So far, Australia’s strategies to reduce its transport emissions have focussed on increasing the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs). But with transport being Australia’s fastest-growing source of emissions, Climateworks Centre’s latest transport scenario …
Over the next two decades, Australia will need to reduce its electricity sector emissions to near zero. It will need to do this while meeting rapidly increasing electricity demand to support other sectors of the economy in decarbonising. Climateworks …
Climateworks Centre has launched a new program to facilitate the establishment of net zero industrial precincts in Vietnam. This follows an MOU signed by Climateworks and Ho Chi Minh Institute of Development Studies on the sideline of Ho Chi Minh City …
This week Australia hosted the world’s first Global Nature Positive Summit in Sydney. Five years ago, Climateworks Centre co-hosted the first Australian Natural Capital Summit, which developed the first Natural Capital Roadmap for Australia. The Global …
John Thwaites remembers the exact moment he understood that the fight against global warming had to radically change. It was 2012, and he was in the Climateworks Melbourne office, listening to a talk by leading climate scientist Malte Meinshausen. The …
Climateworks Centre has launched a world-first resource to support the consistent measurement of natural capital, which fuels over half of Australia and the world’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Natural Capital Measurement Catalogue (NCMC) is a user- …
An edited excerpt from Anna Skarbek’s remarks on 17 October 2024, celebrating Climateworks Centre’s 15th anniversary at the State Library of Victoria. Photo credit Monash University: James Thomas Photo. It takes a village to change a system, and that is …
Climateworks Centre CEO Anna Skarbek was nominated for the Chair’s Award, ‘Individual Advancing the Cause of Climate Investment’ at the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) Summit, which took place on Thursday, 7 November. The IGCC Climate Leaders …
Climateworks Centre has the following experts on the ground in Baku: Kylie Turner, Sustainable Economic Lead, Climateworks Centre who is pursuing sustainable pathways towards net zero, focusing on national and sub-national economies. Kylie has expertise …
Discussions about Australia’s climate transition often focus on the federal government, but states and territories also play a significant role in support of national and international goals. Our new report identifies leading climate policies from …
Australia’s states and territories have laid the foundation for a more ambitious 2035 national climate target, a new report from Monash University’s Climateworks Centre reveals. The report shows that combined, Australian state and territory climate …
Vietnam’s rise to middle-income country status has been almost singular in its pace, typified by three-fold growth in per-capita GDP over the past 20 years and an 11 per cent decline in the poverty rate in the last decade alone. Vietnam’s highly trade- …
After two years leading Climateworks’ program delivery team, Climateworks executive Michaela Morris takes her passion for carbon markets into a Chief Executive role. Michaela will step up into the role of Chief Executive Officer at Tasman Environmental …
Three of Indonesia’s core manufacturing sectors are crucial to the nation’s new goal of reaching net zero before 2050, a new report from Monash University’s Climateworks Centre reveals. The report shows that the chemicals, textiles and food and beverage …
The impacts of climate change are increasingly being felt across businesses in all industries. Understanding the effects of climate change is key to the long-term commercial success of any business. This includes understanding not only how climate change …
An event co-hosted by Climateworks Centre in Jakarta explored the opportunities presented by place-based decarbonisation in Indonesia. Last month’s event, held in collaboration with the Indonesian Ministry of Industry, presented the concept of net zero …
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 …
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