Posts tagged "climate change"

The reality is this: we need to make a lot more food and we’re running out of planet to do it. Plant-based alternatives offer a solution.

Garnaut says respect for knowledge and science played a large role in policy-making during COVID-19, which led to Australia’s success in responding to the pandemic.

"Talk about returning the economy to normal after the crisis is misguided. Before the crisis, normal was nowhere near good enough," says Ross Garnaut.

Business Council of Australia's Jennifer Westacott said the proposed climate change bill is a “science-based, risk-management approach” to climate action.

Globally, disasters caused economic losses of $272 billion in 2020, with most losses linked to weather-related disasters such as floods.

The pressure is mounting on investors themselves to further align their portfolios with the goals of the Paris agreement.

Climate change could reduce Australia’s economic growth by 3% per year and cost about 310,000 jobs annually if left unchecked, says Deloitte Access Economics.

Who Gives a Crap is now carbon neutral, but the business is the first to admit that's not going to be enough to tackle the climate crisis.

HESTA, CBus and UniSuper have committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions from their investment portfolios by 2050.

"Neutral is no longer enough", says BrewDog founder James Watts, unveiling a plan to plant his own man-made forest.

Thankyou Group has ditched its bottled water, saying attempts to make the product more sustainable would have amounted to greenwashing.

Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes is backing a plan to revitalise the economy post-pandemic, and create 1 million jobs, through green investment.