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Household solar electricity generation in the Australian national accounts

‘Rooftop solar installation costs per kilowatt of installed capacity fell 75% from 2010-11 to 2024-25 driven by better technology and large-scale production.’ #solar #EnergyTransition #auspol
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Not so good COP • Inside Story The latest UN climate summit was buffeted by geopolitical headwinds

‘the scientific fact that the world must wean itself off oil, gas and coal over the next three decades if it is to meet the UN climate goals.’ #COP30 #ClimateCrisis @michaeljacobs.bsky.social @insidestory.bsky.social
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Can the Pacific still shape COP31 after Australia’s compromise? Even without a co-hosting arrangement, Canberra can still push outcomes that matter for the region.

‘The hosting deal has altered the stage, but not the stakes. With the right strategy this new arrangement can still allow the Pacific to shape the outcome of COP31.’ #COP30 #COP31 #ClimateCrisis #Pacific #auspol www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

Nature laws agreement delivers big forests outcome; much work to be done on climate - Greenpeace Australia Pacific CANBERRA, 27 NOV 2025 — Greenpeace has welcomed the agreement struck by Labor and the Greens today on EPBC Act reforms, which secures new nature and forest protections, but says…

#Breaking #ELaws ‘“The agreement announced today secures a significant improvement on the broken laws that for too long…There will be trees that will stand, wildlife that will survive and ecosystems that may flourish again because of this.’ #auspol www.greenpeace.org.au/news/nature-...

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EnergyAustralia plots $5b-plus transformation of ageing Yallourn plant The country’s third-largest electricity and gas retailer wants the site of the coal power station, set to close in 2028, to become a new renewables precinct.

‘EnergyAustralia will convert its 101-year-old Yallourn coal power site in Victoria into a low-carbon emissions hub supplying data centres, industry and households, in an ambitious plan that will cost over $5 billion.’ #EnergyTransition #auspol www.afr.com/companies/en...

Australia’s unconventional Cop31 deal puts Chris Bowen at the helm of the world’s most complex negotiations. It’s a huge opportunity | Thom Woodroofe and Dean Bialek Australia may not be hosting Cop31, but the unprecedented Turkey partnership is a real chance to secure global influence and turbocharge a new green zeitgeist

‘Chris Bowen’s new role as Cop31 “president of negotiations” puts the climate and energy minister at the helm of the most complex and consequential multilateral process in the world.’ #COP30 #COP31 #auspol @smartenergycouncil.bsky.social
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Trump isolated after G20 leaders unite behind climate declaration US President Donald Trump was the only G20 member to boycott the summit in South Africa.

So AUS Libs are now isolated with Trump on world stage

‘Leaders of the world's top economies have signed a joint statement at the G20 summit in South Africa, strengthening their commitment to the Paris Agreement.’ #auspol
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Australia’s failed bid to host Cop31 looks like a mess – but it may actually be the best result possible | Adam Morton While the outcome is a let down for those who want Australia to do better on climate, Chris Bowen looks set to play a pivotal role in the UN talks

‘this deal looking like the best chance available to have a summit that may offer something for the Pacific, Australia and the world.’ #COP30 #COP31 #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Australia will now need to also ensure the Pre-COP hosted in the Pacific becomes a high-level summit that helps deliver on the Pacific’s priorities, including achieving 100% renewables,’ said John Grimes CEO @smartenergycouncil.bsky.social #COP30 #COP31 #auspol
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Australia hands COP31 to Türkiye but Bowen to lead negotiations Adelaide will not host next year's COP summit, but Australia's energy minister, Chris Bowen, will lead the negotiations, and a pre-event will be hosted by a Pacific Island nation.

‘"I would have all the powers of the COP presidency to manage, handle the negotiations, to appoint co-facilitators, to prepare draft text, to issue the cover decision," said @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social #COP30 #COP31 #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Australian and Pacific leadership at COP31 to be held in Turkiye Pre-COP will be held in the Pacific, providing a platform for world leaders to pledge to the Pacific Resilience Fund and elevate the region’s priorities for adaptation, equity and survival. "At COP31...

“This is Australia’s chance to put rooftop solar at the heart of next year’s COP agenda, with a push from the Global Solar Council for pledges for 300 million solar rooftops by 2030”. #COP30 #COP31 #auspol www.solarcitizens.org.au/australian_a...

Sussan & Libs want to have COAL COP 🤭

Government canvasses Pacific leaders on backdown option for COP31 The federal government has begun to contact Pacific leaders to canvass a COP31 "Plan B" which would see Adelaide abandon its bid for the global United Nations climate summit so long as Pacific nations...

#Breaking #COP31 goes to Türkiye. Still major role for Bowen. #auspol #COP30 #Belem www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Government canvasses Pacific leaders on backdown option for COP31 The federal government has begun to contact Pacific leaders to canvass a COP31 "Plan B" which would see Adelaide abandon its bid for the global United Nations climate summit so long as Pacific nations...

#Breaking #COP31 goes to Türkiye. Still major role for Bowen. #auspol #COP30 #Belem www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

‘If the joint bid for COP31 gets up, Pacific leaders will be pressing for progress on their 100% renewable plan by seeking investors and technology partners.’ #ClimateCrisis #COP30 #COP31

Australia 'not going anywhere' on COP31 hosting goal Climate Minister Chris Bowen has told attendees of the COP30 climate talks that Australia is "in it to win it" on hosting rights for the 2026 conference.

‘"We are in it, and we are in it to win it, let me make it clear," he said.

"We're not going anywhere,” said @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social #COP30 #COP31 #auspol aapnews.aap.com.au/a/kRrpnComJ

The Moana blue pavilion flooded with a torrential downfall water ingress into the electrical components the booth has now been closed and is not safe. We are now holding the event at the global renewables hub. The renewables hub does not have broadcast capability sorry but this one won’t be online.

In the days before Australia's bid to co-host COP31 is finalised, a landmark plan to forever change the course of the Pacific.

Lighting the Way: A Partnership for a 100% Renewable Blue

You can tune in to see the report's official launch at #COP30 Here is the ZOOM LINK: lnkd.in/gqYbNqC8

Zoe Daniel has unleashed on Tim Wilson saying he’s now “compromised” after taking a Net Zero policy to the election & turning his back on the ppl of Goldstein
“To stay in the party at all, I think is really problematic.”
“He failed. He’s ineffective.”🔥 #Abc

“He came from the IPA…” says it all 😂

‘Australia's climate change minister Chris Bowen arrived in Belem on Sunday, which "has been a shot in the arm for Australia's bid", said Thom Woodroofe, a senior fellow with @smartenergycouncil.bsky.social in Australia.’ #COP30 #COP31 #auspol
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Malcolm Turnbull accuses Liberals of ‘Trumpian campaign against renewables’ after party dumps net zero Climate groups call backflip a ‘disaster’ while moderate Liberals worry about impact on winning back urban electorates

The former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says his party’s decision to dump a net zero emissions target shows it “does not take climate change seriously”, accusing the opposition of “a Trumpian campaign against renewables”.’
#auspol Libs Go Full NAT-light
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How Pacific nations plan to go from spending up to 25% of GDP on fossil fuels to running on 100% renewables Pacific nations spend billions each year importing fossil fuels for electricity. Now the region’s leaders are aiming for energy independence.

(New from us)
‘Now the Pacific is leading the way again. Island leaders have a bold plan to become the world’s first region powered entirely by renewables and energy storage.’ #ClimateCrisis #COP30

w/ @wesleymorgan.bsky.social @smartenergycouncil.bsky.social theconversation.com/how-pacific-...

Trump lowers tariffs on coffee, beef and fruits, as Americans’ concerns about affordability grow | CNN Business President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order that retroactively lowers tariffs on beef, tomatoes, coffee and bananas, among other agricultural imports, backdated to Thursday.

@markogge.bsky.social 🙏 here’s the link #COP30 www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/e...

Meanwhile Australia opens massive new fossil fuel export projects with vastly more emissions than all the pacific states combined.

Australia is an out-of-contol petrostate, drowning its Pacific neighbours, and should not be allowed to host COP31.

@sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social I like this quote “The so-called “moderates” have effectively lost every climate change debate in the Liberal Party over the past decade, leading to a successful argument that a vote for them is a vote for Barnaby Joyce and Matt Canavan.” Cuts to the chase.
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Trump lowers tariffs on coffee, beef and fruits, as Americans’ concerns about affordability grow | CNN Business President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order that retroactively lowers tariffs on beef, tomatoes, coffee and bananas, among other agricultural imports, backdated to Thursday.

#TACO strikes again www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/e...

‘Just last week, Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg described the Liberal Party as a party of government. That is the triumph of hope over reality,’ writes Wayne Smith @reneweconomy.com.au #auspol #LibSplits #ClimateCrisis reneweconomy.com.au/triumph-of-h...