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Specialists in climate transitions for Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Working as an independent centre within Monash University.

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30.10.25

Powering the future: Ho Chi Minh City’s roadmap to industrial transition 

Decarbonising Vietnam’s booming industrial sector is critical to securing future economic success in the race to net zero.
  • Webinar

The power of place in building net zero industrial precincts – The Briefing Room

Net Zero Industrial Precincts (NZIPs) are emerging as a powerful model for place-based industrial decarbonisation. While all aim for the same end goal,  the path looks different in every location.

19.09.25

Seven things Australia can do today to meet its new climate goal

The federal government on Thursday announced a 2035 emissions reduction target of 62-70 per cent below 2005 levels.
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09.06.25

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Now more than ever: Impact report 2024

This report gives an overview of our efforts to drive ambitious climate action across our region in 2024, with a particular focus on nine selected impact stories.

  • Indonesia
  • Southeast Asia

08.07.25

  • Report

Guide to credibility for corporate climate transition plans

The introduction of new mandatory climate-related financial disclosures in Australia in January 2025 marks the start of a new era, where planning for net zero is standard practice for Australian companies.

  • Australia

03.07.25

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  • Report

Your Future, Your Super Performance test can be future-proofed with climate benchmarking

Australia has a world-leading superannuation industry – with one of the highest retirement savings per capita than any other country.

  • Australia

28.08.24

  • Report

Enabling Australia’s home renovation wave

Our new report focuses on how the Australian Government's built environment sectoral plan can enable emissions reductions and co-benefits through coordinated policy action.

  • Australia

14.11.23

  • Report
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Climateworks Centre decarbonisation scenarios 2023: Australia can still meet the Paris Agreement

Climateworks Centre's latest scenarios show Australia can reduce emissions by 85 per cent by 2035.

  • Australia

30.10.25

  • Paper
  • Report

Powering Ho Chi Minh City’s future with net zero industrial precincts

Seizing Ho Chi Minh City’s low-carbon economic opportunities with a net zero industrial precinct approach is both an economic imperative and a climate opportunity.

  • Southeast Asia

09.10.25

  • Report

Heat, power and flexibility to future-proof Gladstone

This report focuses on two key opportunities for industrial decarbonisation in Gladstone: replacing fossil fuels used for industrial heat with low-carbon alternatives and complementing this shift with industrial energy demand management.

  • Australia

18.02.25

  • Report

Decarbonising Indonesia’s manufacturing sector: Case studies from the food and beverage, textile and chemical industries

The manufacturing sector accounts for approximately 28 per cent of Indonesia’s emissions, with the top emitting subsectors including chemical, cement, pulp and paper, food and beverage, iron steel, plastic, soap and detergent and textile. With today's technologies, these sectors can reduce emissions and transition to low-carbon operations even while guiding national policies are still being consolidated.

  • Indonesia
  • Southeast Asia

26.07.23

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Natural Capital Measurement Catalogue

The Natural Capital Measurement Catalogue helps integrate natural capital considerations into business, financial and government decision-making, by facilitating convergence on a core set of consistent and comparable natural capital metrics that can be measured across all scales and different land use types.
07.11.25

‘Local COP31 could unlock Australia’s clean export potential’: Leading industry, finance and research groups

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.

17.10.25

Professor John Thwaites AM recognised at IGCC 2025 Awards

Last night, the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) presented its 2025 Climate Leaders Awards at the IGCC Summit 2025 in Sydney.  This event recognises individuals who demonstrate exceptional leadership, innovation and dedication in addressing the critical challenges of climate change within their respective fields.

09.10.25

Industrial regions key to lower emissions, cheaper energy, stronger grid, new report shows 

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.

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How we work

Ambitious targets and swift action are prerequisites for shared climate safety. Climateworks develops evidence-based solutions to accelerate emissions reduction in line with the global 1.5°C temperature goal.


Who is Climateworks Centre?

About us

We are climate transition specialists, working in Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific with decision-makers who have the power to reduce emissions at scale.


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Our work reaches new heights thanks to generous supporters.


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Climateworks is having real influence and impact on governments, business and the wider community. Though climate change policy has been extremely fraught and politically difficult in recent years, Climateworks has become a key advisor for both sides of politics.

John Thwaites, Chair, Monash Sustainable Development Institute and Climateworks Centre, former deputy Premier and Minister for the Environment.

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