Power, Prosperity & Planet: Climate and Energy Policy for All with Thom Woodroofe and Marian Wilkinson

Join us for an evening with Thom Woodroofe and Marian Wilkinson to discuss Thom’s upcoming essay, Power, Prosperity & Planet.

In the essay, Thom argues that climate and energy policy must meet Australians where they are, not where we wish they were, and reveals how good climate and energy policies can actually lower bills, strengthen our economy and secure Australia’s future.

Drawing on his experience growing up off-grid in rural Victoria and his work in international climate diplomacy — including playing a key role in securing the Paris Agreement, serving as chief of staff for Kevin Rudd and as an advisor to the President of the Marshall Islands — Thom brings firsthand experience and a unique perspective as someone who’s worked (and lived!) at the coalface of climate action.

Thom Woodroofe is a Senior International Fellow with the Smart Energy Council. He played a key role in securing the Paris Agreement on climate change in 2015, including helping establish the High Ambition Coalition of progressive nations. He has since worked as chief of staff to former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd; for the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade in Washington, DC; and at the Asia Society in New York, where he forged a backchannel for US–China climate talks. Thom studied diplomacy as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University and grew up off-the- grid on a solar-powered property in regional Victoria.

Marian Wilkinson is a multi-award-winning investigative journalist and a reporter at ABC TV’s Four Corners. She has been a foreign correspondent and deputy editor for The Sydney Morning Herald and an executive producer of Four Corners. Her books include The Fixer, Dark Victory (with David Marr) and The Carbon Club.