The Australia Institute
released 19 August 2019
The climate impact of Australia’s fossil fuel (coal, oil, gas) exports ranks behind only Russia and Saudi Arabia exports in terms of global emissions, according to a major new report from the Australia Institute Climate & Energy Program.
Infrastructure Australia
released 13 August 2019
The 2019 Audit covers transport, energy, water, telecommunications and – for the first time – social infrastructure, and looks at the major challenges and opportunities facing Australia’s infrastructure over the next 15 years and beyond.
Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE),
August 2019
This report describes an approach to estimating likely electric vehicle uptake for each of 22 countries around the world. Models of electric vehicle uptake were derived for Australia, Austria, Belgium, Britain, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States (as well as for the ‘Rest of Europe’).
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
released 8 August 2019
Over two years in the making, the Special Report on Climate Change and Land explores how the way we use our land contributes to climate change and how climate change affects our land.
Climate Council
released 7 August 2019
This report first outlines the key climate change risks to Queensland. The report then shows how – given its plentiful renewable energy resources – Queensland stands to benefit more than other states and territories from leading the transition to renewable energy. Finally, the report highlights the significant influence of Queensland’s decisions on global efforts to tackle climate change.
The Queensland Productivity Commission
released 1 August 2019
The Queensland Government has asked the Queensland Productivity Commission to monitor and report on price impacts arising from the Container Refund Scheme (scheme) over its first 12 months of operation.
Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)
released 1 August 2019
This is the first in a series of six short discussion papers that seeks to inform debate about the relationship between policy, politics and environmental breakdown, supporting education in economic, social and political sciences. This paper explores the role of social and economic systems – and the ideas, policies and narratives that underpin them – in driving dangerous environmental change. It discusses how these systems should change in order to improve the response to environmental breakdown.