I am delighted to announce that I will be presenting at the AC Fellows Summit on 12th Nov on Developing Climate Change Leadership in Organisations. The AC Fellows Summit is an opportunity to engage with experience and expert leadership professionals and coaches for a day of thought-provoking conversations, practical insight and meaningful connection. It's a...
I am delighted to announce I have recently completed the AICD Climate Governance course . Climate Governance for Australian Directors is an online short course designed to keep directors up to date on all areas of climate-related governance in Australia. In four, two-hour online sessions with facilitators and peers, it builds on your knowledge of climate...
CCL is pleased to announce that we are joining the Nature Positive Forum. 🙌 We are committed to helping secure a nature-positive world, one where there is more in 2030 than there was in 2020. Read more about nature positive 👉https://www.naturepositive.org/app/uploads/2024/02/The-Definition-of-Nature-Positive.pdf Find out about the Forum and how you can join 👉https://www.naturepositive.org/app/uploads/2024/02/Nature-Positive-Forum-description.pdf ...
I am delighted to announce that I have been invited to participate as a Mentor in the Lead for Sustainability Mentorship Programme 2025/2026, organised by the WEF Global Shapers. Lead for Sustainability is a mentorship programme which encourages students to explore careers in different sectors within the sustainability and climate change realm. The LFS Program...
It was an interesting and reflective couple of days at the @ISLC2025 conference in St Andrews. Some reflections on the experience; The welcome renaissance of character in leadership studies continues. Following the excellent work of Mary Crossan, the Oxford Character project The Oxford Character Project | Welcome to the Oxford Character Project is now focusing...
The disturbing responses from some on the left to the murder of Charlie Kirk illustrate the dangers of left-wing authoritarianism (LWA). While right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) has long been recognised for its emphasis on hierarchy, obedience, and exclusion, LWA reflects a different content: moral absolutism, intolerance for dissent, and a drive for ideological purity. The lack...
The recent approval of Woodside’s North West gas shelf development to 2070 provides an exemplary test for climate governance given that the lifetime emissions of this project are estimated at between 4 and 4.4 billion tonnes CO2 equivalent. Woodside is one of Australia’s carbon majors and is covered under a number of compliance mechanisms including ...
I am delighted to announce that I have been elected as a member of the General Assembly at Greenpeace Australia Pacific. This is an organisation whose courage and integrity I have admired and supported for decades and I am grateful for the opportunity to make a contribution to their governance.
The ILA podcast I recorded with Dr Scott Allen is now live at https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hCWdZaDMEwOsG0nRrC8pr?si=fe4216afa2494bba We discussed climate change leadership in general and the way in which conventional leadership is being repurposed for the age of sustainability. We also discussed Rae André, Ph.D.’s work on the criticality of a scientific understanding in corporate climate change governance. This included a...
