Get your tickets here! - Tue, 28 Nov 2023 17:00 - 20:00 AEDT

The UNSW Digital Grid Futures Institute together with the UNSW Energy Institute are delighted to invite you to the launch of the book Developmental Environmentalism, and a lively debate about the need for a more strategic Australian response to global energy policy developments.

Hear our panel discuss the opportunities and challenges presented by East Asia's ambitious green energy shift and America's Inflation Reduction Act, and how Australia must respond.

Over refreshments that follow, enjoy the opportunity to mingle, make connections, and discuss ideas for an Australian energy policy revolution.

Speakers include Oliver Yates, inaugural CEO of Australia's Clean Energy Finance Corporation and fierce advocate of an ambitious national green energy drive and the authors of Developmental Environmentalism Professor Elizabeth Thurbon, Dr Sung-Young Kim, Professor Hao Tan and Professor Emeritus John Mathews.

UNSW Professor Elizabeth Thurbon and her colleagues recently called for a $100bn response to America's IRA and the need for Australia to eschew 'industry policy' and embrace a new Green Energy Statecraft in The Conversation.

5pm - Welcome drinks

5.45 sharp - Formalities begin

6.30 - 8pm Refreshments and informal ideas exchange

Praise for Developmental Environmentalism:

'Essential Reading' - Kevin Rudd

'This valuable book explains where China and Korea are at and where they are going'. - Ross Garnaut

'Impressive scholarship, with fresh insights accessible to the general reader' - Howard Bamsey

'a compelling case' - Barbara Finamore

'breaks new ground and shows persuasively that it is possible for us to both 'green' and 'grow' our economy' - Keun Lee

'this beautifully written analysis is one of the most interesting and important works of political economy I have read in recent years' - Eric Helleiner

'a must read for those interested in the future of the planet' - Stephen Bell

'This is a must read' - Matthew Paterson

'This meticulous, forceful account... is a valuable resource' - Susan Park

Location

The Lounge, UNSW

Level 11, Library Building (entrance via the arcade on Library Road, NOT the main library entrance)

RSVP

This is a free event but spaces are limited. Please RSVP as soon as possible to secure your ticket.

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