August 2025

Contents

Three welcome reports on real global progress; an article on strengthening NSW’s power system; the dangers of plastic; and, finally, a critical analysis of conventional economic assumptions on the risks of climate change.

1. We face daunting global challenges. Eight reasons to be hopeful
2. IRENA Report excerpts
3. The renewable energy revolution is a feat of technology
4. Grid forming batteries and syncons to bolster NSW grid
5. ‘Plastic crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns
6. Economic assumptions about risks of the climate crisis are no longer relevant, says a communications expert