In this special two-part episode, host Sarah Aubrey is joined by Lord Adair Turner, Chair of the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC), for a wide-ranging conversation on the global energy transition and Australia’s critical role in it.

The conversation goes global; examining where the world stands against the Paris Agreement targets, which countries are leading and lagging, and the remarkable cost revolution underway in solar and battery technology that is reshaping what is possible. 

Part 1 covers the role of the ETC and how it drives global change; the state of decarbonisation worldwide; Australia’s coal dependency and what must change; the rapid cost decline of solar and batteries; and why Sunbelt countries like Australia are best placed to lead the next phase of the energy transition.