I’m not convinced that the world needs another small, fragmented climate fund (donors just need to resource the existing ones adequately). And this one looks suspiciously like “green washing”. ⁦Axios⁩ axios.com/2024/07/22/cli…

Do Green Banks mobilise additional private investment for climate change? And how could the Green Bank model be adapted for different jurisdictions like Indonesia/ Fiji/ the Indo-Pacific? My final PhD seminar answers these questions next week: crawford.anu.edu.au/news-events/ev…

Very pleased to see my name in a publication I read closely and recommend to any Southeast Asia watcher. This article uses data from the The Lowy Institute Southeast Asia Aid Map for an overview of the support that SEA states are providing to each other. 🧵

With World Bank President Ajay Banga currently in Australia, @GeorgiaHammers1 and I lay out the strategic case for Australia to support an ambitious IDA21 replenishment. lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

A good piece here from Roland Rajah and @GeorgiaHammers1 The Lowy Institute The Coalition told the World Bank to provide more funding to the Pacific (which it did) and then significantly decreased its contribution. Let's hope Labor reverses this. lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

A successful #IDA21 replenishment is needed to sustain essential development and climate support in Pacific Islands and other small states, says Victoria Dimond, Roland Rajah & Georgia Hammersley in a new Center for Global Development blog: wrld.bg/nMsy50Tg07l

Great to host World Bank President Ajay Banga at The Lowy Institute to discuss global economic challenges, their impact on Australia & the Asia-Pacific, and how the World Bank, governments, private sector, and civil society can collaborate for solutions #asia #pacific #development

Great to be at the The Lowy Institute to hear World Bank President Ajay Banga make a powerful case for a strong IDA replenishment. In a photo first, the entire Lowy IPDC team is in the one place!

Some background on this issue here from our good friends at Lowy Roland Rajah and @GeorgiaHammers1 6/ lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

My IPDC The Lowy Institute colleagues Dr Melanie Pill @GeorgiaHammers1 provide key recommendations for a new Loss & Damage Fund: a fair fund allocation mechanism, direct access for developing countries, and ensuring it's sufficiently resourced lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

As Australia's bid to co-host COP31 in 2026 with Pacific nations gains momentum, my earlier Canberra Times op-ed with Dr Melanie Pill seems even more relevant, where we highlight the opportunities an Oceania-hosted COP could offer 👇lowyinstitute.org/publications/a…

What a thrill to be in the pages of Nikkei Asia yesterday with my colleague Alexandre Dayant, checking the facts against the fiction of various Asian/Indo-Pacific "pivots" The Lowy Institute 🧵 asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/The-We…