The head of next year's UN climate talks today pressured Australia to aim for net-zero, while the UN climate chief who delivered the Paris Agreement described Australia's approach as "suicidal".
The Morrison government's forthcoming climate strategy is likely to be more ambitious following Joe Biden's victory, according to carbon market and industry experts.
The federal government's "genuflection impulse" towards the US means it will adopt tougher climate policies if Joe Biden becomes president, according to former Australian climate change envoy Howard Bamsey.
The International Energy Agency has for the first time outlined the steps necessary over the next decade to achieve net-zero emissions from the energy sector by 2050.
In a move that will capture several ASX-listed companies that are dual-listed, the New Zealand government today confirmed it will make it mandatory to disclose climate risks.
The EU is planning to tax imports from economies that don't act on climate change, and a Biden Administration would inevitably follow suit, Ross Garnaut told a Clean Energy Council webinar today.