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Dec 1, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Frank Jotzo
When Australia announces its 2035 emissions target to the world, there will be a unique opportunity to promote Australia’s ambition to help other countries decarbonise through exports of renewable energy-based commodities, while coal and gas exports will fall. Coal and gas exports from Australia are equivalent to well over a billion tonnes of CO2 when burned in other countries.
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Sep 8, 2024 | 
dailybulletin.com.au | Frank Jotzo
A zero-carbon mindset must “become the new normal” in Australia, according to a much-anticipated report from the federal government’s independent climate advisory body. The report, released today by the Climate Change Authority, describes how Australia can meet the crucial target of net-zero emissions by 2050. The authority does not attempt to solve the conundrum of how to broaden and strengthen Australia’s climate policy suite. But it shows in detail how a low-emissions economy can be achieved.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
phys.org | Frank Jotzo
A zero-carbon mindset must "become the new normal" in Australia, according to a much-anticipated report from the federal government's independent climate advisory body. The report, released today by the Climate Change Authority, describes how Australia can meet the crucial target of net-zero emissions by 2050.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Frank Jotzo
A zero-carbon mindset must “become the new normal” in Australia, according to a much-anticipated report from the federal government’s independent climate advisory body. The report, released today by the Climate Change Authority, describes how Australia can meet the crucial target of net zero emissions by 2050. The authority does not attempt to solve the conundrum of how to broaden and strengthen Australia’s climate policy suite. But it shows in detail how a low-emissions economy can be achieved.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
dailybulletin.com.au | Frank Jotzo
To support its climate agenda, the Albanese government is building new institutions. One of the most important will be the Net Zero Economy Authority. The proposed laws to create this authority are currently before the Senate. Institutions like this can prove enduring despite Australia’s contested climate politics. While the carbon price introduced in 2012 was repealed, the climate and renewables institutions the Rudd/Gillard Labor governments created continue to this day.
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Jun 2, 2024 | 
afr.com | Frank Jotzo
Net zero means the renewal of large parts of the Australian economy. We will have clean energy and industrial systems that will be clean and cheap to run. But where will we find the massive amounts money that will be needed for investment every year over the next decades? Gutsy policy, tax and superannuation reform can all be part of the answer – underpinned by an understanding that we’re dealing with a thorny intergenerational issue.
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
theguardian.com | Frank Jotzo
Cop28 is the first time that a UN decision acknowledged the need for the decline of not only coal but also oil and gas, and called on all countries to work towards it. The fact that it was struck in the Gulf region, and presided over by an oil executive, might have increased the latitude for oil and gas but also sets an important marker. The decision allows for a continued role for fossil fuels towards net zero, is vague in many ways and leaves plenty of wriggle room for any country.
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Nov 20, 2023 | 
ethic.es | Salome Herce |Mauricio Hdez. Cervantes |Frank Jotzo |Mark Howden
El 82% de los edificios españoles se consideran ineficientes desde el punto de vista energético, al tiempo que el 41% de la ciudadanía exige al Gobierno que apoye las rehabilitaciones energéticas en las viviendas para ayudar a reducir las facturas a largo plazo. Las negociaciones de la nueva directiva europea de eficiencia energética de la edificación (EPBD, por sus siglas en inglés) ponen el foco en esta necesidad. ¿QUIERES COLABORAR CON ETHIC?
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
afr.com | Frank Jotzo
A widespread view is that the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is forcing our hand. But countering subsidies with subsidies in an expensive game, and there are many other urgent needs for public spending. Countering subsidies with subsidies in an expensive game, and there are many other urgent needs for public spending. Caution is doubly needed where such industries will be largely for export, like in Australia.
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Sep 19, 2023 | 
lowyinstitute.org | Frank Jotzo
The most important component of this year’s round of UN climate negotiations is the Paris Agreement’s Global Stocktake. The Paris Agreement, an international treaty with 195 signatories adopted in 2015, covers decarbonisation, resilience to climate impacts, and climate finance. The Global Stocktake measures progress on these three fronts, and a report released last week finds the world is not on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and needs to radically scale up climate action.
