Belinda Wade
Theme Lead,Research Committee
- Communities in transition
- Emissions reduction & sequestration
- Hydrogen & fuels
- Industry & business solutions
BIO
Belinda is an Industry Professor at UQ Business School specialising in organisational decarbonisation and the climate transitions. With close to 25 years’ experience in sustainability and climate change across the Australian electricity market, higher education and consulting sectors Belinda was until recently Principal Climate Transition at Aurecon. Belinda’s research aligns with the practical experience in enabling meaningful and accelerated action on climate change and wider sustainability issues. Belinda co-leads the UQ Net Zero Observatory with Prof Matthew Hornsey, is a member of the SBTi Power Sector Technical Advisory Group, and the Standards Australia Greenhouse Gas and Climate Change Management Working Group. Belinda has published work in top international journals including Nature Climate Change, Nature Communication and Journal of Business Ethics. Major projects include collaborations with Princeton University under the Rapid Switch initiative (focus on corporate decarbonisation); the Future Fuels CRC (hydrogen adoption & biomethane development in Australia) and the AASB examining the introduction of mandatory climate disclosures. Belinda has been the lead author on several industry reports including the recent examination of the climate performance of the Australian superannuation sector and the perception of future fuels (hydrogen) by the Australian public.
