Has the Iran War got you thinking about changing to an electric vehicle? Did government subsidies help you go solar, or install a home battery? When renewable energy makes good economic sense, and eases cost of living pressures, people want in. As the public's desire for action on climate change is eclipsed by other concerns, and beset by vested interests and mis and disinformation, how does climate policy win back ordinary people to galvanise progress once again?
This event was recorded at Readings bookshop on 20 May 2026.
Speakers:
Thom Woodroofe
Senior International Fellow, Smart Energy Council
Author, Power, Prosperity & Planet: Climate & Energy Policy for All (In the National Interest, Monash University Publishing)
Principal Advisor to Kevin Rudd during his tenure as Australian Ambassador to the United States, and Chief of Staff during his tenure as the Asia Society's President in New York
Diplomatic adviser to the Marshall Islands in the negotiations of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change
Zoe Daniel
Former Independent Member for Goldstein
Former ABC journalist and foreign correspondent
Independent chair, Mental Health Victoria
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Australia has the biggest uptake per capita of rooftop solar in the world.