“Making climate-related losses an individual responsibility misses the wider inequity – how is it that the challenge of managing climate risks has been allocated to communities who have contributed so little to global heating, and yet pay the ultimate price?” Schuster asks.

Australia’s clean energy transition is well underway but there are strong headwinds on our decarbonisation journey. This will be one of the key messages from Professor Frank Jotzo of The Australian National University (ANU) at the ANU Energy Update event today.

Australia's Climate Change Authority report urges a shift to a zero-carbon mindset as the new normal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. It highlights the importance of deploying mature technologies and developing new ones, calling on governments, businesses, and the public to embrace decarbonization.