Reports

The global fossil fuel crisis is accelerating the global shift to clean energy, highlights the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) 2022 World Energy Outlook. The peak use of fossil fuels is also imminent, predicts the report, as demand will plateau and then decline steadily from the mid-2020s.  The IEA's annual Outlook uses analysis and projections to provide critical insights into global energy supply and demand. Its latest report was published in the midst of the crisis of volatile fossil fuel prices [...]

As the cost of living crisis bites, a new report reveals just how much Australian households can save on their energy bills when they switch gas for electric at home. Making households greener is also an essential step to tackle the climate crisis and reach net-zero emissions. The Climate Council's report, Switch And Save: How Gas Is Costing Households, presents a new analysis of exactly how expensive gas appliances are to run compared to electrical alternatives. It found that all households [...]

Eight Torres Strait claimants have won their historic fight against the Australian Government for its climate inaction. In a ground-breaking decision, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee found Australia failed to take measures to protect indigenous Torres Islanders against the threats of climate change, for example, by upgrading seawalls and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Australia's failures "violated their rights to enjoy their culture and be free from arbitrary interferences with their private life, family and home", the UN found. The landmark [...]

Lawyers worldwide have issued a stark warning that governments must ramp up their climate action or face accountability in courts.  Their open letter, published on 27 September, comes as the UN climate chief Simon Steill warns that countries' plans are "nowhere near" strong enough to avoid the worst climate impacts. ​​It also arrives just days after the deadline for countries to submit their new national climate plans ahead of the UN's COP27 climate summit in November. Just 23 of almost 200 [...]

Australia is funding just one-tenth of its international fair share of climate funding, according to a new report led by Oxfam Australia and ActionAid Australia. The revelation comes at a crucial time for the new government, which is seeking to rebuild its reputation with its Pacific neighbours. More than a decade ago, Australia and other wealthy countries promised USD $100 billion per year in climate finance to support vulnerable nations adapt to climate impacts and build long-term climate resilience capacity. [...]