Phasing out #coal power is essential for meeting global #climate targets but poses significant challenges.

We explore these challenges within two major #SoutheastAsian coal-dependent economies: #Indonesia and #Vietnam here. Paul Burke ANU Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions

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New paper with Thang Nam Do on ways forward for a phase out of thermal coal in South-East Asia's two coal giants, Indonesia and Vietnam:

authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S09… ANU Crawford School of Public Policy ANU Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions

As Australia’s rapid renewable energy rollout continues, so do debates on land use.

We need land for solar panels, wind farms, batteries, pumped hydro, transmission lines and so on – but the amount is surprisingly small, writes Andrew Blakers (ANU Media). theconversation.com/no-threat-to-f…

Join our next seminar to learn about a neighbourhood retrofit. Ecoblock in Oakland, California, was chosen in part due to its social diversity, levels of pollution and position on the city's electricity grid. 10am AEST, Tue 7 May.🔌🏘️🔋Find out more: bsgip.com/news-events/ev…

Is there a role for nuclear in Australia’s energy transition?
Renewables are the cheapest option now, according to CSIRO #Gencost data. However, this doesn’t mean that we should count out nuclear forever, says Ken Baldwin PhysicsANU
Read more: loom.ly/1o08r7k

⏰ ⏰ ⏰ Last chance to get your ticket to watch #outgrowthesystem and join our amazing panel ✨
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#planetaryhealthequity #systemchange

ANURegNet Australian Research Centre for Health Equity Croakey News Guardian Australia Australia Institute ACT CCC

What is a #just_Transition ? What are #energy transition options for #Arab states? A pleasure to join this great Carnegie Endowment podcast hosted by Amr Hamzawy. I cover #renewableEnergy , #hydrogen , #carbon tech, #climatechange , & more.
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Sada / صدى Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center CNN بالعربية

We'll have our ANU-Tsinghua Australia-China decarbonisation roundtable, on steel and renewables value chains in two weeks time.
In Beijing and online, morning of 8 May.

Register for online participation: app.glueup.cn/event/australi…
PM or email for in person attendance.

A reminder that the Planetary Health Equity Hothouse team are presenting in the ANURegNet lunchtime seminar tomorrow.
We'd love to see your faces there.
hothouse.anu.edu.au/event/governan…
Prof Hilary Bambrick dr arnagretta hunter Frank Jotzo Beck Pearse Richard Denniss

Net Zero Economy Authority bill is before the Senate. We make 5 recommendations on scope, procedure, monitoring, investment facilitation, and regional/worker transition.
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Researchers say National Adaptation Plan must consider complex, compounding and cascading nature of Australia’s climate risk, or risk under-preparing for climate impacts.
See the recommendations: bit.ly/NAPsub
Steven Crimp Mark Howden Dr Roslyn Prinsley

Next month, Naomi Hogan from Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility joins our #SavingTheWorld webinar to share experiences about the mammoth but essential task of influencing #fossilfuel companies.

For more information and to register: hothouse.anu.edu.au/event/how-win-…

“Climate change on top of natural weather and climate processes is the cause of much of the extreme weather that we are seeing across the world,” Dr Roslyn Prinsley told Koh Ewe, Koyu @TIMEmagazine, dispelling myths that cloud seeding caused Dubai floods
time.com/6967836/dubai-…

We'll be in Beijing in a few weeks' time. Including for our ANU-Tsinghua Australia-China Decarbonisation Roundtable: Australia-China links in green iron & steel, and value chains for renewables.
It's open for participation online.
app.glueup.cn/event/australi…

ON TOMORROW!
There is still time to register for our next #SavingTheWorld webinar with guest Matthew Castle.

hothouse.anu.edu.au/event/how-do-n…

#Trade #ClimateChange #Ideas

Was great fun getting interviewed for an ANU Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions profile about some research I completed in 2022 on the feasibility of cyclone interventions.

Check out the article here: iceds.anu.edu.au/research/resea….

Why was 2023 'the year of #climate opposites'?

Listen to the 'Water's Edge' podcast to get the answers from ANU Fenner School Prof. Albert Van Dijk, leader of the 2023 Australia's Environment Report: bit.ly/3U7kZmN

'It's pretty concerning and we don't fully understand [what's going on]' says Mark Howden, as Copernicus EU just declared March 2024 the 10th consecutive hottest month on record.

Hear more: abc.net.au/listen/program… with Andy Park

Into economics? We have an ongoing series of economics seminars in-person and online - open to all

acde.crawford.anu.edu.au/news-events/ev…

ANU Crawford School of Public Policy #economics

Next week is episode 11 of our #SavingTheWorld webinar series. Please join us to hear from Matthew Castle talking about how new ideas emerge in the #trade regime.

hothouse.anu.edu.au/event/how-do-n…

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