Power, Prosperity & Planet

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Thom Woodroofe

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Monash University Publishing
01 May 2026

Politics & government; Public administration; Pollution & threats to the environment; Global warming; Australian Society

After nearly two decades of ""the climate wars"", arguments for climate action focus on power (we must decarbonise our energy system), prosperity (we must develop our green industries and clean tech) and planet (we must do more to keep global temperature increases within safe limits). But rarely are these arguments framed in terms of the impact on ordinary Australians. How will the transition to renewables keep electricity prices low for households? Given our continued reliance on fossil fuel exports, can Australia avoid falling off an economic cliff in the coming decades, compromising quality of life? What will it cost our nation if large swathes of the country are at risk of climate-related disaster?

In this clear-sighted volume, Woodroofe argues that Australia needs to elevate climate change to our top foreign and economic policy priority. And we need to speak about it in a way that makes sense from the Cabinet Room to every lounge room across the mortgage belts and beyond. Because the ingredients that made us the lucky country

reliable power, economic prosperity and the beauty of our part of the planet, are at risk.

By: Thom Woodroofe
Imprint: Monash University Publishing
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 175mm, Width: 111mm,
ISBN: 9781923192751
ISBN 10: 1923192752
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 01 May 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Thom Woodroofe is a Senior International Fellow with the Smart Energy Council. He played a key role in securing the Paris Agreement on climate change in 2015, including helping establish the High Ambition Coalition of progressive nations. He has since worked as chief of staff to former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd; for the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade in Washington, DC; and at the Asia Society in New York, where he forged a backchannel for USChina climate talks. Thom studied diplomacy as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University and grew up off-the-grid on a solar-powered property in regional Victoria.