New Climateworks Centre analysis reveals that each Australian state and territory could dramatically reduce household energy consumption by upgrading its worst-performing homes. The energy saved would be enough to power 4.5 million EVs per year. The …
Meeting Australia’s Paris Agreement goals will require a lot of electricity A big chunk of that electricity demand will come from electric vehicles (EVs) as motorists move away from cars that burn fossil fuels, and the country powers more of its buses, …
Climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the greatest challenges of our time – they are deeply interconnected. Climateworks Centre CEO Anna Skarbek opened the 2025 Climate-nature Nexus Breakfast, hosted with Monash University and the Responsible …
Meanwhile, the Coalition – which promoted nuclear energy and a slower renewables transition – suffered a historic defeat. Labor also looks set to have increased numbers in the Senate, where the Greens are likely to hold the balance of power. These numbers …
Climateworks proudly congratulates its Chief Executive Officer, Anna Skarbek, who has been recognised in this year’s Order of Australia awards. The Order of Australia awards, announced on June 9, recognise the achievements and contributions of eminent …
Six leading organisations have formalised a strategic partnership at the Fifth Australia-Indonesia Energy Transition Policy Dialogue to accelerate the nation’s clean energy transition through collaborative research, policy support and institutional …
Many Australian companies now need to disclose climate-related information as part of their general financial reporting. Australian Security and Investments Commission chair Joe Longo described this shift as the ‘biggest change to corporate reporting in a …
A new Australian-first credibility guide for corporate climate transition plans, with input from the nation’s leading industry groups and climate transition experts, has been released by Monash University’s Climateworks Centre. Climateworks Centre CEO …
Transition plans are fast becoming a ‘ticket to play’ for companies, much like net zero targets were a few years ago. Net zero targets are now business-as-usual – but how companies plan to get there is not. The market and regulators are essentially flying …
Monash University’s Climateworks Centre and the Ho Chi Minh Institute for Development Studies (HIDS) have launched a consultation on the first-of-its-kind roadmap for transforming Ho Chi Minh City’s major industrial zones into net zero industrial precincts …
Ahead of the Australian Government’s roundtable, four Climateworks experts give their view of the key opportunities for productivity and economic reform. Helen Rowe, Transport Program Manager ‘After years of discussion, road user charging is finally …
The government’s economic reform roundtable this week focused on the levers of productivity from housing approvals, skills and tax. But one lever with more potential than all three combined received less attention: the way Australia’s Your Future, Your …
After 16 years of dedicated service, Climateworks Centre’s Chair and co-founder, John Thwaites AM, is retiring from his formal leadership role at the end of this year. John was appointed inaugural chair of Climateworks when it was co-founded by Monash …
Australia’s 2035 target of 62–70 per cent is set – and can be achieved. The solutions are ready and each sector now has a net zero plan, pointing the way forward. Climateworks Centre CEO Anna Skarbek AM said: ‘The target sets a national goal post, while …
The federal government on Thursday announced a 2035 emissions reduction target of 62-70 per cent below 2005 levels. Importantly, it also released a net zero plan and blueprints for six major economic sectors. The target signals Australia is committed to a …
A new project initiated by Climateworks Centre, in collaboration with Mission Possible Partnership, will focus on accelerating a transformation to clean industry in Southeast Asia and strengthening the region’s global competitiveness through a focus on …
Slashing emissions by two-thirds while saving industries millions each day and cutting peak wholesale prices by up to 60 per cent – these are the opportunities revealed in a new Climateworks Centre report into Queensland’s industrial heartland, Gladstone. …
Last night, the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) presented its 2025 Climate Leaders Awards at the IGCC Summit 2025 in Sydney. This event recognises individuals who demonstrate exceptional leadership, innovation and dedication in addressing the …
The concept of an NZIP is fairly simple; stakeholders working together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve net zero within a specific geographic zone. Rather than a single industry, company or government operating in a silo, everyone works …
Leading Australian climate, industry, finance and research organisations, together as the MAXimum Ambition Coalition (MAX), strongly support Australia’s bid to host COP31 in partnership with Pacific Island nations. Australia and the Pacific are bidding to …
04 days 05:11:47
