In recent years, the climate movement has adopted a strategy of pressuring institutions to divest from their holdings of fossil fuel related shares. Divestment is certainly an enticing proposition for otherwise powerless activists – the idea that such a simple financial decision could [...]
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The crisis engulfing global energy markets is accelerating the turn to renewable energy, as wind and solar technologies are presented as the solution to all manner of social, political and economic problems. The European Union is looking to renewables as the answer to rapidly rising gas [...]
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In the right-wing backlash against environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, everyone is accusing everyone else of placing politics over financial returns. The ESG vs anti-ESG debate has led various commentators to argue that ESG investing should be split into purely risk-based and [...]
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Political Economy Seminar
Illusions of empowerment: checking household energy autonomy
PRESENTER: Associate Professor Stuart Rosewarne (University of Sydney)
DATE: Sep 16 2022
TIME 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
LOCATION: Room 650, Social Sciences Building (A02), [...]
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I am starting a podcast that may be of interest to PPE people. It is ‘System Change Made Simple’.
A phrase often used at climate actions is ‘system change not climate change’. This podcast explores that idea. What kind of system are we living with now? How do systems of exploitation [...]
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ESG investment funds, which claim to invest according to environmental, social and governance criteria, grew to almost US$3 trillion in 2021. With a 53% increase since 2020, this made ESG the fastest growing sector of the asset management industry. The rapid flow of funds into ESG [...]
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Australia has until recently been somewhat insulated from the turbulence in the global political economy. In large measure, this can be attributed to the buoyant international demand for Australian iron ore, coal and gas, but this situation is being severely challenged. Reining in the [...]
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The Institute of Australian Geographers Conference 2022
Armidale, NSW, 5-8 July
Call for abstracts for panel on ‘Repairing Australia’s climate economy’
Organised by Sophie Webber and Gareth Bryant, the University of Sydney
Australia’s carbon and [...]
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