Bill Bovingdon
@williambovingdon.substack.com
Sustainable Finance, Green Bonds
Co-Founder Altius, Head of bonds for Australian Ethical, Adjunct Fellow UNSW Business School
Also, Arsenal, St Kilda FC, guitar and fly fishing
Co-Founder Altius, Head of bonds for Australian Ethical, Adjunct Fellow UNSW Business School
Also, Arsenal, St Kilda FC, guitar and fly fishing
Wondering if he offered up Puerto Rico as collateral again?
Irony died the day Kissinger was given the Nobel Peace Prize. But Satire definitely died the day we discovered that Trump's letter to the PM of Norway telling him he was going to invade Greenland because he hadn't been given same Peace Prize was actually real
So this is par for the course, I feel.
So this is par for the course, I feel.
January 21, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Wondering if he offered up Puerto Rico as collateral again?
The sludgy score and dirty dozen www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows
Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:05 AM
The sludgy score and dirty dozen www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If you're still calling for a shark cull, you're demonstrating your ignorance about shark behaviour & our ability to meaningfully change the probability of exceedingly rare events.
Killing sharks, incl. listed threatened species, would need EPBC approval. A test for Murray Watt.
Killing sharks, incl. listed threatened species, would need EPBC approval. A test for Murray Watt.
Shark culls have been happening in QLD & NSW, for decades, through shark nets & drumlines. They're diabolical for sharks & other wildlife, including whales, dolphins, dugongs & sea turtles.
They do stuff all to improve safety, but education does! 👉 www.sharksmart.nsw.gov.au/staying-safe
They do stuff all to improve safety, but education does! 👉 www.sharksmart.nsw.gov.au/staying-safe
Staying Safe - SharkSmart
www.sharksmart.nsw.gov.au
January 21, 2026 at 8:17 AM
If you're still calling for a shark cull, you're demonstrating your ignorance about shark behaviour & our ability to meaningfully change the probability of exceedingly rare events.
Killing sharks, incl. listed threatened species, would need EPBC approval. A test for Murray Watt.
Killing sharks, incl. listed threatened species, would need EPBC approval. A test for Murray Watt.
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Extending coal is not a lifeline
It's an anchor
Cement boots
Coal a cost to taxpayers that taxpayers are forced to keep paying (and why WA system costs high)
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Keeping coal costs more when it does work, and costs even more when it doesn't
bsky.app/profile/prof...
It's an anchor
Cement boots
Coal a cost to taxpayers that taxpayers are forced to keep paying (and why WA system costs high)
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Keeping coal costs more when it does work, and costs even more when it doesn't
bsky.app/profile/prof...
January 21, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Extending coal is not a lifeline
It's an anchor
Cement boots
Coal a cost to taxpayers that taxpayers are forced to keep paying (and why WA system costs high)
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Keeping coal costs more when it does work, and costs even more when it doesn't
bsky.app/profile/prof...
It's an anchor
Cement boots
Coal a cost to taxpayers that taxpayers are forced to keep paying (and why WA system costs high)
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Keeping coal costs more when it does work, and costs even more when it doesn't
bsky.app/profile/prof...
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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Thrilled to see our latest research featured in @theguardian.com @australianmuseum.bsky.social @ecologybrad.bsky.social @kjpeters.bsky.social @coorongdan.bsky.social @fredsaltre.bsky.social
Australia’s #koala paradox: why is the beloved marsupial endangered in parts but overabundant in others? www.theguardian.com/environment/... @theguardian.com
Australia’s koala paradox: why is the beloved marsupial endangered in parts but overabundant in others?
There are so many koalas in some places that food is the issue – while elsewhere populations are threatened by habitat loss. And there are no easy fixes
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Thrilled to see our latest research featured in @theguardian.com @australianmuseum.bsky.social @ecologybrad.bsky.social @kjpeters.bsky.social @coorongdan.bsky.social @fredsaltre.bsky.social
Expansion only justified by a consistent supply shocks and social/political upheaval. A recipe for malicious mischief
Analysis from ACCR found that major oil and gas companies would deliver about US $78 billion more value by stopping fossil fuel exploration and returning capital to shareholders.
Fossil fuel exploration is not a growth engine; it’s a drag on returns. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Fossil fuel exploration is not a growth engine; it’s a drag on returns. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
New gas won’t fix a broken system. It’s time to phase out fossil fuels
Climate impacts ranging from fires, floods, heatwaves, extreme cyclones and drought are already reshaping communities, livelihoods, and insurance policies across Australia.
thepoint.com.au
January 19, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Expansion only justified by a consistent supply shocks and social/political upheaval. A recipe for malicious mischief
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Every time you vote for a party or candidate that doesn’t have serious policies to limit global warming to 1.5°C, you vote for a future with more and more devastating events like this.
Just days ago, communities along the Great Ocean Road were inundated as their roads turned to rivers - with parts of the region recording 180mm of rainfall in just six hours.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
As the world warms, extreme rain events are coming hard and fast
When it comes to extreme rainfall, it's hard for climate scientists to say what's natural and what's caused by climate change, but they do know the most extreme events are dropping more rain, more oft...
www.abc.net.au
January 19, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Every time you vote for a party or candidate that doesn’t have serious policies to limit global warming to 1.5°C, you vote for a future with more and more devastating events like this.
Nothing worse than having to agree with your sworn enemy
It is weird how every plea to pivot away from climate to energy affordability actually ends up just agreeing entirely with the goals of climate.
First it was the way renewables ended up helping reduce power bills, now it's clear opposing massive unchecked gas export build-out does the same
First it was the way renewables ended up helping reduce power bills, now it's clear opposing massive unchecked gas export build-out does the same
A Boom in Gas Exports is Pushing up U.S. Energy Bills
e360.yale.edu
January 19, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Nothing worse than having to agree with your sworn enemy
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January 17, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Who knew “Don’t look up” was actually inspired by true events?
One of the many disturbing things I’ve read this week is all these tech bros & mining billionaires are moving on Greenland as when the ice melts critical minerals will be easier to access 😳😳
So they are intentionally heating the planet to pillage the planet even more #auspol
So they are intentionally heating the planet to pillage the planet even more #auspol
January 17, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Who knew “Don’t look up” was actually inspired by true events?
Don’t mention the war
Extraordinary the Australian did this entire article about increasing risks of climate change while not mentioning climate change. #auspol #localgovernment
January 17, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Don’t mention the war
Doesn’t explain how self lifting works but apparently involves climbing cranes and modular tower sections that assemble themselves.
Cool! reneweconomy.com.au/fortescue-be...
Cool! reneweconomy.com.au/fortescue-be...
Fortescue begins work on first wind farm, with self-lifting towers and Australia's biggest turbines
Andrew Forrest's Fortescue starts construction of its first wind farm, featuring unique "self-lifting" tower technology and the biggest turbines seen in Australia.
reneweconomy.com.au
January 17, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Doesn’t explain how self lifting works but apparently involves climbing cranes and modular tower sections that assemble themselves.
Cool! reneweconomy.com.au/fortescue-be...
Cool! reneweconomy.com.au/fortescue-be...
Multiple La Niña years can’t hide the fact - water is precious
"Australia’s longest waterway is under such dire threat of collapse that the entire lower Murray River ecosystem, which stretches nearly 1000 kilometres from western NSW, through Victoria and to the sea in South Australia has been classified as critically endangered."
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Water wars ahead now Australia’s longest river officially critically endangered
The lower Murray River has been designated critically endangered by the Albanese government as it blasted the environmental management of the former Coalition government.
www.smh.com.au
January 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Multiple La Niña years can’t hide the fact - water is precious
A portent of all billionaire bunkers? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nuclear bunker nears collapse due to coastal erosion
The brick building, on the East Yorkshire coast, is thought to be about 70 years old.
www.bbc.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:48 AM
A portent of all billionaire bunkers? www.bbc.com/news/article...
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"Every gold mine pays a royalty for gold. But more than half of the gas we export is given away royalty-free."
Add your name to the petition to fix Australia's gas export problem: https://theaus.in/fix_gas_export_problem
Add your name to the petition to fix Australia's gas export problem: https://theaus.in/fix_gas_export_problem
January 13, 2026 at 8:55 PM
"Every gold mine pays a royalty for gold. But more than half of the gas we export is given away royalty-free."
Add your name to the petition to fix Australia's gas export problem: https://theaus.in/fix_gas_export_problem
Add your name to the petition to fix Australia's gas export problem: https://theaus.in/fix_gas_export_problem
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Enormous dollops of common sense
What the price of eggs was to the 2024 election, the price of electricity could be in 2026.
And Democrats can get out ahead on this one--here's a breakdown of how to talk about it
billmckibben.substack.com/p/pretend-yo...
And Democrats can get out ahead on this one--here's a breakdown of how to talk about it
billmckibben.substack.com/p/pretend-yo...
Pretend you're running for Congress
A first stab at how to talk about energy and climate in 2026
billmckibben.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Enormous dollops of common sense
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Extreme heat training has now become standard for cyclists heading into big races in hot climates, and the advance of climate change is forcing a quiet, uneasy confrontation with its relationship to fossil fuels ahead of this year's Tour Down Under.
New from me on The Guardian:
New from me on The Guardian:
‘It’s embarrassing’: riders say time is up for fossil fuel sponsorship of heat-affected Tour Down Under
Cyclists prepare for Australia’s big race by training in extreme temperatures – and they’ve noticed a contradiction in the relationship with Santos
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Extreme heat training has now become standard for cyclists heading into big races in hot climates, and the advance of climate change is forcing a quiet, uneasy confrontation with its relationship to fossil fuels ahead of this year's Tour Down Under.
New from me on The Guardian:
New from me on The Guardian:
The emergency declaration “wasn’t only about immediate danger; it was about buying time to rethink infrastructure, guidance for hunters, and monitoring. His words may resonate uncomfortably beyond the Arctic” - way beyond thaihut.org/10-163997-em...
Emergency declared in Greenland as researchers spot orcas breaching near melting ice shelves
A pod of orcas slices through steel‑grey water at the edge of a Greenland ice shelf that looks… wrong. Too thin. Too broken. Below, a line of bright
thaihut.org
January 11, 2026 at 12:43 AM
The emergency declaration “wasn’t only about immediate danger; it was about buying time to rethink infrastructure, guidance for hunters, and monitoring. His words may resonate uncomfortably beyond the Arctic” - way beyond thaihut.org/10-163997-em...
Basically, we need more trees theconversation.com/we-discovere...
We discovered microbes in bark ‘eat’ climate gases. This will change the way we think about trees
We already knew forests were heavy lifters in reducing climate pollution. New research reveals the tiny microbes in tree bark can also “eat” climate gases.
theconversation.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Basically, we need more trees theconversation.com/we-discovere...
Coal can’t cut it - renewables to the rescue reneweconomy.com.au/record-year-...
reneweconomy.com.au
January 8, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Coal can’t cut it - renewables to the rescue reneweconomy.com.au/record-year-...
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The law binds pension funds to a duty of even-handedness. Trustees striving to uphold that principle must confront an Orwellian tension — all members might be equal, but unmanaged climate risks imply some are more equal than others. www.netzeroinvestor.net/news-and-vie...
Climate fiduciaries: part II – the duty of even-handedness
The second instalment of this series on climate-related fiduciary duty explores the duty of even-handedness and its link to climate investing. This crucial fine print of fiduciary rules is at the hear...
www.netzeroinvestor.net
January 8, 2026 at 2:43 AM
The law binds pension funds to a duty of even-handedness. Trustees striving to uphold that principle must confront an Orwellian tension — all members might be equal, but unmanaged climate risks imply some are more equal than others. www.netzeroinvestor.net/news-and-vie...
Custodians of other peoples money can’t afford to direct capital in the absence of credible transition plans. It would be like investing in companies that don’t bother to insure their assets
Capital is already behaving as if a fossil fuel phaseout is underway. Not through headlines or pledges, but through mandates, risk models and capital allocation decisions that quietly reroute money away from assets with declining transition credibility. www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...
January 8, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Custodians of other peoples money can’t afford to direct capital in the absence of credible transition plans. It would be like investing in companies that don’t bother to insure their assets