Project Publications

• Morgan, W., & Newell, B. (2025) ‘As global climate action threatens to stall, can Australia step up at COP30 in Brazil?’, The Conversation, November 7.

• Hao, T. (2025) ‘Power of Siberia 2 reshapes China’s energy security calculus’, East Asia Forum, October 31.

• Pollard, M. and Buckley, T. (2025). ‘A Strategy for Whyalla: Enabling the Transformation and Decarbonisation of the Steelworks’. Climate Energy Finance, 17 November.

• Tan, H. (2025). China’s International Energy Relations: the impact of transition from fossil fuels to renewables. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108950978

• Roberts, J.T., Milani, C.R.S., Jacquet, J., Downie, C. (2025) Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment, London: Oxford University Press.

• Kentikelenis, A. and Seabrooke, L. (2025) Making Global Norms: Politics versus Science in International Organizations, New York: Oxford Academic.

• Seabrooke L, Stenström A. (2025) ‘Issue Control in Green Infrastructures’, in Westermeier C, Campbell-Verduyn M, Brandl B (eds), The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure, Cambridge University Press, pp. 285-296.

• Norman, H., Apolonio, T., Yong, E., Liu, C., & Paddam, S. (2025). Planning for Climate Change in the NSW Local Aboriginal Land Council Estate. Cosmopolitan Civil Societies, 17(2), 19–33. https://doi.org/10.5130/ccs.v17.i2.9634

• Park, S. & Summerfield-Ryan, O. (2025) ‘The embodied political ecology of solar energy: Tracing socio-ecological impacts through solar photovoltaic global supply chains’, Energy research & social science 127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2025.104212

• Norman, H. (2025). Local Aboriginal Land Councils as Environmental Managers: Practices and Opportunities. Cosmopolitan Civil Societies, 17(2), 54–70. https://doi.org/10.5130/ccs.v17.i2.9585

• Zhou, W., Crochet, V., & Wang, H. (2025) ‘Demystifying China’s Critical Minerals Strategies: Rethinking “De-risking” Supply Chains’, World trade review 24(2), 257–281. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474745624000193

• Park, S. (2025) ‘Critical Minerals and Australia’, ABC Radio Sydney 702, 20 October 2025.

• Downie, C. interviewed by Graham Readfern. (2025) ‘Media and political attacks on Australia’s emissions targets ‘straight out of the climate obstruction playbook, expert says’, Guardian Australia, 8 October.

• Yates, O. (2025) ‘Structured investment is the solution for Tomago’, AFR, 7 October.

• Downie, C. (2025) ‘PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them?’, The Conversation, 2 October.

• Downie, C (2025) ‘Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy’, Australian Parliament, 29 September.

• Tan, H. (2025) ‘Why China won’t weaponize clean energy tech’, The Diplomat, 23 September.

• Tan, H. (2025) ‘中国清洁能源技术会成为地缘政治工具吗？(Can China’s clean tech become geopolitical tools?)’. Financial Times Chinese, 26 September.

• Tan, H. (2025) ‘To make the climate issue resonate in China, root it in local realities’. Dialogue Earth, 16 September.

• Tan, H. (2025) ‘西伯利亚力量”背后的力量博弈 (The power dynamics behind the Power of Siberia project)’. Financial Times Chinese, 9 September. 

• Susan Park Interviewed by Dan Jervis-Bardy, ‘What could a Trump deal on critical minerals mean for Australia and could Maga be a sticking point?’ The Guardian, Saturday 18 October 2025.

• Park, S. and Webster, D.G. (2025) ‘The False Promise of Deep-Sea Mining’, Sustainability Now Podcast, Episode 152, July 20, 00:53:24.

• Thurbon, E. and Yates, O. (2025) Green energy statecraft and Australia’s clean industry future. The Interpreter, 9 July.

• Thurbon, E. and Yates, O. (2025). The Case for an Australian Clean Commodities Trading Initiative [Studies in Statecraft] (Canberra: AsiaPacific Development, Diplomacy & Defence Dialogue). Available at https://asiapacific4d.com/idea/ccti

• Norman, H., Miyake, S., Niklas, S., Apolonio, T. (2025) ‘Here’s how First Nations landholders can share the benefits of the NSW energy transition’. The Conversation. June 30.

• Downie, C. (2025) A reversal in US climate policy will send renewables investors packing – and Australia can reap the benefits. The Conversation, 12 June.

• Watts, M. and Mahajan, M. (2025) Australia and Japan must link energy and emissions strategies. Pearls and Irritations, 11 June.

• Yates, O. and Thurbon, E. (2025) Here's a plan to unlock Australia's clean commodity export potential. Australian Financial Review, 29 May.  

• Liu, Y. and Wu, F. (2025)  “Australia and China can power up Southeast Asia’s green energy transition,” East Asia Forum, 17 May.  https://doi.org/10.59425/eabc.1747519200.

• Downie, C. and Peterson, M. (2025) Can public banks fund renewable energy exports? The Interpreter, 26 March.

• Downie, C. & Peterson, M. (2025) ‘Public financial institutions in the energy transition: the impact of export credit agencies’ Climatic Change 178(40). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-025-03881-z

• Yates, O. and Thurbon, E. (2025) The key to saving Whyalla and seizing massive national security rewards? A clean commodities trading company. Pearls and Irritations, 8 March.

• Fish, A. & Thurbon, E. (2025). Advancing Energy Sovereignty and Economic Prosperity for First Nations through Green Energy Statecraft, Cosmopolitan Civil Society 17, 2.

• Tan, H. (2025) ‘US climate U-turn offers China both challenges and opportunities’. South China Morning Post, 12 February. 

• Yates, O. & Thurbon, E. (2025) Yes, we really do need a Clean Commodities Trading Company. Pronto. The Mandarin, 23 January.

• Fish, A., & Zeunert, J. (2025). Seeing energy justice: drone and computer visualisations of renewable energy industries on indigenous lands in native America and Australia. Media International Australia, 195(1), 21-39. https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X241305811

• Thurbon, E., Hynd, A. Tan, H. Park, S. and Walter, A. (2024): Green Energy Statecraft for Comprehensive National Security. AP4D Studies in Statecraft #2024-1. AP4D, Canberra | Reimagining the Economy, Harvard Kennedy School, Boston, M.A.

• Yates, O. & Thurbon, E. (2024) The case for a ‘Clean Commodities Trading Company’ to advance Australia’s green superpower ambitions. The Mandarin, 3 December.

• Thurbon, E. (2024) Urgent case for statecraft on green iron and steel to secure Australia’s future prosperity. Pearls and Irritations, 16 November.

• Thurbon, E. (2024) Forward, in Green Metal Statecraft: Forging Australia’s Green Iron Industry. Climate Energy Finance, pp. 4-5.

• Fish, A., & Nehme, M. (2024). Partnering for energy justice: Indigenous–corporate relationships in renewable energy industries in Australia. Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646811.2024.2419187

• Fish, A. Kathleen Walker, Francis Walker, et al. (2024). Have Our Own, documentary about Eastern Kuku Yalanji attempts to secure renewable energy, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iziFTbt52Mw&t=12s

• Norman, Heidi and A. Fish. (2024). First Nations People must be at the forefront of Australia’s renewable energy revolution, The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/first-nations-people-must-be-at-the-forefront-of-australias-renewable-energy-revolution-222616

• Park, S., Kramarz, T., & Johnson, C. (2024). Governance gaps and accountability traps in renewables extractivism. Environmental Policy and Governance, 34(6), 754–767. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.2122

• Crochet, V. & Zhou, W. (2024) ‘Critical Insecurities? The European Union’s Strategy for a Stable Supply of Minerals, Journal of International Economic Law 27(1), 147-165. https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgae003

• Korolev, A. and Wu, F. (2024), 'Australia’s Critical Minerals Strategy amid US–China Geopolitical Rivalry', RUSI, 22 April.

• Thurbon, E. & Yates, O. (2023) The Immense Power and Importance of Australia's Newest Bank, opens in a new window. The Mandarin, 13 December. 

• Thurbon, E., Hynd, A., & Tan, H (2023)  Five reasons why the government mustn’t cool its heels on an “Australian IRA”, opens in a new window. The Interpreter. 3 October. 

• Thurbon, E., Hynd, A., & Tan, H (2023) We urgently need $100bn for renewable energy. But call it statecraft, not ‘industry policy’, opens in a new window. The Conversation. 13 September.  

• Thurbon, E., Hynd, A., & Tan, H (2023) Australia’s national security mandates a new type of green energy statecraft, opens in a new window. The Mandarin. 8 September. 

• Thurbon, E., Hynd, A., & Tan, H (2022) To become a Renewable Energy Superpower, Australia must match its Strategic Vision with a new Green Energy Statecraft, opens in a new window. Asia Society. 14 December.

• Downie, C. (2022) The US has finally passed a huge climate bill. Australia needs to keep up. The Conversation, 11 August.