Australia has long been a global resource powerhouse. Now we have the potential to become a renewable energy-powered export superpower. WWF-Australia is calling on our leaders to make Australia the world’s leading exporter of renewable energy by 2030 and to put us on the pathway to 700% renewables by 2050.
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A Scottish government strategy shows that Holyrood funding will not be enough to cover the costs.
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The record-breaking heatwaves seen across much of the world in recent months will become increasingly common by the end of the decade, according to research.
Experts say how hot they will be is “hugely” dependent on our ability to curb carbon emissions in the next few years.
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Heat record after heat record will be broken in 2023. Here’s how to make sense of it all.
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Australian power giants are calling for market reforms to focus on spurring new projects that can back up renewables.
Ahead of further negotiations between state and federal ministers on ways to avoid future energy shocks, a key proposal is for a “capacity mechanism” that would reward companies for guaranteeing power that can be called upon when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining, rather than only paying them for the power they produce.
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Few countries in the world can make such an outsize difference to climate change. In the shift to renewable energy, the sunburnt country could satisfy global demand for green energy more than eight times over.
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