Alison Reeve
@reevealison.bsky.social
Program Director, Energy + Climate Change, Grattan Institute.
Views here are my own, naturally.
Usually posting from Ngunnawal Country.
I block Nazis, climate deniers, and Russian propaganda amplifiers.
Views here are my own, naturally.
Usually posting from Ngunnawal Country.
I block Nazis, climate deniers, and Russian propaganda amplifiers.
Happy World Energy Outlook day to all those who celebrate. Here's your annual reminder about what the different scenarios mean (journalists and sub-editors: looking at you in particular).
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Happy World Energy Outlook day to all those who celebrate. Here's your annual reminder about what the different scenarios mean (journalists and sub-editors: looking at you in particular).
A portrait to put in my attic, except instead of aging on my behalf it has severe grass pollen allergies
November 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
A portrait to put in my attic, except instead of aging on my behalf it has severe grass pollen allergies
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Electricity demand is growing around the world but the growth in solar and wind was so strong it met 100% of the extra electricity demand, even helping drive a slight decline in coal and gas use. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.
www.bbc.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Electricity demand is growing around the world but the growth in solar and wind was so strong it met 100% of the extra electricity demand, even helping drive a slight decline in coal and gas use. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Oh:
- The US sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad through July.
- China exported $120 billion in green technology over the same period.
By @akshatrathi.bsky.social
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- The US sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad through July.
- China exported $120 billion in green technology over the same period.
By @akshatrathi.bsky.social
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance
China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.
www.bloomberg.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Oh:
- The US sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad through July.
- China exported $120 billion in green technology over the same period.
By @akshatrathi.bsky.social
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- The US sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad through July.
- China exported $120 billion in green technology over the same period.
By @akshatrathi.bsky.social
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS
October 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS
Dining with dinosaurs...
Melbourne’s men-only Savage Club ends trial of allowing women entry to dine two days a week
Melbourne’s men-only Savage Club ends trial of allowing women entry to dine two days a week
Members were told on Tuesday the mixed dining trial was over three months earlier than planned
The men-only Melbourne Savage Club has pulled the pin on allowing women to lunch there two days a week – but has left its exclusive doors open to potential future female participation.
Under the “Female Dining Initiative”, the private club trialled mixed dining on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. “Lady guests” were allowed to have a pre-lunch tipple in the Social Room and lunch in the Dining Room. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Dining with dinosaurs...
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On why Trump is wrong on climate, renewable energy, the next economic growth cycle, on powering data centres cost-efficiently, and on geo-economics. Very good by the FT‘s Gillian Tett.
on.ft.com/3KkjVcU
on.ft.com/3KkjVcU
September 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
On why Trump is wrong on climate, renewable energy, the next economic growth cycle, on powering data centres cost-efficiently, and on geo-economics. Very good by the FT‘s Gillian Tett.
on.ft.com/3KkjVcU
on.ft.com/3KkjVcU
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Wonder if Starmer will find room in his speech to acknowledge the objective fact a century of escalating climate impacts means global migration will massively increase. We either find a way to effectively and humanely manage that fact, rather than deny it, or things will get very dark very quickly.
September 26, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Wonder if Starmer will find room in his speech to acknowledge the objective fact a century of escalating climate impacts means global migration will massively increase. We either find a way to effectively and humanely manage that fact, rather than deny it, or things will get very dark very quickly.
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WATCH THIS: The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.
Saturn Ion commercial
YouTube video by Eliyahu Biton
youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
WATCH THIS: The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.
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Learn what makes good public policy at our October ‘Changing public policy’ course.
Grattan policy experts Peter Breadon and Trent Wiltshire will teach you how to communicate evidence and navigate reform blockages.
Register now: buff.ly/QOXuUOX
Grattan policy experts Peter Breadon and Trent Wiltshire will teach you how to communicate evidence and navigate reform blockages.
Register now: buff.ly/QOXuUOX
September 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Learn what makes good public policy at our October ‘Changing public policy’ course.
Grattan policy experts Peter Breadon and Trent Wiltshire will teach you how to communicate evidence and navigate reform blockages.
Register now: buff.ly/QOXuUOX
Grattan policy experts Peter Breadon and Trent Wiltshire will teach you how to communicate evidence and navigate reform blockages.
Register now: buff.ly/QOXuUOX
Cracker of a chart
The fastest energy transformation in human history
@fssau.futuresmart.com.au
expanded graph for pace of adoption of electricity generation by source from >100TWh annual generation threshold point
@fssau.futuresmart.com.au
expanded graph for pace of adoption of electricity generation by source from >100TWh annual generation threshold point
September 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Cracker of a chart
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General pattern in regime change: the comedy gets better and then it gets banned.
September 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
General pattern in regime change: the comedy gets better and then it gets banned.
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"I saw the message on her son’s t-shirt: Always be kind. ...that word 'always,' on a boy’s chest in the middle of a city that has been pounded for three years, has to be there, as a reminder that ideals are ideals, and that they are part of reality."
snyder.substack.com/p/always-be-...
snyder.substack.com/p/always-be-...
Always be kind
An unexpected wartime slogan
snyder.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"I saw the message on her son’s t-shirt: Always be kind. ...that word 'always,' on a boy’s chest in the middle of a city that has been pounded for three years, has to be there, as a reminder that ideals are ideals, and that they are part of reality."
snyder.substack.com/p/always-be-...
snyder.substack.com/p/always-be-...
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NEW: IEA reiterates ‘no new oil and gas needed’ if global warming is limited to 1.5C (but this time, it only says so quietly)
🧵quick thread
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/6
🧵quick thread
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/6
September 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
NEW: IEA reiterates ‘no new oil and gas needed’ if global warming is limited to 1.5C (but this time, it only says so quietly)
🧵quick thread
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/6
🧵quick thread
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/6
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To journalists various: the issue is not whether the coalition tears itself apart over climate denialism… the issue is whether we do what we can to save our home.
Stop reporting the goddam horse race.
Stop reporting the goddam horse race.
September 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
To journalists various: the issue is not whether the coalition tears itself apart over climate denialism… the issue is whether we do what we can to save our home.
Stop reporting the goddam horse race.
Stop reporting the goddam horse race.
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“modelling suggests an increase in heat-related mortality of 444% for Sydney”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
What happens to Australia when the world warms by 3C? It's revealed in this report
For the first time, the government has modelled the threats from climate change on Australia's future. What’s the point of a document like this, and can it help us avoid the worst-case scenarios?
www.abc.net.au
September 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“modelling suggests an increase in heat-related mortality of 444% for Sydney”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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Climate Risk Assessment Report:
💀 400% increase in heat deaths
🔥 1m homes uninsurable by 2050
🥵$211 billion in lost wealth from reduced labour productivity.
Uninsurable means unsellable, means ppl lose wealth, reduced tax revenue & economic recession for all
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
#auspol
💀 400% increase in heat deaths
🔥 1m homes uninsurable by 2050
🥵$211 billion in lost wealth from reduced labour productivity.
Uninsurable means unsellable, means ppl lose wealth, reduced tax revenue & economic recession for all
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
#auspol
One million homes at 'very high risk' will be effectively uninsurable by 2050
One in 10 homes could be effectively uninsurable by 2050, while lost labour productivity to extreme weather could wipe $211 billion in household wealth, the Climate Risk Assessment warns, with tourism...
www.abc.net.au
September 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Climate Risk Assessment Report:
💀 400% increase in heat deaths
🔥 1m homes uninsurable by 2050
🥵$211 billion in lost wealth from reduced labour productivity.
Uninsurable means unsellable, means ppl lose wealth, reduced tax revenue & economic recession for all
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
#auspol
💀 400% increase in heat deaths
🔥 1m homes uninsurable by 2050
🥵$211 billion in lost wealth from reduced labour productivity.
Uninsurable means unsellable, means ppl lose wealth, reduced tax revenue & economic recession for all
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
#auspol
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At what point are we going to realise that the wealth we will lose from reducing fossil fuel exports is trivial compared to the wealth we will lose from pumping all that CO2 into the atmosphere?
Will it be too late by then?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
#aupol
Will it be too late by then?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
#aupol
What happens to Australia when the world warms by 3C? It's revealed in this report
For the first time, the government has modelled the threats from climate change on Australia's future. What’s the point of a document like this, and can it help us avoid the worst-case scenarios?
www.abc.net.au
September 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
At what point are we going to realise that the wealth we will lose from reducing fossil fuel exports is trivial compared to the wealth we will lose from pumping all that CO2 into the atmosphere?
Will it be too late by then?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
#aupol
Will it be too late by then?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
#aupol
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These findings are alarming, but not surprising.
Regional Australia is depending on strong climate action.
The Government’s carbon emission targets must reflect the severity of the findings released yesterday.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Regional Australia is depending on strong climate action.
The Government’s carbon emission targets must reflect the severity of the findings released yesterday.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
First climate risk assessment finds 1.5m Australians at risk from sea level rise by 2050
One and a half million Australians are at risk from sea levels rising by 2050 unless climate change can be limited, Australia’s first national climate risk assessment warns.
www.abc.net.au
September 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
These findings are alarming, but not surprising.
Regional Australia is depending on strong climate action.
The Government’s carbon emission targets must reflect the severity of the findings released yesterday.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Regional Australia is depending on strong climate action.
The Government’s carbon emission targets must reflect the severity of the findings released yesterday.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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The hard work of giving Australians a view into a future world of unchecked climate changes has been done by the Australia Climate Service. It reinforces the current world of floods and fires for many Australians. We must act on the science and the facts - www.acs.gov.au/pages/nation...
National Climate Risk Assessment
Learn about Australia's first National Climate Risk Assessment.
www.acs.gov.au
September 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The hard work of giving Australians a view into a future world of unchecked climate changes has been done by the Australia Climate Service. It reinforces the current world of floods and fires for many Australians. We must act on the science and the facts - www.acs.gov.au/pages/nation...
Re-upping this thread following the National Climate Risk Assessment and the latest LNP ructions.
If you want to aspire to any leadership position in this country, you must have a serious, coherent plan to respond to climate change. That's table stakes.
If you want to aspire to any leadership position in this country, you must have a serious, coherent plan to respond to climate change. That's table stakes.
I am going to quote-post every part of this thread, and substitute "LNP" for "Tories", because we are seeing the same tired, bad arguments play out in the same way.
Thanks you James for articulating is so well. 🧵⬇️
Thanks you James for articulating is so well. 🧵⬇️
As the Guardian article explains, the net zero target is not arbitrary. It is the best scientific estimate for keeping temperature increases in the range agreed under the Paris Agreement.
September 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Re-upping this thread following the National Climate Risk Assessment and the latest LNP ructions.
If you want to aspire to any leadership position in this country, you must have a serious, coherent plan to respond to climate change. That's table stakes.
If you want to aspire to any leadership position in this country, you must have a serious, coherent plan to respond to climate change. That's table stakes.
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"Each year, nuclear adds as much net global capacity as renewables add every two days. Soaring renewables generate three times more global electricity than stagnant nuclear...
…China added 197 times more solar and wind than nuclear capacity, at half the cost."
www.utilitydive.com/news/nuclear...
…China added 197 times more solar and wind than nuclear capacity, at half the cost."
www.utilitydive.com/news/nuclear...
Nuclear power is failing, and AI can’t rescue it
Nuclear generation is expensive and slow to develop. Claims that past failures won’t recur have convinced politicians to socialize investments rejected by private capital markets.
www.utilitydive.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"Each year, nuclear adds as much net global capacity as renewables add every two days. Soaring renewables generate three times more global electricity than stagnant nuclear...
…China added 197 times more solar and wind than nuclear capacity, at half the cost."
www.utilitydive.com/news/nuclear...
…China added 197 times more solar and wind than nuclear capacity, at half the cost."
www.utilitydive.com/news/nuclear...
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Want to come and work with me and @tonyrwood.bsky.social ? Maybe you should be our next Deputy Program Director or Senior Associate - see job ad below.
Applications close 14 September
Applications close 14 September
We're hiring for a Senior Associate/Deputy Program Director for our Energy and Climate Change Program!
Our ideal candidate has a deep understanding of the energy sector and related climate change issues, and experience in contributing to policy debates.
Apply now at Ethical Jobs: buff.ly/0F3iM1w
Our ideal candidate has a deep understanding of the energy sector and related climate change issues, and experience in contributing to policy debates.
Apply now at Ethical Jobs: buff.ly/0F3iM1w
September 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Want to come and work with me and @tonyrwood.bsky.social ? Maybe you should be our next Deputy Program Director or Senior Associate - see job ad below.
Applications close 14 September
Applications close 14 September
Want to come and work with me and @tonyrwood.bsky.social ? Maybe you should be our next Deputy Program Director or Senior Associate - see job ad below.
Applications close 14 September
Applications close 14 September
We're hiring for a Senior Associate/Deputy Program Director for our Energy and Climate Change Program!
Our ideal candidate has a deep understanding of the energy sector and related climate change issues, and experience in contributing to policy debates.
Apply now at Ethical Jobs: buff.ly/0F3iM1w
Our ideal candidate has a deep understanding of the energy sector and related climate change issues, and experience in contributing to policy debates.
Apply now at Ethical Jobs: buff.ly/0F3iM1w
September 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Want to come and work with me and @tonyrwood.bsky.social ? Maybe you should be our next Deputy Program Director or Senior Associate - see job ad below.
Applications close 14 September
Applications close 14 September
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I have now lived a long and full life, with a Republican Treasury Secretary saying that adding a national sales tax -- imposed on an odd assortment of goods -- *raises* economic growth.
Can't wait to raise other taxes to raise growth further.
Or to double tariffs so we can double growth.
Can't wait to raise other taxes to raise growth further.
Or to double tariffs so we can double growth.
September 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I have now lived a long and full life, with a Republican Treasury Secretary saying that adding a national sales tax -- imposed on an odd assortment of goods -- *raises* economic growth.
Can't wait to raise other taxes to raise growth further.
Or to double tariffs so we can double growth.
Can't wait to raise other taxes to raise growth further.
Or to double tariffs so we can double growth.