What the government is doing

Reducing Australia's emissions

Adapting to climate change

Clean energy legislation: the way ahead

Shaping a global solution

• Finance
• Australia's Fast-Start Finance Progress Report November 2011
• Update to Progress Report November 2011
• Global action - facts and fiction
• Countries acting now
• International pledges
• Australia: part of the problem - part of the solution
• Climate Change in China's 12^th Five year plan
• International climate change negotiations
• Durban 2011
• Cancun 2010
• Overview of the negotiation process
• Copenhagen Accord
• Presentations

Programs and rebates

A-Z of Government programs and initiatives

Public consultations

Ambassador for Climate Change - Louise Hand PSM

Ms Hand is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, currently seconded to the Department of Climate Change.  Prior to her appointment as Ambassador for Climate Change in 2009 she was Minister and Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian Embassy, Jakarta (2005 to 2009).  Ms Hand has served overseas as Ambassador to Cambodia (2000 to 2003), Counsellor, Australian Permanent Mission on Disarmament, Geneva (1995 to 1998), and Third later Second Secretary, Australian Embassy, Vienna (1986 to 1989).

In Canberra, Ms Hand has held the positions of Assistant Secretary, Arms Control Branch (1999 to 2000), Director, Ministerial and Executive Liaison Section (1999), Director, Business Affairs Unit (1993 to 1994) and Executive Assistant to the Secretary (1992 to 1993).

Ms Hand holds a Bachelor of Arts and Masters Qualifying degree from the University of Queensland and an MBA from Deakin University. She is married and has two daughters. In January 2009, she was awarded a Public Service Medal for her work in Indonesia.