With Prime Minister Scott Morrison calling the election on Sunday, all media eyes are trained on 21 May. Climate’s emerging as a key election issue whether the parties want it to or not, with a survey of top economists revealing that three quarters say climate and the environment are the most important issue for the incoming government.
But while political knives are sharpened, at the business end of town it’s a different story, with Rio Tinto facing an investor revolt on climate, and clean energy investors demanding government support for urgent transmission upgrades. As they say, money talks.
Top economists care about climate change more than any other election issue
A majority of 50 top economists have nominated “climate and the environment” as the most important issue for the incoming government and the most important in the election.
Rio Tinto investors vote against financial statements in climate protest
Mining giant accused of failing to disclose key material about how it would transition to a zero-carbon economy
We can't just abandon our Pacific neighbours to the climate crisis
Climate change is a question of survival for the Pacific, especially as adaptation actions can become less effective as global temperatures increase, write Professor Mark Howden and ‘Ofa Ma'asi-Kaisamy
Businesses in the Hunter want more from politicians than a fear campaign about job losses in the coal industry
Business Hunter chief executive Bob Hawes says a lot has changed in the region since the last federal poll, when fears around climate change policies dominated.
‘Simply put, they are lying’: Businesses all talk on climate action
For all its rhetoric, much of Australia’s financial industry is failing to step up on climate, writes ACF’s Matthew Rose.
Renewable energy investors demand government reset on new projects
Major clean energy investors have called for state and federal governments to fully fund a $12.5bn pipeline of urgent electricity transmission works.