How to Win a Climate Election - Ep162: Simon Holmes à Court
Up this week is Simon Holmes à Court, the Australian investor and philanthropist with a passion for using data to change the world.
In 2022, the federal elections in Australia delivered an upset, as around a third of the electorate turned their back on the established parties and voted in seven new independent MPs taking the total to 10. Simon was responsible for a crowdfunding initiative - Climate 200 - that supported 23 candidates in all, pledging to act on climate, political integrity and gender discrimination. He remains very involved in the challenge of pivoting Australia from a fossil fuel based economy to a clean energy superpower.
Simon is an energy analyst, clean-tech investor, climate philanthropist, and director of the Smart Energy Council and the Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network. He was co-founder of the Australian Wind Alliance and inaugural chair of the Melbourne Energy Institute’s Advisory Board. He is a respected commentator on the economic, political and engineering aspects of Australia’s energy transition.
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Links and more:
• Simon's 2022 book The Big Teal: https://publishing.monash.edu/product...
• Simon's ABC interview on the success of Climate 200 in the wake of the 2022 elections: • Simon Holmes à Court on the success of the...
• Simon's 2021 talk - Independents and Climate - The Hope to End the Lost Decade: • Simon Holmes à Court on 'Independents and ...
• Simon's 2018 op-ed which triggered his expulsion from Kooyong 200: https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...
• The Superpower Institute, working for Australian leadership in the transition: https://www.superpowerinstitute.com.au/