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11 March 2026

Accelerate 2035: Resetting Australia’s Research Priorities for a Human-Centred Energy Transition

Australia’s new 2035 emission target exposes gaps in Australia’s energy transition R&D system.

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1 December 2025

New ACOLA Reports Chart Path to a Fair and Inclusive Energy Transition

New ACOLA Reports Chart Path to a Fair and Inclusive Energy Transition

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11 December 2024

Board Addresses New Zealand Marsden Fund Cuts

Statement on funding cuts to New Zealand Marsden Fund – Humanities and Social Science Research

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20 December 2023

Supporting Australia’s Energy Transition – New Panel of Experts

With the energy transition well underway, it is pleasing to see increased and substantive actions by governments, industry and individuals across Aust...

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13 September 2022

Achieving Australia’s Energy Transition: Funding and translating knowledge

The Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) is pleased to release its next set of reports under the Australian Energy Transition Research Plan...

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22 November 2021

Media Release November 2021: A Joint Statement on COP26

Moving from rhetoric to action – a joint statement on COP26 We, the Presidents of Australia’s Learned Academies, recognise that our Academies’ collec...

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17 June 2021

An urgent shift is needed on energy transition research

Australia’s transition to a net-zero energy system is a massive and complex task: requiring interdisciplinary solutions addressing Australia’s specifi...

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17 June 2021

Media Release June 2021: Australian Energy Transition Research Plan

An urgent shift is needed on energy transition research Australia’s transition to a net-zero energy system is a massive and complex task; requiring i...

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20 November 2017

Bright future for Australian energy storage despite public uncertainty

Australia has the potential to lead the world in developing large and home scale energy storage systems if public uncertainty can be overcome.

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