Calls for urgent action on decarbonisation are often linked with calls for dramatic changes to the political and economic status quo (1, 2). This poses the question, “is broadening the scope of climate policies to include major systemic change ...
Australian EV Policy – Part 2
In part 1 of this blog (1) we found that Australia has a very low electric vehicle (EV) penetration rate of 0.03% (% of EVs in the light vehicle fleet). This compares with rates of 0.3 - 0.5% in most developed economies, including Canada and the US ...
Australian EV policy – Part 1
The upcoming election has put Electric Vehicle (EV) policy into the spotlight. This is probably a bit overdue given that vehicle emissions account for something like 15% of Australian and global emissions (1). Those familiar with UNIPCC r ...
An energy policy for everyone
The upcoming federal election will see the current government heavily criticised in many quarter for not having a coherent (or even an incoherent) energy policy. The consistency of this criticism makes the accusation self evidently true and allows a leve ...
The federal election and climate policy
The federal election will be upon us very soon and all serious political parties have released something that looks like a climate policy or in some cases a set of policy initiatives. Pundits have already started to analyse the offerings and soon there w ...