After extended talks in Belem at the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP), Antalya, Türkiye will be the physical host of the 2026 event.

Experts on the ground in Belem, Brazil: Kylie Turner Kylie Turner, Sustainable Economies Lead ‘As the world gathers in Brazil for the annual climate conference, we stand at a critical juncture in our global efforts to implement the Paris Agreement.’  ‘Our collective action to limit global warming has never been more important, and it is imperative that we move beyond rhetoric and focus on concrete measures that will accelerate the transition to a global green economy.’ ‘Collaboration between governments, businesses, and civil society is essential.’ ‘This COP is an opportunity for us to explore actions to increase green trade and energy across the globe.’ ‘It is also a pivotal moment for Australia to advocate for hosting the 31st UN Climate Conference in Adelaide in 2026.

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.  The report from Monash University’s Climateworks reveals that Gladstone could unlock these opportunities by switching to cleaner heat sources while using flexible energy demand management.

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 (NZIPs).

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 cooperation.  The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Jakarta by Climateworks Centre, Centre for Policy Development (CPD), Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Indonesia Research Institute for Decarbonization (IRID) and Purnomo Yusgiantoro Center (PYC).

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.  

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.

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’s institutional arrangements.  ‘The authority, now enshrined in law, sends a clear signal to Australia and to the rest of the world that the nation is committed to making the most of the net zero opportunity.’  ‘The Net Zero Economy Authority will be pivotal in accelerating action reducing emissions at scale and ensuring Australia’s regions, industries, communities and workers are supported in the shift to a low-carbon economy.  ‘It can now get stuck into securing a more coordinated net zero transformation – one that is orderly and fair and attracts the investment needed for action at scale,’ she said.   ‘Our Australian Industry Energy Transitions Initiative work revealed that just five industrial regions account for one-eighth of Australia’s total emissions – equivalent to the emissions of every car and light commercial vehicle across the country.

Climateworks Centre welcomes the targeted public investment detailed in the 2024–2025 Federal Budget as part of the Future Made in Australia package.  Climateworks’ Sustainable Economies Lead Kylie Turner, who was in the Budget lock-up, said: ‘The federal government’s Future Made in Australia framework is a key climate pillar for this Budget and could function as a national “net zero filter”, coordinating industry decisions and funnelling investment in the right direction.’ ‘It is precisely the kind of coordination the nation needs to make the most of its once-in-a-lifetime green economy transformation,’ she added. 

Australian Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy Senator the Hon Jenny McAllister will meet Vietnamese and Australian business leaders, policymakers and industry experts in Vietnam to discuss how the countries can accelerate opportunities for green economy investment and trade. 

Climateworks Centre has appointed Dr Fraser Thompson to its board of directors, adding significant international sustainability strategy and implementation expertise.

New scenario modelling by Monash University’s Climateworks Centre demonstrates that Australia can achieve net zero emissions in line with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius with decisive and increased action across all sectors of the economy.

Australia and Vietnam have shared ambitions to realise opportunities within the green economy, and the Australia-Vietnam Green Economy Program aims to reshape the contours of the green economy by equipping Australian businesses with the knowledge, capabilities and networks to catalyse sustainable business collaboration with Vietnam.

Blue ecosystems and ocean-based sectors, such as maritime transport and offshore renewable energy, can contribute 49 per cent of Indonesia’s net zero emissions transition.

The Albanese government has announced a Net Zero Authority to reduce national emissions and help industry, communities and workers manage the shift to a low-carbon economy.

A Climateworks project exploring ocean-based mitigation has secured the involvement of leading regional figures in marine science, climate policy and environmental economics.  Professor Luky Adrianto has been appointed as chair of the Indonesian stakeholder steering committee for Climateworks’ Southeast Asia Framework for Ocean Action in Mitigation (SEAFOAM) project. 

BPKP, Indonesia’s regulator for state-owned enterprises and key public sector agencies, has taken a significant step towards implementing its environmental, social and governance (ESG) plans, by signing a two-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Monash University, Indonesia and Climateworks Centre.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has finally struck a deal with the Nationals and is expected to take a pledge of net-zero greenhouse emissions by 2050 to the Glasgow climate conference.

On 17 November 2025, Monash University’s Climateworks Centre and Purnomo Yusgiantoro Center (PYC) signed an MoU to cement their continued collaboration on accelerating Indonesia’s transition to net zero emissions.

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’s 2035 target of 62–70 per cent is set – and can be achieved.

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 Anna Skarbek AM said: ‘Net zero targets are now business-as-usual – but how companies plan to get there is not.

Climateworks proudly congratulates its Chief Executive Officer, Anna Skarbek, who has been recognised in this year’s Order of Australia awards.

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. 

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-friendly, open source, scientifically rigorous resource developed by Monash University’s Climateworks Centre, over four years alongside experts, industry, government and research stakeholders.

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 transport in the face of modest electric vehicle (EV) uptake.   Climateworks Transport Program Lead, Helen Rowe said: ‘Developing a credible plan to reduce transport emissions requires a shift in the way governments at all levels plan and fund transport – putting emissions reductions at the heart.’ The Climateworks modelling, presented in its latest report ‘Decarbonising Australia’s transport sector: Diverse solutions for a credible emissions reduction plan’, examines what a credible plan to decarbonise Australia’s transport sector could look like, going beyond electric vehicles and giving the country more options to successfully turn the wheel on its third-largest and fastest-growing source of emissions.

Kylie Turner Kylie Turner, Sustainable Economies Lead, Climateworks Centre who is in the Budget lock-up and has decades of experience working across government, business and the not-for-profit sector.

The Australian Industry Energy Transitions Initiative (Australian Industry ETI) – a four-year collaboration of more than thirty organisations dedicated to decarbonising Australia’s heavy industry – was selected as a finalist for the Banksia Foundation’s Net Zero Action Award.

Australian households could save up to $2,200 a year on energy bills by upgrading homes built before 2003 with better insulation and electrifying appliances and heating, a new report by Monash University’s Climateworks Centre says.

Climateworks Centre and retailer Woolworths Group have announced they will co-design a new pilot program to test incentives for farmers to measure their natural capital in Woolworths Group food supply chains.

Twenty-three of Australia’s largest companies have their emissions under long term net zero targets which are aligned with the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement, according to a Climateworks Centre study of ASX200 company climate commitments.

Australians could save more than $20 billion in petrol and maintenance costs if electric vehicles (EVs) made up three-quarters of new car sales by 2030, according to Climateworks Centre analysis released today.  New report Accelerating EV uptake: Policies to realise Australia’s electric vehicle potential, shows raising Australia’s ambition to 76 per cent of new vehicle purchases being electric by 2030, and 100 per cent by 2035, would benefit consumers and cut transport emissions.

After more than a decade bridging the gap between research and climate action, we’re updating our name to recognise our work in Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

On November 11th 2021, the Department of Climate Change under the Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications (MEIDECC) on behalf of the Government of Tonga, submitted Tonga’s Low Emission Development Strategy 2021 – 2050 (LT-LEDS) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat.

Ahead of COP26, Australia’s federal government has set a target to reach net zero emissions by 2050.