The latest thought leadership and expert commentary from our members and announcements and stories from the ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions.

A bus in Savai'i, Samoa.
Tuesday, 23 Jun 2026
  • Analysis and opinion

Analysis on the effects of the global fuel crisis in the Pacific, co-authored by ICEDS member Hugo Temby.

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Two Tesla Power Walls installed indoors in a residential environment.
Tuesday, 16 Jun 2026
  • Analysis and opinion

Opinion piece by Laura Jones, Energy Systems Specialist at ACES. In the article Laura takes a deep dive into virtual power plants and explores why their uptake in Australia's electricity system in considered low.

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Floating solar, Thailand
Monday, 15 Jun 2026
  • Research story

The Australian Research Council (ARC) has announced new grant outcomes under the Linkage Projects scheme, with Professor Christian Downie at The Australian National University (ANU) awarded funding for a major collaborative project examining the dynamics shaping Southeast Asia’s energy transition and Australia’s role within it.

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Man drinking from a bottle of water
Friday, 29 May 2026
  • Analysis and opinion

India and Pakistan are no strangers to heat. This time of year is the worst, as heat peaks before the monsoon brings cooler conditions from June.

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CSIRO
Monday, 25 May 2026
  • News

If ACCESS funding is reduced, Australia will have less ability to model how climate change will affect us. That means less ability to forecast how threats such as sea-level rise will play out and plan how we adapt.

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Nadir Ahmad Ameen
Wednesday, 20 May 2026
  • Student profile

Student profile piece on Nadir Ahmad Ameen, a Master of Energy Change student at ANU.

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Why net zero isn't enough
Thursday, 14 May 2026
  • News

What if the climate solution we’ve pinned our hopes on still won’t stop the heat?

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Japanese and Australian flag
Friday, 08 May 2026
  • News

At the official leaders’ meeting between Australia and Japan, Prime Minister Albanese and his Japanese counterpart Senae Takaichi signed a joint declaration on economic security, outlining a broad agenda to align policies across trade, energy and critical minerals and new technologies such as quantum computing.

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Large hydrogen cylinders
Wednesday, 29 Apr 2026
  • News
  • Research story

This ANU Policy Brief considers hydrogen as a solution in stand-alone energy systems. It synthesises the research of Dan Virah-Sawmy, Fiona J Beck and Bjorn Sturmberg.

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