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Why the ESG pushback isn’t about Trump

Jan 17, 2025 | afr.com | Patrick Gibbons

President Donald Trump will get blamed for many things, but the pushback on ESG shouldn’t be one of them. Recent decisions by large US financial institutions BlackRock and JPMorgan to join other major financial institutions and exit the UN-backed Net Zero Asset Managers Alliance – launched with great fanfare just over three years ago at COP26 in Glasgow – were years in the making and well before President Trump’s re-election last November.
Finally, reality bites the faux economics of Australia’s energy debate

Dec 14, 2024 | afr.com | Patrick Gibbons

OpinionThe Coalition’s nuclear costing report’s commonsense theme is that all technologies should be on the table and subjected to analysis that reflects the real world, not politically driven constraints. Patrick GibbonsCorporate adviserDec 15, 2024 – 11.36am or Subscribe to save articleEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
Ireland’s centre has held

Dec 3, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Patrick Gibbons

Two years ago, I secured an apartment in Dublin through a gay dating app. I was desperate and there was a housing shortage in Ireland so I was prepared to ignore safety concerns to get a roof over my head. ‘You must be used to this in London’, Irish friends would say to me.
Ireland’s centre has held

Dec 3, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Patrick Gibbons

Two years ago, I secured an apartment in Dublin through a gay dating app. I was desperate and there was a housing shortage in Ireland so I was prepared to ignore safety concerns to get a roof over my head. ‘You must be used to this in London’, Irish friends would say to me. But I was not. In London if you’re happy to compromise on cost or location, there are plenty of rooms available. In Dublin you can double or triple your budget or look further afield and still not find a place.
Public schools perpetrating “crime” of illiteracy on students as ‘iPhone generation’ approaches college age, professors warn - The Lion

Nov 20, 2024 | readlion.com | Shanxi Omoniyi |Patrick Gibbons |Nathaniel Hillmer

An increasing number of professors at first-tier colleges are lamenting the lack of reading skills in their students from public schools, with some educators calling it a national “literacy crisis.” Even without hard numbers about the extent of this phenomenon, anecdotal evidence from The Atlantic suggests a “concerning rate of illiteracy (they) are seeing in their classrooms from first-year students,” noted Nia Tipton for YourTango.com.
where does Australia fit into Donald Trump’s new energy agenda in the wake of the election?

Nov 11, 2024 | afr.com | Patrick Gibbons

Donald Trump’s re-election to the White House may be the greatest comeback in US political history, and its ramifications will be felt in Australia, especially on energy and climate change. But the new administration will face challenges, not least the limited runway to implement policies as the political reality of mid-term elections hit. Loading...
Yahya Sinwar’s death leaves Iran with further difficult choices

Oct 18, 2024 | afr.com | Patrick Gibbons

The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Rafah is another nail in the coffin of the terrorist organisation and further dismantles Iran’s capacity to cause regional havoc via its proxy network. Worse for Iran, the US has made it clear it will back Israel while taking a harder line against the Houthis in Yemen, who are realising there is a price for being Iran’s friend. What happens over the next two months will challenge Iran and redefine Middle East security. Loading...
Iran is playing its last few cards as its missiles strike Israel

Oct 1, 2024 | afr.com | Patrick Gibbons

Hassan Nasrallah’s death at the hands of an Israeli airstrike has removed one of Iran’s last cards. With Hamas and Hezbollah effectively sidelined, Iran’s 45-year strategy of making itself the pre-eminent Middle East power is in tatters. With a potential return of Donald Trump to the White House, the regime could find itself negotiating for its own survival.
Labor is derailing the mining engine of Australia’s economic growth

Sep 9, 2024 | afr.com | Patrick Gibbons

Fronting the annual Minerals Week parliamentary dinner isn’t always straightforward, even for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Never far from the surface is the increasing disconnect between a sector that rightly views itself as underpinning the national economy and a government managing political demands from unions and the environment lobby which directly challenge the industry. Loading...
Hard energy reality has mugged Fortescue’s hydrogen dreams

Jul 20, 2024 | afr.com | Patrick Gibbons

Fortescue’s hydrogen dreams have come up against the hard energy reality – affordability, reliability and zero emissions are difficult to achieve together. But Fortescue is not alone. For the past decade, many have suffered a similar energy delusion. Promises of an easy transition have given way to the realisation that nothing with energy or climate ambitions is simple or cheap.