Introducing Anna Rose
Anna is a well-respected leader in the environment movement who has worked for more than two decades to help Australia make progress on climate change. Her work has taught her that bipartisanship is...
Introducing Tim Washington
Tim Washington is the CEO and co-founder of JET Charge, Australia's largest EV charging technology business. Tim was also the co-founder of Chargefox, now the country's largest EV charging...
Introducing Sophie Scamps, MP for Mackellar
Dr Sophie Scamps MP is the Independent Member for the Federal electorate of Mackellar. Sophie made history at the 2022 election by becoming the first Independent to win the Northern Beaches seat...
Introducing. Dr Kerry Schott, Non-Executive Director of AGL, Chair of the Carbon Market – Transitioning to an energy superpower
Kerry was appointed a Non-Executive Director of AGL in late 2022. She is also Chair of the Carbon Market Institute and a Member of Aware Super Direct Asset Committee. Kerry has recently been Chair...
Introducing Kylie Hargreaves, Chair Australian Alliance for Energy Products – Transitioning to an energy superpower
Kylie is an experienced diplomat, policy maker, non-executive Director and private consultant with a track record for solving difficult challenges. Kylie is the Chair of Australian Alliance for...
Introducing Kobad Bhavnagri, Global Head of Strategy, BloombergNEF – Transitioning to an energy superpower
Kobad is a leading expert on the energy transition. He is the Global Head of Strategy for BloombergNEF, an international research provider specialising in the transition to a net-zero emissions...
Alexis Bowen
Alexis Bowen is the founder of The Bin Chicken Australia and NSW Environmental Citizen of the Year 2022. What started as an exercise to clean up the neighbourhood developed into a community...
Professor Veena Sahajwalla
Professor Veena Sahajwalla is an internationally recognised materials scientist, engineer, and inventor revolutionising recycling science. She is renowned for pioneering the high temperature...
Saul Griffiths, Answers to questions
You talk about Grid Neutrality as THE SOLUTION that will help overtake market forces to solve our electricity/energy crisis. How will this overcome the vested interests and fossil fuel contracts...
Introducing. Taryn Lane
Taryn manages Australia’s first community-owned cooperative wind farm, Hepburn Energy (formerly Hepburn Wind), located at Leonards Hill south of Daylesford in Victoria. The co-operative is a...
Introducing Saul Griffith
Saul is an inventor, author, and founder of multiple companies and nonprofits. He has led projects for agencies including NASA, DARPA, National Science Foundation and more. He has founded and...
Introducing Ivor Frischknecht, an experienced Chief Executive Officer and Non-Executive
Director working at the intersection of energy and climate, innovation and investment. He was the inaugural CEO of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and oversaw its $2.1 billion portfolio for 6...
Introducing Simon Holmes a Court.
Simon began his career as a software engineer in Silicon Valley during the first dotcom wave, then spent more than a decade in precision farm water management. Simon was a driving force behind the...
Introducing Rebecca Mikula-Wright
Rebecca is responsible for developing and delivering the strategy and implementation across Investor Group on Climate Change, and the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change, covering investor...
The latest Climate and Peace Forum – Climate Risks – making choices.
Impending Tipping Points once again offered 3 fabulous speakers - inspiring and somewhat terrifying us with their insightful contributions. February 16ths session presented – Professor Will Steffen,...
Zara Bending
Introducing Zara Bending, Associate, Centre for Environmental Law, Macquarie University. Zara Bending is an award-winning lecturer and internationally published researcher specialising in criminal,...
Will Steffen
Introducing Professor Will Steffen, Emeritus Professor Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Canberra Will Steffen is a celebrated international global change...
Chris Barrie
Introducing Admiral Chris Barrie AC, FAICD, FAIM, FARPI, RAN Retired, Adjunct Professor Strategic and Defence Studies Centre Australian National University, Canberra After 42 years in the Royal...
Follow up from the Climate and Peace Forum. Driving to the Future,
Follow up from the Climate and Peace Forum. Driving to the Future, November 2021. Thank you to all who attended our forum on the 16th of November, with so many additional questions our three...
Congratulations Maxine Burkett.
In February this year, the Climate and Peace Forum attendees heard Maxine Burkett speak passionately about the need for climate reparations, Maxine posed the question , “will adaptation be peaceful...
Driving to the Future, Join the EV revolution.
Climate and Peace forum - 16 November at 6pm AEST Driving to the Future, Join the EV revolution . Will Edmonds is our first speaker in this next forum, Driving to the Future, join the EV...
What does Security mean in the climate crisis? – Defence, Energy & Food?
Many of us are now looking forward to the next Rotary Climate and Peace forum on 10th August 2021, see www.climateandpeace.com.au If you have heard previous sessions, you will know that this is an...
Introducing Tim Buckley, Director Energy Finance Studies, Australia/South Asia, IEEFA
Analysing risk is core business for Tim in his role as financial analyst for IEEFA, covering the global energy and electricity markets. This extends to examining the risks of potentially stranded...
Introducing Zali Steggall OAM MP, Independent Member for Warringah
Many Australians will know Zali as the four-time Olympian who toppled Tony Abbott from his blue-ribbon seat. World champion athlete- turned barrister Zalia made the headlines and has gone on to...
Introducing Blair Palese, Global climate change editor at Climate & Capital Media
Blair has thirty years’ experience as a director, senior manager, writer, editor and project manager with NGOs, media, businesses, and government agencies addressing climate change, fossil fuel...
Introducing Michael Mann
We are privileged to have Michael E Mann joining our next Climate and Peace panel in February. Michael is Professor of Atmospheric Science and Director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn...
Introducing Marian Wilkinson
We are so pleased to have award winning journalist Marian Wilkinson joining the panel on 15/16 February. Her new book “The Carbon Club” is a brilliant overview of the events shaping the Climate...
Introducing Prof. Maxine Burkett
Our speaker, Prof Maxine Burkett is passionate about the need for 'climate reparations'. Concerned about the current and potential impacts of climate change on disadvantaged communities and...
Following the successful 2nd 2020 Climate and Peace forum we wish to share Lucinda Corrigan’s answers as supplied to the questions posed by the participants.
Climate and Peace Blog. Questions for Lucinda: Regenerative farming offers opportunities to increase biodiversity and carbon capture. What needs to happen for broad uptake of these practices? There...
Introducing Lucinda Corrigan Chair of Farmers for Climate Action
Introducing Lucinda Corrigan Chair of Farmers for Climate Action Looking forward to the next Rotary Climate and peace forum on 10th November www.climateandpeace.com.au We are very pleased to...
Introducing Simon McKeon AO
Introducing Simon McKeon AO Looking forward to the next Rotary Climate and Peace forum on 10th November www.climateandpeace.com.au We are very pleased to announce 3 fantastic new speakers for this...
Introducing Greg Mullins AO AFSM former Commissioner, Fire and Rescue NSW
Introducing Greg Mullins AO AFSM former Commissioner, Fire and Rescue NSW Looking forward to the next Rotary Climate and peace forum on 10th November? We are very pleased to announce 3 fantastic new...
Continuing the Conversation (Part 2) with further writings by Professor Lesley Hughes.
Continuing the Conversation with further writings by Professor Lesley Hughes. We hope you have had a chance to read our 1st Blog and follow Professor Lesley Hughes response to questions posed after...
Extending the Conversation (Part 2): Q&As with Dr Michael Pulch. EU Ambassador to Australia
Extending the Conversation: Q&As with Dr Michael Pulch. EU Ambassador to Australia Part 2 of 2. 1.How soon can we start to see regulation and policy from Governments around existing...
Extending the Conversation with Dr Michael Pulch. EU Ambassador to Australia
Extending the Conversation: Q&As with Dr Michael Pulch. EU Ambassador to Australia How does the EU propose to measure the impact of initiatives under Horizon Europe? Key impact areas and impact...
Extending the Conversation: Q&As with Professor Lesley Hughes.
Extending the Conversation: Q&As with Professor Lesley Hughes. PVC, Research Integrity and Development, Distinguished Professor of Biological Science. Professor Lesley Hughes Distinguished...