Dr Melanie Pill

Research Fellow, Indo-Pacific Development Centre
Areas of expertise

Climate change, including climate change adaptation, loss and damage, international policy, and climate finance; and small island developing states

Dr Melanie Pill
Biography
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Dr Melanie Pill is a Research Fellow at the Lowy Institute. She oversees and progresses the climate change portfolio of the Institute’s Indo-Pacific Development Centre.

Melanie has extensive knowledge and expertise in climate change adaptation, mitigation, and loss and damage. Her experience attending negotiations of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) allows her to link the challenges of climate change in the Indo-Pacific with global policymaking, economic development and finance.

Melanie has been a consultant for regional organisations and governments in the Pacific, providing advice on matters relating to resilience-building in the region and development of Vanuatu’s Nationally Determined Contribution to the UNFCCC. In her previous roles in Australian government departments and the Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, she established strategies to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions and developed principles for locally-led adaptation projects in Southeast Asia.

Melanie has an Honours degree in Economics from Germany, and a Master of Environmental Management and Development as well as a PhD from the Australian National University.

A climate loss and damage fund that works
Policy Briefs
A climate loss and damage fund that works
A new United Nations climate instrument to support the most vulnerable countries will make its mark if it follows six key recommendations. 
Navigating tensions in climate change-related planned relocation
Commentary
Navigating tensions in climate change-related planned relocation
Originally published on Ambio: A Journal of Environment and Society
The Translator: "Loss and damage"
The Translator: "Loss and damage"
A new series in which experts explain the sometimes baffling jargon of international affairs.
Australia hopes to co-host COP31 but do we have what it takes?
Commentary
Australia hopes to co-host COP31 but do we have what it takes?
  Originally published in The Canberra Times, 1 March 2024.  
A new global climate finance goal must balance need with political reality
A new global climate finance goal must balance need with political reality
Support from rich countries to poor ones is at the heart of the Paris Agreement – still the question remains how much?
COP28 agreement marks a milestone but does not go far enough
Commentary
COP28 agreement marks a milestone but does not go far enough
Originally published on Nikkei Asia
Half time at COP28: Reflections from Dubai
Commentary
Half time at COP28: Reflections from Dubai
Originally posted in The Samoa Observer
Half time at COP28: Reflections from Dubai
Half time at COP28: Reflections from Dubai
A new loss and damage fund is real progress­ – but on its own is far from enough.
ABC Radio National Breakfast
05 October 2023
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