Australia and Pacific

Our team based in Perth develops emissions reductions benchmarks and mitigation strategies aligned to the 1.5˚C warming limit for regional and national public sector and civil society actors. The office works closely with our longstanding partners in Australia, the Pacific, and in East and Southeast Asia.

Meet the team

Estelle Roux

Director, Australia and Pacific Office

Dr Nandini Das

Climate and Energy Economist

Cindy Baxter

Senior Communications Consultant

Ella Strachan

Climate Research Analyst - Samoa

Hannah Grant

Climate and Policy Analyst

Thomas Houlie

Climate and Energy Policy Analyst

Rino Maeda

Project Manager

James Bowen

Climate and Energy Policy Analyst

Dr Ling Liao

Climate and Energy Policy Analyst

Samuel Guéret

Climate and Energy Policy Analyst

Kathleen George

Finance Assistant

Our projects

Gas phase-out

Coal phase-out

1.5°C national pathways

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Climate Action Tracker

Publications

The impact of global climate pledges on national action: a snapshot across Asia

Climate Action Tracker: 2024 warming projection update

LNG shipbuilding industry heading to huge oversupply

Fracking the Kimberley: the Canning Basin development plans

Australia's global fossil fuel carbon footprint

Article 6.4 progress update: work of the Supervisory Body on the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism

Guide to a good 2035 climate target

Mapping the climate risk to urban forests at city scale

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Submission to the Australian Treasury consultation on the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax

Submission on Australia's future gas strategy

A 1.5°C future is possible: getting fossil fuels out of the Philippine power sector

Emissions impossible: Unpacking CSIRO GISERA Beetaloo Middle Arm fossil gas emissions estimates

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Battle lines drawn at IPCC plenary as timeline decision successfully delayed for the third time

The role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in providing science input into the Paris Agreement and its critical five yearly Global Stocktake is under challenge.

What did we just agree to? The COP29 outcome

This COP is already being reflected on as one of the most difficult in the history of the negotiations. And the final text has not made it all worth it. So, what was agreed? And what does it mean for addressing the climate crisis and the work to come next year on the road to COP30 in Belém?

Dug up in Australia, burned around the world – exporting fossil fuels undermines climate targets

Our research found Australia’s coal and gas exports were responsible for 1.15 billion tonnes of CO₂ emissions in 2023. An additional 46 million tonnes of CO₂ were emitted domestically in the process of extracting, processing and distributing those fossil fuels purely for export. That takes the total to 1.2 billion tonnes of CO₂ attributable to fossil fuel exports.

Sleight of hand: Australia’s Net Zero target is being lost in accounting tricks, offsets and more gas

Australia is unlikely to achieve its net zero target. This is because of its support for fossil gas to 2050 and beyond, it’s long-term emissions reduction plan resorts to unrealistic technological fixes and emissions offsets and because its legislated target of a 43% emissions cut by 2030 is not aligned with a 1.5°C pathway to net zero by 2050.

Why maintaining ambition for 1.5°C is critical

"One of the key things about this whole problem is that the only way to solve it is that we need to rapidly reduce and phase out fossil fuels. That can’t wait a decade. We need to be making substantial reductions this decade," Bill Hare said in address to the Australia Institute’s Climate Integrity Summit on 20 March 2024.

Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did CSIRO modelling make it look otherwise?

The fossil gas industry is gearing up for a truly enormous new fracking project in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin that could undo all Australia's efforts to cut emissions.

Australia relies on controversial offsets to meet climate change targets. We might not get away with it in Egypt

"If offsets are not real, additional and permanent – or if they’re used to continue fossil fuel emissions – then they will make climate change worse rather than better." — Bill Hare

Scorched dystopia or liveable planet? Here’s where the climate policies of our political hopefuls will take us

In this blog post, first published in The Conversation, our CEO, Bill Hare, analyses Australia’s federal election campaign and the global warming implications of the policies of the Coalition, Labor, the Greens and the “teal” independents.

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From volcanic eruptions to tropical cyclones - adaptation and disaster risk reduction are still a question of finance for small islands

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are incredibly vulnerable to intensifying hazards from climate change. But the challenges that SIDS face in adapting can only be understood by looking at how these impacts interact with other risks – not all of them environmental.

Global Goal for Adaptation must be locally driven

Adaptation to climate change got more attention than ever during COP26. How countries and communities adapt to the inevitable climate change impacts is very context-specific which needs to be reflected in the Paris Agreement’s Global Goal on Adaptation.

Australia’s biggest fossil fuel investment for a decade is in the works – and its greenhouse gas emissions will be horrifying

The controversial Scarborough gas project off Western Australia will cause a substantial rise in greenhouse gas emissions at a time when the world must rapidly decarbonise, new analysis shows.

Yes, Australia can beat its 2030 emissions target. But the Morrison government barely lifted a finger.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison continues to claim Australia will “meet and beat” its current 2030 target of reducing emissions by 26-28% below 2005 levels. But our latest report shows almost all the emissions reductions will be the result of state government policies, and will have virtually nothing to do with the federal government. It also suggests that, given the almost total absence of substantial federal climate policies to date, Australia can do a lot more.

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Australia and Pacific

Meet the team

Our projects

Publications

Comment

Battle lines drawn at IPCC plenary as timeline decision successfully delayed for the third time

What did we just agree to? The COP29 outcome

Dug up in Australia, burned around the world – exporting fossil fuels undermines climate targets

Sleight of hand: Australia’s Net Zero target is being lost in accounting tricks, offsets and more gas

Why maintaining ambition for 1.5°C is critical

Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did CSIRO modelling make it look otherwise?

Australia relies on controversial offsets to meet climate change targets. We might not get away with it in Egypt

Scorched dystopia or liveable planet? Here’s where the climate policies of our political hopefuls will take us

From volcanic eruptions to tropical cyclones - adaptation and disaster risk reduction are still a question of finance for small islands

Global Goal for Adaptation must be locally driven

Australia’s biggest fossil fuel investment for a decade is in the works – and its greenhouse gas emissions will be horrifying

Yes, Australia can beat its 2030 emissions target. But the Morrison government barely lifted a finger.

Media Coverage