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We spend a lot of time considering the economic implications of climate change and find that there’s a plethora of useful information describing various 'net zero' scenarios, but limited focus on the baseline (most likely) outlook. A clear and transparent view of the baseline is important to inform whether we’re on track to hit our climate goals and what the costs and benefits of our progress is. In this spirit, we’ve published a short blog outlining our current baseline emission outlook. Our analysis suggests that Australia is broadly on track to meet its 2030 emission targets, but net zero by 2050 remains aspirational. It’ll be a bumpy road from here and we’ll regularly update our baseline forecast to reflect our view on the economy and the path forward for emissions. I’ll discuss the underlying rationale for the emission outlook in greater detail at the Oxford Economics Australia conferences over the next couple of weeks - don’t hesitate to join us. See registration details in the comment below. https://lnkd.in/gnfSgPRq

Communication is keypoint in any change in the mankind. Energy transition is our current change and we should communicate as well as possible, therefore disinformation is another keypoint that we have to tackle with. According to Selwin Hart, the assistant secretary general of the UN: “It is absolutely critical that leaders, and all of us, push back and explain to people the value of climate action, but also the consequences of climate inaction.” All of us involved in the sector have to support the words of Mr Hart and do our best to communicate properly. #energy #transition #greentransition #disinformation https://lnkd.in/dHD9C3Hi

85% of countries support a rapid transition to clean energy A significant majority of people worldwide want their countries to switch to clean energy as quickly as possible to combat the climate crisis. According to the United Nation's second Peoples' Climate Vote, which surveyed over 73,000 people across 77 countries, 85% of respondents support a swift transition away from fossil fuels. This includes a majority in the world's top 10 oil, gas, and coal-producing countries. Read on at https://lnkd.in/ediSgZJX

Who are the key emerging players in Donald Trump’s energy and climate squad? Subscribe to the Climate Crunch newsletter here https://lnkd.in/gcXpmAAH as we track key energy and climate developments in the States and its implications for Canada. Here’s an early look at the cast of characters that could shape Trump’s 2.0 energy agenda:

Energy Pick Heralds Benefits of Warming BY BENOÎT MORENNE Chris Wright, President--elect Donald Trump’s nominee for energy secretary, says climate change poses only a modest threat to humanity. The biggest U.S. oil companies disagree. A fracking executive, Wright acknowledges that burning fossil fuels is contributing to rising temperatures. But he also says climate change makes the planet greener by increasing plant growth, boosts agricultural productivity and likely reduces the number of temperature- related deaths annually. “It’s probably almost as many positive changes as there are negative changes,” he told conservative media nonprofit PragerU last year, referring to climate change. “Is it a crisis, is it the world’s greatest challenge, or a big threat to the next generation? No.” Trump has repeatedly called climate change a hoax but hasn’t articulated his views in detail. The selection of Wright is one of the clearest indicators yet that the next administration is likely to push back on widely accepted scientific findings about climate change. Many oil-and-gas executives have lauded Wright’s nomination as they expect he will give their industry a boost. Still, Wright’s climate pronouncements highlight the chasm between the Trump administration and the country’s biggest oil companies on a crucial issue. Occidental Petroleum Chief Executive Vicki Hollub this year called climate change “the greatest crisis our world has ever faced.” Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods said in a Wall Street Journal interview in November that Trump shouldn’t pull the U.S. from the Paris climate pact. Wright has said “there is no climate crisis,” and that the Paris agreement empowers “political actors with anti-fossil- fuel agendas.” A Trump-Vance transition official said Wright “intends to deliver on President Trump’s pledge to unleash affordable and reliable American energy to power homes, businesses, cars and factories, and secure energy independence.” Decades of denial

How are electric utilities responding to the climate crisis? Check out the 2024 Utility Decarbonization index. https://lnkd.in/gPRX229B

Morning All, There is a massive misinformation campaign happening. The old industries determined to distort the truth for their profits, causing human and ecological suffering. We have seen this in the world of #plantbased and #alternativeproteins and of course the BIG money is in fossil fuels. If the ‘do better’ sectors do not become more organised and showcase better, we’ll continue to see the planetary crisis exacerbate. Democracy in the west is declining with the public losing trust. Pavan Sukhdev has been in the space since the GFC - do you remember that time? When unguarded capitalism nearly crippled the whole planet. Each person has a choice. In food, in choosing to buy from ‘purpose with profit’ companies or those exploiting us. We desperately need to uplift #partipatorygovernance at all levels. We can do better. I look forward reading your thoughts on how we can do better? Kindly, Bob Sudharshan #Plantforward #mindbodymove, #purposewithprofit, #capitalcubed, #participatorygovernance

Finally! Ireland moves from a 'low' performing country on climate action to 'medium' in latest rankings of influential Climate Change Performance Index. We used to be ranked among the world's worst emitters including petrostates... now we are among more progressive economies in terms of decarbonisation/going green.

Fossil fuel companies are running “a massive mis- and disinformation campaign” so that countries will slow down the adoption of renewable energy and the speed with which they “transition away” from a carbon-intensive economy, the UN has said. Selwin Hart, the assistant secretary general of the UN, said that talk of a global “backlash” against climate action was being stoked by the fossil fuel industry, in an effort to persuade world leaders to delay emissions-cutting policies. The perception among many political observers of a rejection of climate policies was a result of this campaign, rather than reflecting the reality of what people think, he added. https://lnkd.in/gNVWapEK #fossilfuelindustry #oilindustry #using #disinformation #campaign #backlash #slowing #greentransition  #adoption #renewableenergy #transition #carbonintensive #economy #unitednations

In the largest ever climate opinion poll, completed by the UN, it was found that the majority of people in the world's biggest fossil fuel producing countries want to transition quickly to renewable energy to fight the climate crisis. Of the 75,000 people polled, 86% also thought their countries should set aside their differences and work together on combatting climate change. Find out more below 👇 https://lnkd.in/gfY58PaF