Podcast: Climate finance in Asia and the Pacific

On this week’s Policy Forum Pod, a panel of experts tackle how the region’s countries are finding the funding to build climate change resilience and how to turn international-level policy into positive local-level outcomes. The panel – Kirsty Anantharajah, Dr Abidah Setyowati, and Dr Kate Duggan – also discuss whether the growing pool of climate finance is supporting national governments deliver Pacific-specific priorities, and the barriers they face in accessing those funds.Kirsty Anantharajah is a PhD scholar at the ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance. She is also a research associate on a DFAT-funded project ‘Harnessing financial markets and institutional investment to increase the penetration of clean energy in the Asia-Pacific’.Dr Kate Duggan is Director of Griffin Natural Resource Management. She has worked closely with the Australian aid program to develop climate change and environment policy responses at a global level and for country-based programs.Dr Abidah Setyowati is a Research Fellow at the ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance.The presenters – Paul Wyrwoll and Martyn Pearce – also take a look at some of the big issues of the Australian election campaign, and then in the final part are joined by Professor Quentin Grafton to discuss some of your questions, comments, and suggestions for future pods.Show notes | The following were referred to in this episode:Toxic: what is rotting in the Murray-Darling Basin?Podcast: Water justiceIncreasing demand for Royal Commission on water buybacksDemocracy Sausage with Mark KennyClimate activist Greta ThunbergNationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the Paris AgreementFiji’s Green Bond initiativeAustralia lobbies Asian Infrastructure Investment BankPodcast: Getting the public service fit for the futureAustralia’s ‘watergate’ scandalPodcast: Naila Kabeer – the gender agendaMaster of Climate Change at Crawford SchoolWe’d love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to [email protected]. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or find us on Facebook. Policy Forum Pod is available on Spotify, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.