Dr. Kate Dooley

Dr. Kate Dooley

Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne

Kate has a PhD in climate politics from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Science from Imperial College London. She is currently a Research Fellow at Melbourne University’s Climate and Energy College. Kate has policy expertise on forest governance, climate change and carbon accounting and has almost two decades experience advising government and non-government organisations. She has been following the UN climate negotiations since 2009, focusing on the role of forests and land-use in climate mitigation and has published on rights-based approaches to ecosystem restoration, the politics of forest carbon accounting, and land-use for sustainable development. 

Web tools and Projects we developed

  • Open-NEM

    The live tracker of the Australian electricity market.

  • Paris Equity Check

    This website is based on a Nature Climate Change study that compares Nationally Determined Contributions with equitable national emissions trajectories in line with the five categories of equity outlined by the IPCC.

  • liveMAGICC Climate Model

    Run one of the most popular reduced-complexity climate carbon cycle models online. Used by IPCC, UNEP GAP reports and numerous scientific publications.

  • NDC & INDC Factsheets

    Check out our analysis of all the post-2020 targets that countries announced under the Paris Agreement.