In Episode 20 of the Saving the World webinar series, we'll discuss how the Federal Election might impact planetary health equity.
The 2025 election season has focused on cost of living, working conditions, climate change and the global economic order - all important elements of planetary health equity. Join the webinar to hear from our team what the policies of the incoming government are when it comes to climate, health and equity, and whether they'll get us any closer to planetary health equity.
The ‘Saving the World’ webinar series, presented by the Planetary Health Equity Hothouse, releases a new episode each month, discussing the intersections between climate change, inequity and human health. The webinars focus on actions that enable transformative change away from the harmful consumptogenic system to systems that promote good health, social equity and environmental wellbeing.
Event Speakers
Professor Sharon Friel
Prof Sharon Friel is an ARC Laureate Fellow, Prof of Health Equity and Director of the Australian Research Centre for Health Equity, the School of Regulation & Global Governance (RegNet), Australian National University. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia and co-Director of the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in the Social Determinants of Health Equity.
Professor Christian Downie
Christian Downie is a Professor in the School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University, where he is the Director of the Governing Energy Transition (GET) Lab. Christian has worked as an advisor to several Australian Government agencies, most recently as a Principal Advisor on secondment in the Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water.
Dr Hridesh Gajurel
Dr Hridesh Gajurel is a Laureate Research Fellow with the Planetary Health Equity Hothouse in the School of Regulation and Global Governance. He is a political economist who specialises in comparative capitalism, corporate governance, financialisation, and new institutional theory.
Chelsea Hunnisett
Chelsea Hunnisett is a Laureate PhD Candidate and Government Relations Specialist at the Planetary Health Equity Hothouse. Chelsea's research focuses on Australia's Commonwealth Treasury and its approach to the wellbeing economy. Chelsea is an experienced policy, advocacy and government relations specialist with expertise in planetary health, food and preventive health policy.