An edited extract of Anna Skarbek AM’s remarks on 17 March 2026 at the 2026 Australian Council of Superannuation Investors Conference in Sydney, Australia. It is fitting that this climate session follows sessions on AI and modern slavery and how funds …
More than 100 experts from ASEAN member states (AMS) collaborated this month on accelerating an inclusive transition to clean manufacturing. Representatives from ASEAN Member States Energy Efficiency and and Conservation Sub-sector Network, ASEAN Centre …
The financial sector is entering a new era in which climate risks and opportunities are no longer a longterm consideration, but a near-term core financial risk and strategic priority. This paper examines how Australian superannuation funds – collectively …
Blue carbon was in focus this month as experts, policymakers and stakeholders gathered in Jakarta for the Ocean Climate Dialogue 2026 (OCD). The first milestone towards this year’s Ocean Impact Summit, to be held in Bali this June, the OCD was convened by …
In 2025, Climateworks Centre launched an internship in honour of founding director David Shelmerdine. The three-month internship, awarded to a Monash University student who has demonstrated a bold vision in nature-based solutions to climate change …
Market shifts and growing regulatory momentum are reshaping expectations for corporate climate action. Organisations that build capability now will be positioned to capitalise on the net zero transition. Join experts from Climateworks Centre as they …
In December 2025, the Australian Government announced a review of the electric car discount, as required by the Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount) Act 2022. Climateworks welcomes the climate action and commitments taken by the Australian …
Monash University’s Climateworks Centre and the Center for Environmental, Social, and Governance Studies (CESGS) at the Universitas Airlangga in Surabaya, Indonesia, signed an MoU to formalise a strategic partnership. The MoU, signed in Melbourne by …
After decades of negotiation, the High Seas Treaty came into force this month. For the first time, there’s a legal framework to protect the two-thirds of the ocean that sits beyond national borders – waters that have been essentially ungoverned, overfished …
Climateworks experts share the trends and opportunities that will define the year ahead, and what they mean for governments, industry and communities navigating the shift to a net zero economy. Anna Malos, Australia Lead For Australia, the year ahead is …
Climateworks Centre has announced energy transition and decarbonisation specialist Phat Pumchawsaun as our new Southeast Asia Lead. Phat has more than a decade of experience working on climate change mitigation and energy in Southeast Asia. He will …
Monash University and The Myer Foundation are pleased to announce the appointment of Sharan Burrow AC as Chair of the Climateworks Centre board, following a rigorous, open and competitive recruitment process. A global advocate for human rights, climate …
New scenario modelling by Monash University’s Climateworks Centre demonstrates that Australia can bolster transport decarbonisation by expanding its approach to include a suite of solutions, calling for a shift in the way governments plan and fund …
In 2022, ASEAN nations’ installed solar and wind capacity was less than 1 per cent of the region’s potential, according to independent energy think tank EMBER. This vast untapped potential presents significant investment opportunities, said Dr Dinita …
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 …
The Net Zero Economy Authority – a crucial element in Australia’s net zero success – has today passed through parliament. Climateworks Centre CEO and Net Zero Economy Agency Advisory Board Member, Anna Skarbek welcomed this valuable addition to Australia’ …
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 …
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