Kirsty Anantharajah
Ms Kirsty Anantharajah
Kirsty is a research associate on Professor Neil Gunningham’s DFAT funded project, Harnessing financial markets and institutional investment to increase the penetration of clean energy in the Asia Pacific. She is also a PhD student, her proposed project explores the impacts of climate finance regulation and governance in Fiji.
Kirsty Anantharajah is a lawyer admitted in the ACT with a background in refugee protection. She has previously worked in the fields of human rights law, transitional justice and gender based violence. Kirsty has degrees in Arts and Law (Hons I) from the Australian National University.
Research interests
- Science and Technology Studies
- Law And Society
- Development Studies
- Climate Finance
- Energy Aid in the Asia Pacific Region
- Human Rights Regulation
- Refugee Law
- Gender Based Rights
Supervisor:
The Climate Finance Initiative and capacity building in Fiji
Climate change presents a profound threat to our region, one most felt by our Pacific Island neighbours, manifesting in rising seas, extreme weather events, widespread loss, damage, and displac
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Current
Climate Finance Initiative
The Climate Finance Initiative, located within the world-renowned School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) in the Australian National University’s College of Asia and the Pacific, aims to p
