Transition Away From Fossil Fuels - Panel Discussion | Climate Integrity Summit 2026

The Climate Integrity Summit is a non-partisan event that convenes leading experts in economics, ecology, policy and governance to discuss a credible and achievable climate policy that serves the Australian people and broader global community.

Thu 24 Sep 2026 14.18 AEST

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Speakers: Louise Morris, Head of Fossil Fuel Transition, The Australia Institute, The Hon Dr Maina Vakafua Talia, Minister for Climate Change and Environment for the Government of Tuvalu, The Hon Senator Rosa Galvez, Canadian Senator for Quebec (Bedford).

The Australia Institute is one of Australia’s most influential public policy think tanks, conducting independent research that drives the public debate and secures policy outcomes for a more equitable Australia.

OPINION

COPping it, Australian style

By Fiona Katauskas

Climate

OPINION

The Pacific is drawing the map while Australia digs up the road

By Louise Morris

On Wednesday in Fiji, Pacific ministers said what Australian ministers have so far avoided saying. The region needs a plan to end its dependence on coal, oil and gas. At a high-level pre-COP31 side event in Nadi, Navigating the Pacific Energy Transition, ministers discussed their intention to develop a regional roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels.

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WHAT'S NEW

Melbourne’s Port Phillip Council joins push to make big polluters pay for climate disasters

By staff writers

Port Phillip Council has unanimously passed a motion calling for the Federal Government to fund a National Climate Compensation Fund with a levy on gas and coal production. The inner-Melbourne local government area, which covers suburbs such as St Kilda, Elwood, South Melbourne and Port Melbourne, faces increased risk of flooding and coastal damage in the face of climate change.

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OPINION

Decision to approve massive NSW coal project wilfully blind to climate policy reality

By Fergus Green

The New South Wales Independent Planning Commission last week approved the largest coal mining project in the state’s history. The way it proposes to deal with the immense climate-harming emissions from burning the exported coal beggars belief.

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