Alison Cleary

Alison leads the Sustainable Economies system at Climateworks Centre, supporting the development of net zero strategies and aligned policy. This team encourages green economic diversification, with consideration of economic and development co-benefits that the shift towards sustainable economies can deliver

Alison is a management, communications and advocacy specialist with 30 years of experience in the built environment, social justice, community development and environment sectors in Australia, Asia and the Pacific.

She has worked in a number of roles with Oxfam and the Australian Conservation Foundation, including as Oxfam International’s Tsunami Policy Lead, following the 2004 Asian Tsunami.