Shanae Streeter

2024 saw significant momentum towards energy, sustainability and climate-related goals.

The 60th session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB60) climate change negotiations concluded on Thursday 13 June, closing two weeks of discussions on increasing climate change action and preparations for the 29th Convention of the Parties (COP29)…

In the aftermath of the first global stocktake at COP28 in Dubai last year, which concluded that the world is not on track to achieving the long-term temperature goals of the Paris Agreement, the Parties to the Paris Agreement meet again at…

The COP28 climate conference concluded on Wednesday night, with Parties finally agreeing their response to the first Global Stocktake (GST) under the Paris Agreement. The decision - termed the ‘UAE Consensus’ - notes that despit…

Significant developments in the early stages of COP28 It has been five days since this year’s UN Climate Change Conference, the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) kicked off in Dubai. While negotiations on many key issues includin…

Update 30 November 2023: today, Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, tabled the Australian Government’s second Annual Climate Change Statement in Parliament, and described Australia’s priorities for COP28 in a sp…

After more than a year of consultations, last week, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) issued its first two International Financial Reporting Standards: ‘IFRS S1 General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainabili…

Introduction As the 1 July 2023 date for reforms to the Safeguard Mechanism looms closer, on Friday 5 May, the Federal Government registered a set of final legislative rules setting out the detailed design elements of the reforms.