Dr Daniel Rossetto is a social scientist and political economist specialising in global energy systems, environmental and commodity markets, public economics, and climate governance. He is affiliated with the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, where his work focuses on bridging technical research, economic theory, and public policy to support the real-world deployment of advanced energy and industrial technologies.
His research and professional activity centre on working alongside engineers and scientists to develop the theoretical frameworks, policy architectures, and commercial narratives required to translate novel and advanced research into scalable, investable, and socially viable applications. In this capacity, he contributes a systems-level perspective on how technology interacts with markets, regulation, geopolitics, institutions, and cultural context.
Dr Rossetto is the host of Climate Mundial’s Energy & Climate Weekly, a public analytical platform examining global energy, climate policy, migration, industrial transformation, and geopolitical risk. The channel functions as an applied extension of his academic work, translating complex technical and economic research into accessible analysis for policymakers, industry practitioners, and the broader public.
He has over 25 years of international experience across six continents, spanning academia, government, global finance, and industry, and speaks five languages fluently. His professional background includes senior roles in environmental and commodity markets, most notably as Executive Director of Environmental Markets at J.P. Morgan, where he joined during the firm’s expansion into global carbon finance and environmental markets. Prior to this, he worked at Enel Group headquarters in Rome, contributing to the development of the company’s early carbon and climate strategy during the formative period of European emissions trading.
Earlier in his career, Dr Rossetto was a public policy practitioner in Australia. Between 2000 and 2005, he was a member of the National Emissions Trading Taskforce (NETT) and the COAG senior officials working group responsible for the design of Australia’s foundational emissions reporting and market-based climate policy frameworks.
Within the engineering context, his work supports research programs in areas such as energy systems, industrial decarbonisation, carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, electrification, sustainable fuels, and energy efficiency, with a focus on:

market design and incentive structures
regulatory and institutional frameworks
political economy and international competitiveness
pathways from laboratory innovation to commercial scale
societal acceptance and policy durability

Dr Rossetto has published on green finance, climate-themed bonds, carbon pricing, border carbon mechanisms, and corporate sustainability strategy, including contributions on Bloomberg platforms. He is Director of Climate Mundial Limited (UK) and holds a PhD from The University of Adelaide.