Green Lab

At Green Lab, experts in economics, finance, and law work with partners in government, industry, and civil society to tackle our most pressing environmental challenges.

Our objectives

What we strive to achieve

Through our research we are addressing the global challenge of climate change for the betterment of local and global communities, and supporting Monash University’s Impact 2030 strategy.

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Our research

Featured Project

Net zero, nature positive Australian companies

This project is tracking and evaluating corporate responses to international and Australian regulatory developments on climate change and biodiversity, and using these insights to propose law and policy reform.

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Our members, partners and impact

Our members and affiliates

Learn more about our world-class team of experts and our research partners.

Government submissions

Our law and policy reform submissions contribute expert evidence and opinion on current sustainability challenges.

Media and opinion

Our members contribute regularly to public debate.

Our events

Find out about our upcoming events, and watch recordings of recent roundtables, workshops, and seminars.

The latest from Green Lab

Australia's climate targets expose nature risks, need for stronger policy

Two recent announcements highlight a paradox within Australian climate policy: While natural ecosystems are increasingly threatened, they’re also central to our climate mitigation and adaptation efforts.

Monash Lens

Local governments' urgent and tough dilemma of climate adaption

Speaking at The Fifth Estate’s Local Government, Net Zero and Resilient Communities Summit on 10 September, Michael Spencer says we are doing very badly when it comes to disaster resilience.

In the Media

What do community attitudes toward nature conservation mean for reforms?

Experienced sustainability and environmental policy leaders offer insights from a survey on community attitudes toward nature conversation and whether the results can re-invigorate a nature positive reform agenda.

Webinar recording

From warning to action: The real cost of inaction on disaster resilience

Australia’s ability to build resilience is failing in the face of climate change and increasing frequency and severity of extreme events. We know what to do, but we're not getting it done.

Monash Lens

Pabai climate change case fails: Where to from here?

The Federal Court's verdict on a landmark case should serve as a wake-up call for stronger federal government action to protect Torres Strait Islanders from the impacts of climate change.

Monash Lens

What can Australia Learn from Aotearoa New Zealand’s Experiences?

Legal experts from Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia compared approaches to regulating corporate climate-risk disclosure in both jurisdictions.

WEBINAR RECORDING

How climate change is reshaping real estate and economic geography

As extreme weather intensifies, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at Green Lab, Dr Michael Spencer explores the implications on housing affordability and economic management.

MONASH LENS

Roundtables to confront urgent climate adaptation challenges

As global temperatures rise, Green Lab is gathering experts to explore strategies for living in a world more than 2°C warmer than pre-industrial levels.

NEWS

Nature-related Risks and Directors' Duties: What’s the current state of play?

Legal experts spoke on nature-related risks, which are now clearly within the scope of company directors’ legal duties.

WEBINAR RECORDING

A nature positive Australia: What does it mean, why does it matter, and what will it take?

We all need to take steps to stop the alarming rates of biodiversity loss and environmental degradation, and restore the wide range of ecosystem services provided by nature that underpin human wellbeing.

MONASH LENS

Living With 2°C Plus – The climate change adaptation challenge

Following COP29, Monash Green Lab will host a three-roundtable series exploring current work on climate change adaptation areas where further work is required.

EVENT

Why dropping ‘nature positive’ risks undermining Australia’s environmental reform goals

Australia’s environment minister, Murray Watt, is considering dropping the “nature positive” framing from key law reforms. Here’s why that could put environmental progress and public trust at risk. Read more at Monash Lens.

Monash Lens

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