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Impact-driven international research for climate solutions

Impact

A leading international research hub focused on the communication of climate change impacts and solutions, and related social and environmental transformations.

People

The Hub team is based in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Europe, and brings together a range of disciplines and expertise to understand climate issues and accelerate action in our region.

Publications

Our impact-focused research investigates public perspectives, media representations and policy engagement with climate issues and solutions.

Our programs

Climate Communicators

Partnering with media organisations to support the delivery of climate and energy related content across television, radio and digital news (including with weather presenters, finance journalists, radio producers and presenters).

Climate and Social Change Research

Bringing together researchers from across Monash’s international campuses and in collaboration with other universities globally to deliver research on the social impacts of a changing climate.

Professional training

The Hub offers professional training workshops designed to build capability in climate communication and engagement.

Study with us

Join our growing cohort of PhD and Masters graduate research candidates, with opportunities to move across our international campuses and to work with industry on impact-focused projects.

Latest news

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Flags to Fibre: A regional community's experience of Australia's communication practice and policy

Flags to Fibre investigates connectivity in the Tasman region, a community less than an hour from Hobart, as a case study for how regional communities experience telecommunications policies and practices. The study drew on 122 survey responses, 12 in-depth interviews, community mapping and more than two decades of media coverage. Residents, business owners, tourism operators and emergency volunteers describe their phone and internet services in the same three ways: unreliable, dangerous, and keeping the region poor.

Australia 5 November 2026

Beyond poles and wires: Building public readiness for Australia’s energy transition

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This project tested how trusted Australian media could make climate and energy information more routine, accessible and relevant, and whether this was associated with changes in media practice and audience learning.

Reports 3 November 2026

Community football in a changing climate

This pilot study examines awareness of climate change impacts on community football clubs, perceived importance of climate change, support for climate adaptation and mitigation initiatives, and willingness to financially contribute to club-based climate action.

29 September 2026

Supporting climate reporting in Indonesian newsrooms

The Monash Climate Communication Hub and the Australia-Indonesia Centre undertook a project to understand journalists’ knowledge and newsroom interest in climate change and the energy transition, using Makassar, South Sulawesi, as a regional case study

27 September 2026
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Gas coverage in Australian media

This project explores how gas and energy are discussed across Australian media – from news reporting to finance coverage and audience understanding.

24 September 2026
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