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BloombergNEF estimates US$1.9trn in investment in Australia’s energy sector and low-carbon technologies will be required to reach the country’s net-zero ambitions and that EVs will get the lion’s share – a staggering US$1trn

Fusion is the holy grail of governments globally, attracting hundreds of billions in funding and, more recently, the private sector has entered the fray, no doubt expecting a return on its investment sooner rather than later

The Federal Government appears to have confirmed its commitment to Australia’s nascent green hydrogen industry in this week’s budget, but the low dollar commitment at a critical juncture raises a big question mark

As the green hydrogen arms race accelerates and major powers introduce subsidies, what will be the future of Australia’s many multi-billion dollar green (and even blue) hydrogen projects?

As Europe and the US move ahead with funding for hydrogen projects, Australia’s ambitions are under threat

There’s a new ROC on the block, and it’s called ESG rate-of-change investing, and Morgan Stanley has singled it out as the next big thing as global equities prepare for an impending ESG-induced capital crunch

The Australian government’s renegotiated Safeguard Mechanism as a means to emissions reduction will not impact severely on the country’s oil & gas industry

Macro concerns overshadowed ESG developments during the February reporting season, but there was plenty to report: decarbonisation continued apace; green commodities entered rocky water but other revenue-generating projects progressed; and regulators took aim

Ahead of the Herd’s Rick Mills reports the shift to a world powered by renewable energy and run on electric vehicles may have its critics, but there’s no arguing with the numbers

FNArena scans broker research, academic forecasts, and ratings agencies’ views to glean our top ESG trends for 2023 – and we start with the most impactful of them all