Climateworks Centre

The briefing room

Free online event Tuesday 7 June 2pm - 3pm AEST

The twin challenge of tackling climate change while preserving nature

How much can we interfere with nature before we leave the safe zone? And how can we compare the values of a river and a wheat crop? Answers to questions like these will be essential tools to inform any plan to limit warming to 1.5°C.

Upcoming events

16.05.22

The briefing room: The twin challenge of tackling climate change while preserving nature

Free online eventTuesday 7 June2pm – 3pm AESTPanel session with Q&A Register to attend How much can we interfere with nature before we leave the safe zone?

Australia

Previous events

03.11.21

The briefing room: After COP26 – How infrastructure can help deliver net zero

What does the future of Australia’s infrastructure look like, when seen through a low-carbon lens?

Australia

05.10.21

State and corporate climate action – closing in on 1.5

Ambitious targets are just part of the equation for a 1.5 degree future.

Australia

12.07.21

The briefing room: Transforming our food and land use systems – global trends and Australia’s opportunity

On Tuesday 20 July Climateworks Australia hosted a UN Food Systems Summit Independent Dialogue, putting the spotlight on sustainable food and land use systems, and the role Australia can play in supporting climate outcomes.

Australia

17.11.20

Building our future event series – The business of net zero

The race is on to achieve net zero emissions by mid-century.

30.04.20

The briefing room: Decarbonisation Futures

In April 2020 Climateworks Australia launched Decarbonisation Futures, which sets out detailed evidence of how major sectors of the Australian economy can move to net zero emissions and keep warming below 2 degrees, and even 1.5 degrees.

Australia

28.05.20

The briefing room: Industry transitions

The positive outcomes for Australia’s economy in a shift towards zero emissions are well-canvassed.

Australia

25.06.20

The briefing room: Food and land use transitions

Globally, experts have identified ten critical transitions that can improve how we produce food and manage land.

Australia

11.10.20

The briefing room: Growth through transformation – how governments can unlock investments that achieve climate and development goals

Achieving the Paris Agreement along with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development requires an estimated investment of US$2.6 trillion each year over the next decade for developing countries alone.

Southeast Asia
Pacific

13.10.21

The briefing room: Chasing Southeast Asia’s green future

What does it take to develop the ASEAN green economy? Southeast Asia plays an increasingly important role globally, with the combined GDPs of the ASEAN trading group making it the fifth largest economy in the world.

Southeast Asia

19.07.21

The briefing room: Industry and the global net zero transition

Australia can be competitive and remain a major export economy as the world decarbonises.

Australia

17.11.20

Building our future event series – Sustainable finance: Pathways, policy and trends

On Tuesday 8 December 2020 Climateworks and the British High Comission hosted a discussion on pathways to a robust and competitive sustainable finance sector in Australia.

Australia

16.10.20

Building our future event series – Clean technology: Energy and industry transitions

The race is on to achieve net zero emissions by mid-century.

14.05.20

The briefing room: The energy transition

Recent research from Climateworks and CSIRO shows that viable paths to zero emissions exist for all major economic sectors in Australia. On 13 May 2020 as part of the Climateworks webinar series ‘the briefing room’, CEO Anna Skarbek joined CSIRO’s Chief Energy Economist Paul Graham and Morgan Stanley’s Rob Koh on the pathway to net zero energy.

Australia

11.06.20

The briefing room: Transport – moving to zero

New Climateworks research identifies the solutions available now to shift Australia’s transport network to net zero emissions.

Australia

22.07.20

The Briefing Room: Retrofit for purpose – net zero in the built environment

Climateworks’ Decarbonisation Futures sets an urgent challenge: energy performance of housing must improve, on average, by nearly fifty percent in the next decade for Australia to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

Australia

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