The Climate Integrity Summit is a non-partisan event that convenes leading experts in economics, ecology, policy and governance to discuss a credible and achievable climate policy that serves the Australian people and broader global community.
Thu 24 Sep 2026 14.38 AEST
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese opened Climate Week NYC on Monday by leaning on Australia's renewables progress: massive rooftop solar uptake, ten thousand home batteries a week, enough wind and solar for six million households. Numbers worth noting. But they're not the numbers that determine whether Australia is doing its job on climate and phasing out fossil fuels.
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) asked what we thought about Australia importing other countries' carbon pollution and dumping it under our oceans. Submissions on the plan, which would see Singapore ship its industrial CO2 to Australia for a fee to be pumped into depleted oil and gas fields off our coast, have now closed. If that sounds like a big step, it isn't. The groundwork was laid three years ago in federal parliament, and almost nobody noticed.
Treasury has warned climate inaction will leave Australia’s future economy worse off, but young advocates say its 40-year economic forecast is 'pointless' while the country continues to back fossil fuel projects.
Speakers: Leanne Minshull, co-Chief Executive Director, The Australia Institute, Dr Kirsty Howey, Chief Executive Officer, The Wilderness Society, Dr Kate Dooley, Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne.
The Climate Integrity Summit is a non-partisan event that convenes leading experts in economics, ecology, policy and governance to discuss a credible and achievable climate policy that serves the Australian people and broader global community.
The Australia Institute is one of Australia’s most influential public policy think tanks, conducting independent research that drives the public debate and secures policy outcomes for a more equitable Australia.
