MrJonathan Rispler

Jonathan is a Senior Research Consultant at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney. He graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) majoring in Photovoltaic & Solar Energy, and a Bachelor of Arts (Economics Minor).

Jonathan has academic experience in modelling the transition of Australia's National Electricity Market through his honours thesis project assessing the role of offshore wind energy in a future least cost 100% renewable NEM, and through recent modelling work completed with the Climate Council for their report ‘Seize The Decade: How we empower Australian communities and cut climate pollution 75% by 2030’. Jonathan has also previously worked in the solar energy industry, particularly in the fields of asset monitoring and operations.

At ISF, Jonathan is working on projects that drive the energy transition in different countries and across sectors. Jonathan is involved in an UNEP-funded project that develops sectoral pathways for the global economy, including the transition of hard-to-mitigate sectors, with the objective to steer capital investments towards complying with the 1.5C Paris target.