Australia faces postwar-style reconstruction to reach net zero target, says Combet
A ‘pipeline’ of clean projects is being assembled, says the head of the agency charged with multibillion-dollar transformationGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia faces a postwar-scale reconstruction costing hundreds of billions of dollars in private and public investment to reach net zero emissions by mid-century, the former Labor climate minister and incoming Future Fund chair, Greg Combet, says.Speaking at the National Press Club, Combet said the Net Zero Economy Authority – a new government agency proposed to help manage the country’s transformation from a dirty to a clean economy – was putting together a “pipeline” of clean industrial projects and would be “figuring out how to help bring them to concrete investment decisions”. Continue reading...
A ‘pipeline’ of clean projects is being assembled, says the head of the agency charged with multibillion-dollar transformation
Australia faces a postwar-scale reconstruction costing hundreds of billions of dollars in private and public investment to reach net zero emissions by mid-century, the former Labor climate minister and incoming Future Fund chair, Greg Combet, says.
Speaking at the National Press Club, Combet said the Net Zero Economy Authority – a new government agency proposed to help manage the country’s transformation from a dirty to a clean economy – was putting together a “pipeline” of clean industrial projects and would be “figuring out how to help bring them to concrete investment decisions”. Continue reading...
