Kate Mackenzie
Now @climate_KIC_aus & research fellow @centrepolicydev Previously @climateinstitut @ft & @ftalpha opinions are MINE
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Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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Kate Mackenzie
"The cruise industry, far less necessary to the global economy than air travel, is vulnerable to a similar change in consumer sentiment — and may not be prepared for it." Rings true, I'm not aware of any particular scrutiny or movement on this.
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It is 'impossible' for today’s big oil companies to adapt to climate change | Jonathan Porritt
Leading UK environmentalist Jonathon Porritt calls his years working on green energy projects with Shell and BP a ‘painful journey’ that have led him to believe no major fossil fuel company will commit to renewables in the near future
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Kate Mackenzie
@SEI_Sydney @ChristopherWr11 @TanyaFiedler (CSR = corporate social responsibility)
This from Jonathan Porritt is worth a read. "I so badly wanted to believe that the combination of reason, rigorous science and good people would enable elegant transition strategies to emerge in those companies."
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The Failure of CSR in a Warming World
Join a group of academics & practitioners to discuss how businesses might move beyond inadequate approaches to environmental sustainability
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Kate Mackenzie
Sydney people, I'll be on a panel discussing "The failure of CSR in a warming world" this Weds evening at @SEI_Sydney. Hosted by @ChristopherWr11 and with @TanyaFiedler
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Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals | SpringerLink
This open access book presents detailed pathways to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2050, globally and across ten geographical regions. Based on state-of-the-art scenario modelling, it provides the v
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Kate Mackenzie
@ClimateFran @JoeriRogelj @FSB_TCFD @Peters_Glen 2) a bunch of modellers led by @SvenTeske have created a highly detailed 1.5C pathway. The entire thing is downloadable for free on Springer (and judging by the metrics it has been very popular)
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PRI | Climate change
Climate change is the highest priority ESG issue facing investors. The PRI is working to help investors protect portfolios from risks and to expose them to opportunities in the shift to a low-carbon global economy.
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Kate Mackenzie
@ClimateFran @JoeriRogelj @FSB_TCFD @Peters_Glen 1) UN-PRI is developing a modelled approach to a non-linear, policy-driven scenario
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Debating the bedrock of climate-change mitigation scenarios
Opposing views on the suitability of integrated assessment models.
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Kate Mackenzie
This is a great piece debating the influence, merits and intent of IAM transition scenarios that feature in IPCC reports
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I study collapsed civilizations. Here’s my advice for a climate change apocalypse.
A survival skills teacher says that in order to survive in post climate-change apocalypse, we’ll need empathy, generosity, and courage to survive. Kindness and fairness will be more valuable than any survival skill.
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Kate Mackenzie
“No tragic yet convenient event will allow us to discard our complex, messy, and ever-changing social reality and live out our rugged individualistic fantasy.”
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Drought-hit Australian towns prepare for 'unimaginable' water crisis
The little town of Guyra in eastern Australia lies next to a freshwater lagoon j...
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Kate Mackenzie
Many Australian towns in rural NSW are all facing “day zero” - when the water runs out - around the same time.
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Soft Drinks Maker AG Barr Fizzes Higher As Things Haven’t Got Worse
Soft drinks maker A G Barr’s stock fizzed higher on Tuesday as the Irn-Bru owner said things were unlikely to get worse.
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Kate Mackenzie
Pretty striking that big names like Stern, Schellnheuber, Rockstrom et al have come out saying VERY clearly that estimates of costs of climate change are wrong.
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One of India’s largest coal-mining states says it will not build new coal power plants
The future of coal in India may not be as bright as some previously assumed.
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Kate Mackenzie
"This comes only days after the government in the western state of Gujarat announced it will not give permission to build new coal power plants."
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The deadly hidden risks within the most prominent economic model of climate change
Global warming is an emergency, not a trifle to be dealt with decades hence
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Kate Mackenzie
Excellent longread, laying out the whole sorry mess of the models that have thinking about climate policy for decades.
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Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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Kate Mackenzie
"It will happen so quickly that gas plants now on the drawing boards will become uneconomical before their owners finish paying for them, the study said."
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William Nordhaus, Nobel Prize in Economics Press Conference
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Kate Mackenzie
Martin Weitzman, a brilliant climate economist, passed away unexpectedly last week. Bill Nordhaus, on receiving the Nobel economics award last year, said he was very surprised that his co-recipient was not Weitzman, or Nicholas Stern [about 31:50].
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Germany's Scholz raises pressure on Merkel to think big on climate...
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Monday urged Chancellor Angela Merkel
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Kate Mackenzie
"We should take advantage of the opportunities offered by a long period of low interest rates"
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Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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Kate Mackenzie
RE hydrogen will be cost-competitive with coking coal by 2030, according to BNEF. "Any shift to hydrogen would pose a danger to coking coal producers and their investors. The material has few uses other than in blast furnaces."
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Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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Kate Mackenzie
World’s Biggest Wealth Fund Weighs In on Amazon Wildfire Uproar... there'll be more of this.
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Scientists Have Been Underestimating the Pace of Climate Change
A book titled Discerning Experts explains why—and what can be done about it
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Kate Mackenzie
Researchers.. "said their research showed that the mass media could influence public opinion, but that the effect takes place over years rather than a single political campaign."
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Australia targets India for coal exports amid China fallout
Resources Minister Matthew Canavan will fly to Calcutta on Monday to push billions of dollars in thermal coal exports.
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Kate Mackenzie
So, Australia has been targeting Indian coal markets for years. They’re just getting desperate now. (Thread)
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