The inauguration of Joe Biden as US President is likely to cement the global shift to sustainable energy use. Biden’s ambitious $2 trillion climate proposal.
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Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has urged the Morrison government to end a policy “vacuum” on climate change by seizing on the new agenda from US President Joe Biden to commit to net zero emissions by 2050.
Mr Turnbull, made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in the Australia Day Honours list, named climate change action as one of the main “unfinished” policies of his leadership.
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says climate change was his unfinished business as leader.
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But he said Prime Minister Scott Morrison would “absolutely” face pressure to commit to net zero greenhouse gas emissions as the new US administration sought more ambitious pledges worldwide.
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Those hoping new United States President Joe Biden would make action on climate change one of his top priorities would have been cheered by the flurry of activity from his first days in office.
With a few strokes of his pen, Biden cancelled a Trump administration permit for the $US8 billion ($10.3 billion) Keystone XL pipeline linking Canadaâs oil sands to the Gulf coast, slapped a moratorium on oil and gas leases in Alaskaâs pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, began a review of pollution regulations and ordered that the US rejoin the Paris climate agreement 77 days after it had formally left it.
20 January 2021
Australian start-up AgriWebb will accelerate the deployment of innovative software designed to improve farm productivity and reduce greenhouse gases through soil carbon, after securing a $5 million investment from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC).
The Sydney-based start-up, which has developed a digital livestock management platform, says the platform provides a greater ability to capture and analyse data on agricultural production, boosting productivity and provide farmers with greater visibility of their contributions to greenhouse gas emissions.
The CEFC made the $5 million commitment through its Clean Energy Innovation Fund, with the software able to track methane emissions produced from livestock and the amount of carbon stored through soil carbon sequestration.