines was China's announcement to introduce a national emissions trading scheme in 2017. The announcement is no surprise. The Chinese government has been foreshadowing a national emissions trading scheme for years. But its inclusion in this high profile announcement means we can expect that it will in indeed be done.
Frank Jotzo 1 Jul 2015 10:04

China makes its formal climate-change pledge

China's long-anticipated formal pledge to international climate change negotiations, it's 'intended nationally determined contribution' or INDC, has arrived. China's target is a 60% to 65% reduction in the emissions-intensity of the economy by 2030 pegged at 2005 levels, with carbon dioxide emissions peaking around 2030, perhaps earlier.

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Russia’s war will hasten the drive for clean energy security

Coal’s decline is underway, no matter what Australia’s politicians say

America sidelined, the climate caravan moves on

Paris agreement: signaling change for decades to come

China's emissions-trading announcement is a signal to the world

China makes its formal climate-change pledge