14th December 2015
Canberra, Australia
Emily Byrne has been working on climate policy for both the British and Australian governments for the last six years. We have a deal from the Paris talks! I’m stoked. Many people have worked for many years to make this agreement happen, and it’s at the most optimistic end of what I could have hoped for. Here’s my […]
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2nd October 2015
Canberra, Australia
Through my work in climate diplomacy, I’ve learned that it’s often very difficult to get countries to agree on things. So when they do, it’s cause for celebration. Especially when they agree on important things, like an ambitious and hopeful vision of what the world should look like 15 years from now. On 25 September this […]
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12th June 2015
Canberra, Australia
Very often when I tell people about my job, their reaction is puzzlement. ‘So you work on climate change stuff in Australia?’ ‘Yep.’ (and energy policy, and a few other things) ‘But you work for the UK government?’ ‘Yep.’ ‘So… why does the UK employ someone in Australia to work on climate change?’ When I […]
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