Adrian Ward

Director & Government Certified Trainer
Australian Centre for Sustainability studies & Training

Adrian has 10+ years’ experience as a climate and energy management expert in both the private and public sectors. He also has extensive skills in corporate sustainability, certification, training and strategy within many industries, including the construction and green infrastructure sector. Adrian co-developed the award winning CarbonGameTM and also an advanced emissions trading simulation for the National Development and Reform Commission in China. Adrian’s other specialty is in environmental finance. He has delivered training and financing strategies for many government and private sector companies around the world including in Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, China, Indonesia, Chile, Malaysia, Italy, the Philippines and New Zealand. This training has included for the Shanghai Environmental and Energy Exchange, World Bank, UNFAO, the Australian Commonwealth Government and some of the world’s biggest energy and resource companies. He has published in high-ranking journals such as Science, Global Environmental Change and Climate Policy. Adrian serves as the Director of CarbonLab, is also an Australian Government registered greenhouse & energy auditor and Green Building Council of Australia certified GreenStar Certification Practitioner.