Tectonic shifts: Macquarie CEO warns coal industry will ‘run off’

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“We are accepting the coal industry is running off. It’s very profitable at the moment but it is going to run off,” Macquarie Group's chief executive says. “We the people of Australia, need new industry. We need reskilling for jobs” economics

was “dead” which prompted rebukes from Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.

“We are accepting the coal industry is running off. It’s very profitable at the moment but it is going to run off,” she said. “So the people of Newcastle, we the people of Australia, need new industry. We need reskilling for jobs.”plans to reduce this to zero by 2024, joining a growing number of financial institutions closing the door on coal.

Fossil fuels still make up 80 per cent of global energy consumption and Wikramanayake said it was unrealistic for this to change overnight. She said renewables would continue to grow market share but the transition must be done carefully and with respect for all affected communities.

 

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