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Biography
Publications
Michelle Lyons is a Research Fellow (part-time) in the Lowy Institute’s Indo-Pacific Development Centre where she works on international climate change policy and climate finance. She has more than a decade of experience working in the Australian Public Service and at the Australian National University on international and domestic climate change policy development, implementation and evaluation. Michelle is a member of the ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions.
She is currently completing her PhD at ANU on the roles of public investment in the transition to net zero emissions. Michelle is a recipient of the prestigious Sir Roland Wilson Scholarship.
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A multilateral bank for the Indo-Pacific?
The region needs a dedicated bank that enhances economic security in the pursuit of climate and development goals.
![Go big or go home: Australia should invest at scale in Southeast Asia’s energy transition](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-02/GettyImages-1977226242.jpg?itok=5GPnHa8j)
Go big or go home: Australia should invest at scale in Southeast Asia’s energy transition
The Paris Agreement will not succeed if the bid for net zero in Southeast Asia fails.
![Australia and Japan must recast their energy relationship](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-08/Lowy_DefaultImage_new.jpg?itok=oIU1OsDc)
Commentary
Australia and Japan must recast their energy relationship
Originally published in Nikkei Asia
![Down or out: The future of fossil fuels at COP28](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-12/53390112002_d9693371e4_k.jpg?itok=aARsR_0Q)
Down or out: The future of fossil fuels at COP28
Record attendance by oil, coal and gas lobbyists shows how seriously the industry is taking this conference – and the gap remaining to any deal.
![Global Stocktake: Unlocking trillions for climate action](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-09/Drought%20comp.jpg?itok=3CfDHopF)
Global Stocktake: Unlocking trillions for climate action
The Paris Agreement’s assessment of climate policies finds some good news, but massive room for improvement.
![Climate justice: friendshoring, China’s supremacy and America’s IR Act](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-08/IR%20Act%20Biden%20comp.jpg?itok=-_eMhVCd)
Climate justice: friendshoring, China’s supremacy and America’s IR Act
The goal of ensuring equitable outcomes through the energy transition must be global.
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The Fix: How we tell stories about ourselves
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