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Jennifer Rayner

Expertise

Climate policy

Dr Jennifer Rayner

Head of Advocacy
Expertise : Climate policy

Jennifer is the Climate Council’s Head of Advocacy, leading policy and political engagement across all levels of Australian Government. She has worked as a Chief of Staff and senior policy adviser to leaders across the Australian and ACT parliaments, with a focus on advancing a positive climate agenda across the spectrum of government activity.

Jennifer completed her PhD in Political Science at the Australian National University and holds further degrees from Macquarie University, the University of Canberra and the University of New England. She is the author of two books focused on intergenerational inequality and the economic prospects of workers in transitioning industries - both considerations which are central to designing equitable and inclusive actions to tackle the climate crisis.  

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS + MEDIA

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PUBLICATIONS + RESOURCES

 
10th Anniversary online event

Watch the playback of this special online event, celebrating and reflecting on a decade fighting for change at the Climate…

Energy What is hydrogen?

Renewable hydrogen: Australia’s key to net zero emissions, booming export industry Hydrogen is now prominent in our energy…

Energy Bill savings simulator

Making Australian households more efficient and electrifying them will deliver benefits for our bank accounts, our health and our…

 
INTRODUCING THE DIRTY DOZEN

Tap the rotten eggs to crack into the dirty details of Australia’s most polluting fossil fuel companies. For too long,…

Climate Leaders Vale Will Steffen

Professor Will Steffen was a brilliant scientist, gifted communicator, and brave climate warrior. He was also kind and generous…

Floods Sydney flooding returns

FLOODING has returned to NSW, with thousands of Sydney residents subject to evacuation orders and warnings that in some parts,…

Climate Impacts The Lost Years

The Climate Council’s new report ‘The Lost Years: Counting the Costs of Climate Inaction in Australia’ has found that the…

Solutions EVs are speeding ahead

The world is speeding ahead when it comes to electric vehicles, but Australia is stuck in the slow lane. To reach net zero by…

The Facts 2021 Community Survey

We asked and you answered! Here are the results of the Climate Council’s 2021 Annual Community Survey, informed by thousands of…

Australia Energy Leadership Panel

In December 2020, we hosted an Energy Leadership Panel with NSW Energy and Environment Minister Matt Kean, discussing his success…

Health The Fight of our Lives

This article was written by Dr Kate Charlesworth, and originally published in the Sunday Telegraph. One year ago today, Sydney…

 
Book Club Seven: The Climate Cure

In the wake of extreme bushfires during 2019-20, and now COVID-19, a time of reckoning has arrived in Australia. State, Territory…

Solutions 7 years on

The Australian public has powered the Climate Council’s work from day one. And we’ve got a lot to be proud of! Watch…

Australia Roadmap to Cliff Edge

THE CLIMATE COUNCIL has strong concerns about the Federal Government’s technology roadmap because it emphasises the continued…

Australia An Act of Vandalism

THE MORRISON GOVERNMENT’S plan to change the remit of Australia’s renewable energy agency (ARENA) to support expensive and…

Fossil Fuels Gas Plan Stinks

The Federal Government is making a bad bet on gas, throwing taxpayer funds at a dangerous fossil fuel, when what it needs is a…

 
Book Club Six: The Carbon Club

The sixth Climate Council Online Book Club was all about another kind of club: The Carbon Club. The Carbon Club: How a network of…

Economy Clean Jobs Plan Briefing

In July, the Climate Council launched our brand new report Clean Jobs Plan, a detailed piece of economic modelling by Alpha Beta…

Australia Narrabri No-Go

‘THIS PROJECT SHOULD NOT BE APPROVED’, reads the first line of the Climate Council’s submission to the NSW Independent…

States A Win-Win-Win for the ACT

A NEW ELECTION COMMITMENT could see the ACT power further ahead as a climate leader, announcing a new clean energy commitment…

Solutions The Clean Jobs Plan

Australia currently faces two major crises: COVID-19 and climate change. So we need a plan that creates jobs AND solves long term…

Australia Clean Jobs Plan

  Please note: The interactive version of the report is best viewed on desktop. If you are having difficulties viewing it,…

States NSW is in the (RE)Zone

NEW SOUTH WALES IS REAPING THE REWARDS of smart public investment in clean energy after attracting huge private investment…

 
Book (Film) Club Three: 2040

Surprise, the third book of the Climate Council Online Book Club is a film! A documentary, to be exact. Directed by Damon Gameau,…

 
Book Club Two: On Hope

The second meeting of the Climate Council Online Book Club explored ‘On Hope’ by Daisy Jeffrey. Daisy Jeffrey is one…

Bushfires Summer of Crisis

Australia has just experienced a summer of crisis. We saw catastrophic bushfires, damaging floods, and scorching heatwaves. These…

Bushfires Summer of Crisis

Australia’s Black Summer of 2019-2020 was characterised by catastrophic bushfires. The bushfire season started in winter…

Australia Roadmap to Nowhere

ENERGY MINISTER ANGUS Taylor has announced details of the Federal Government’s so-called ‘technology roadmap’, which plans…

Bushfires Dangerous Summer

This summer is shaping up as a terrible trifecta of heatwaves, droughts and bushfires, as climate change super-charges many of…

Bushfires Let’s Save Our Summer

No one does summer better than Australia, but climate change is turning it into a season of anxiety. Climate change is driving…

Energy It Matters What We Do

AUSTRALIA is one of the largest drivers of climate change globally, a new report has found. The Australia Institute report,…

Bushfires Winter Bushfires?

AUSTRALIA COULD SEE another early start to the bushfire season, as the latest BOM outlook paints a hotter and drier than normal…

Climate Change Our Forward Plan

The climate crisis is serious and urgent. And we’re up against a tough, well-resourced opposition. We know what we’ve…

Australia Post Election Webinar

Climate Council CEO Amanda McKenzie hosted a post election debrief webinar. Amanda reflects on the Federal election, discusses…

Australia Misleading Australians

No matter who is in charge, Australia needs an independent body to hold the Federal Government to account. Donate today to power…

 
Burying the Data

In part one of this three-part series, The Climate Council investigates the ways the Federal Government has been burying…

Energy What is GreenPower?

The GreenPower program is a government-managed scheme that enables Australian businesses and householders, including renters, to…

Climate Impacts Reef in Peril

The unprecedented bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef in 2016 and 2017 resulted in mass coral mortality, with the 2016…

 
Stories of Solutions

Together, we’ve told a story of hope. We’ve shared stories of solutions from right across Australia. We’ve unearthed…

 
What the world needs: science

It’s getting harder every day to cut through with the facts. We’re constantly bombarded with misinformation, opinions, ideas…

Australia The Biggest Threat Yet

The Climate Council has joined 162 other charities, from sectors such as climate, health and aid, in signing an open letter,…

Energy Benefits of Energy Storage

Energy storage technologies are not just about storing energy for later resupply as electricity. These technologies can provide a…

Bushfires Bushfire Webinar

Climate Councillor and former Commissioner of Fire and Rescue Greg Mullins joined us for a webinar on bushfires. Greg speaks from…

Factsheet COP 23 Factsheet

The UN Climate Talks for 2017 (COP23) have just kicked off in Bonn, Germany. Two years ago in Paris, world leaders agreed to work…

Energy Power Up!

Today, Tesla Energy is holding a ‘milestone event’ for Tesla’s Powerpack Project in South Australia, where it is expected…

Energy The Sunshine State

Queenslanders are embracing solar power in droves, with more than 30 per cent of sunshine state homes installing solar panels, as…

 
Australia vs California

Australia and California. We’re pretty similar right? Both home to sand, surf and sun. We have similar vulnerabilities to…

 
GAS: Myth vs Facts

There’s been a lot of noise about gas recently. But none of the talk has been getting it right. Watch our video to clear…

 
The Cost of Investing in Gas

Investing in more gas will lock in high electricity prices and pollution for decades to come. Tackling climate change and…

Solar Global Solar Stats

Solar power is surging in Australia and around the world, on the back of scaled-up production and continually falling costs.…

Factsheet Clean Coal: Factsheet

Coal is always polluting. We all know that our energy system needs overhauling in order to be clean, affordable and reliable. But…

 
WATCH: Solar is bloody BOOMING

***27.4 MILLION*** That’s how many solar panels there are now in Australia! More panels than our ENTIRE population. Watch and…

 
WATCH: Best of 2016

As the year comes to an end… here’s something to smile about! Wishing you a wonderful Festive Season and New Year…

 
Raise The Reef

It’s one of the greatest environmental catastrophes our country has ever seen… and yet somehow, it’s fallen off the…

 
WATCH: Running out of time

Jen, Jenny and Stephen ran 164 kms in 48 hours through the Southern Tasmanian wilderness from Scott’s Peak Dam to Cockle…

Energy Australia prefers solar

New research released this week by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) reveals rooftop solar as Australia’s most…

 
A Message from Tim Flannery

Australians deserve independent information about climate change. We've decided that some things are too important to be dictated…

Extreme Weather The Angry Summer

Continuing hot on the heels of the ‘Angry Summer’ of 2012/2013, Australians again endured record breaking extreme events this…