The race to decarbonise is gathering pace by the day.

The latest confirmation is the decision by one of the world’s five biggest lenders to stop funding coal-fired power plants. This decision by the Bank of China, a top global investor in coal-fired power, confirms the trend.

Our panel will analyse the new opportunities in a decarbonising world and shed light on new technologies and opportunities for investment.

Where does Australia stand in a decarbonising world?

About the panellists

Davina Rooney

Chief Executive Officer, Green Building Council of Australia

Johanna Bowyer

Lead Research Analyst for Australian Electricity, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)

Dr Gabrielle Kuiper

DER Specialist and IEEFA Guest Contributor

The Hon. Bob Carr

Professor of Business and Climate, UTS

Davina Rooney is Chief Executive Officer of Green Building Council of Australia.Davina has led the Green Building Council of Australia since June 2019. Davina is a property professional with a broad range of sustainability experience, from environmental projects, not-for profit boards and overseas community development work, spending eight months working in the Indian Himalayas on the construction of a school which won multiple international awards. Career highlights include a decade at Stockland, which was a global leader in sustainability and therefore understands how the GBCA’s global leadership translates into real-world outcomes. Stockland was recognised in 2016 and 2018 simultaneously holding the Dow Jones Sustainability Index Global Property leader, GRESB Global leader (Retail/Office) and recognised on the CDP Leaders A-list. Davina has been recognised by industry awards including NAWIC NSW Sustainability 2016, PCA 2014 Future Leaders Award and Sydney University Engineering Young Alumni Award.

Johanna Bowyer is the Lead Research Analyst for Australian Electricity at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). Johanna's research at IEEFA is focused on trends in the National Electricity Market, energy market finance and energy policy. Other topics she has researched prior to IEEFA include microgrids and distribution networks. Johanna previously worked at CSIRO, Solar Analytics and Suntech and as a management consultant at Kearney. She has an Honours Degree in Photovoltaics and Solar Energy Engineering from UNSW.

Dr Gabrielle Kuiper, DER Specialist and IEEFA Guest Contributor, is an energy, sustainability and climate change professional with over twenty years’ experience in the corporate world, government and non-government organisations and academia. She was previously the DER Strategy Specialist with the Energy Security Board. Prior to that Dr Kuiper held senior executive or senior advisory energy-related positions in the Office of the Australian Prime Minister, at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and in the NSW Government. She was also the first person to start and complete a PhD at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at UTS.

The Honourable Bob Carr is Industry Professor (Business and Climate Change) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Professor Carr works with the Institute for Sustainable Futures and the UTS School of Business, bringing his unique skills and experience to diverse portfolios, including business and industry, international relations and climate change research and policy. Professor Carr is a former Foreign Minister of Australia (2012-2013). He is also the longest continuously serving Premier in New South Wales history (1995-2005). Between 2014-2019 he was Director of the Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI) at UTS, the only think tank in Australia devoted to the study of the Australia-China relationship.