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'Delusional': NSW intergenerational report banks on rising coal output and royalties to 2056 | SMH

The Baird government's future projection for NSW implies the state will extract more than 10 billion tonnes of coal at the rate of almost 1 million tonnes a day by 2056, forecasts the Greens say are "delusional" in a carbon-constrained world.
 

There goes the neighbourhood | The Climate Institute

This report looks at the risk that is often unrecognised and under-explained to people who own or are buying or building property along Australia's coasts (flooding, storm surge, coastal inundation, erosion etc.) and in bushfire zones. 

Who Wants to Be a Billionaire? | Huffington Post

Get out your magnifying glass to see the tiny percentage of charitable donations allocated each year to the environment. That’s right: 3%, including animal welfare, parks, zoos, and gardens. But a growing number of very very rich people are disrupting usual philanthropic patterns to tackle climate change—strategically and specifically.

CalPERS' Climate Risk Reporting Proposal Overwhelmingly Passes at Glencore Plc | CalPERS

May 19, 2016 Contact: Joe DeAnda, Information Officer, newsroom@calpers.ca.gov

May 19, 2016 Contact: Joe DeAnda, Information Officer, newsroom@calpers.ca.gov

The California Public Employees' Retirement System's (CalPERS) climate risk reporting shareowner resolution, Resolution #16, overwhelmingly passed at the annual shareowner meeting of Glencore Plc. The resolution, which was supported by company management, requires the global commodity trading and mining company to report on environmental risks and opportunities associated with climate change.

Exxon Carbon Asset Risk 2016 | Ceres

Exxon shareholders have submitted a resolution at the 2016 AGM : Shareholders request that by 2017 ExxonMobil publish an annual assessment of long term portfolio impacts of public climate change policies, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information. The assessment can be incorporated into existing reporting and should analyze the impacts on ExxonMobil’s oil and gas reserves and resources under a scenario in which reduction in demand results from carbon restrictions and related rules or commitments adopted by governments consistent with the globally agreed upon 2 degree target. The reporting should assess the resilience of the company’s full portfolio of reserves and resources through 2040 and beyond and address the financial risks associated with such a scenario.