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Dr Wesley Morgan

Dr Wesley Morgan

Research Associate
Science
Inst. Climate Risk & Response

Dr Wesley Morgan is a research associate with the Institute for Climate Risk & Response at UNSW.

He has written widely on climate change, and international relations in the Pacific islands. His research considers the ways countries work together at the UN to tackle climate change, and integrate climate change into their foreign policy and national security strategies.

Wesley also has over a decade’s experience living and working in the Pacific islands, where he worked as Pacific Policy Advisor with Oxfam, and taught postgraduate courses in diplomacy at the University of the South Pacific.

Wesley’s research considers the impacts of climate change on Australia and Pacific island countries, and the international context for Australian climate policy.

Wesley is a research associate with the Australian Climate Accountability Project at the Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW.

He is also a fellow at the Climate Council and a research fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute (Griffith University).

Mobile
+61 473 033 536
Location
Institute for Climate Risk & Response, 457, Mathews Building
  • Book Chapters | 2024
    Morgan W; Carter G; Manoa F, 2024, 'Pacific Perspectives: Regional cooperation in a warming world? Prospects for Australia-Pacific climate diplomacy', in Climate Politics in Oceania Renewing Australia-Pacific Relations in a Warming World, Melbourne Univ. Publishing, pp. 70 - 90
  • Edited Books | 2024
    Morgan W; Harris-Rimmer S; Byrne C, (eds.), 2024, Climate Politics in Oceania: Renewing Australia-Pacific Relations in a Warming World, Melbourne University Press,
  • Journal articles | 2024
    McDonald M; Park S; Anantharajah K; Burke A; Celermajer D; Evans MC; Eckersley R; Gulliver R; McNaught R; Morgan W; Ruwet M; Symons J; Schlosberg D; Vogler A, 2024, 'Ecological Crises and Ecopolitics Research in Australia', Australian Journal of Politics and History,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Morgan W; Carter SG; Manoa F, 2024, 'Leading from the Frontline: A History of Pacific Climate Diplomacy', Journal of Pacific History, 59, pp. 353 - 374,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Morgan W, 2022, 'Large Ocean States: Pacific Regionalism and Climate Security in a New Era of Geostrategic Competition', East Asia, 39, pp. 45 - 62,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Dornan M; Morgan W; Newton Cain T; Tarte S, 2018, 'What's in a term? “Green growth” and the “blue-green economy” in the Pacific islands', Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 5, pp. 408 - 425,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Morgan W, 2018, 'Much lost, little gained? Contemporary trade agreements in the pacific Islands', Journal of Pacific History, 53, pp. 268 - 286,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Morgan W, 2017, 'Coal comfort: Pacific islands on collision course with Australia over emissions', Pacific Journalism Review, 23, pp. 25 - 31,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Morgan W, 2014, 'Trade Negotiations and Regional Economic Integration in the Pacific Islands Forum', Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 1, pp. 325 - 336,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Morgan W, 2013, 'Overlapping authorities: Governance, leadership and accountability in contemporary Vanuatu', Journal of South Pacific Law, 2013, pp. A1 - A22
    Journal articles | 2010
    Penjueli M; Morgan W, 2010, 'Putting development first: Concerns aout a Pacific free trade agreement', Pacific Economic Bulletin, 25, pp. 211 - 221
    Journal articles |
    Morgan W, 'Growing Island Exports: High Value Crops and the Future of Agriculture in the Pacific', SSRN Electronic Journal,
  • Reports | 2024
    Morgan W; McLeod B; Rayner J; Comer J, 2024, Powering Past Gas: An Energy Strategy that Works., Climate Council of Australia,
    Reports | 2023
    Morgan W, 2023, Climate Allies: Australia-US cooperation in a warming world, University of Western Australia Defence and Security Institute,
    Reports | 2022
    Morgan W; Bradshaw S; Dean A, 2022, A Fight for Survival: tackling the Climate Crisis is Key to Security in the Blue Pacific., Climate Council of Australia,
    Theses / Dissertations | 2015
    Morgan W, 2015, Regional trade negotiations and the construction of policy choice in the Pacific Islands Forum (1994-2014),