Australian think tank set up to work specifically on climate change, again the brainchild of Clive Hamilton, who set up The Australia Institute.
2005 to 2017
See article in The Conversation
“Hamilton explained that in 2005, Mark Wootton, director of the Poola Foundation, approached him saying that he had A$5 million and wanted to spend it on something that would “cut through” the stagnant climate change debate. Hamilton thought about it and proposed the Climate Institute, which he put together over the ensuing months. After chairing the board for its first year Hamilton returned to his duties at the Australia Institute.”