Mr Daniel Rossetto
School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering and Information Technology
Dr Daniel Rossetto is an expert on global environmental and energy commodity markets, international business and climate change geopolitics. He has over 25 years of experience gained working across six continents. He speaks fluently in five languages. Specific commercial achievements across the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Gulf Region, Australia, Latin America, Africa and Asia include:
· Structuring and arrangement of green and sustainable finance solutions including sustainability-linked loans, green, climate-themed bonds and carbon funds and environmentally themed export credits.
· Structuring and arrangement of financing for large-scale investments in the renewable energy & storage, heavy industry (steel, petrochemicals, waste), biofuels, construction product manufacture and thermal electricity generation.
· Origination and execution of long-term commodity derivative transactions and tolling agreements on products including electricity, energy feedstocks and carbon certificates.
· Acquisition of land, leases, development approvals and connection approvals for large-scale projects in the renewable energy, industry, biofuel processing (sustainable aviation fuel, wood pellets) and agribusiness sectors.
· Advising on the development and business case preparation for industrial scale decarbonisation options such as carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, energy efficiency and nature-based solutions.
Daniel has served as a company director in the United Kingdom for over a decade with Climate Mundial Limited. He had previously held the position of Executive Director of Environmental Markets at J.P. Morgan Chase; joining as the firm commenced build out of its global carbon finance, commodity-linked finance and carbon trading businesses. In this role, Daniel was engaged in structuring some of the first ever sovereign green bond issuances. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, Daniel played an integral role in the developing the Enel Group's carbon strategy while employed at the firm's head offices in Rome. Enel is also a pioneering issuer of green and sustainable bonds.
During the period 2000-05, Dr Rossetto was a policy maker in Australia and was a member of the National Emissions Trading Taskforce (NETT) tasked with designing a national market-based program for reducing emissions across the electricity generation, industry and transportation sectors. He was also a member of the COAG senior officials working group that developed the first version of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) framework, on which the Safeguard Mechanism, today, is constructed.
Daniel has authored several seminal papers on green finance and climate-themed bonds published on Bloomberg platforms and journal articles on border carbon mechanisms, carbon pricing and corporate sustainability strategy. He obtained his PhD from Adelaide University and is a titleholder with the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.
Daniel is host of the Climate Mundial's Energy and Climate Weekly YouTube channel, which is 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. The channel can be accessed at: https://youtube.com/@climatemundial.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Adjunct, Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources | University of Adelaide (AUS) |
| 2024 - 2024 | Sessional academic | University of Melbourne (AUS) |
| 2024 - 2024 | Director | West Adelaide Football Club (AUS) |
| 2013 - ongoing | Director | Climate Mundial Limited (UK) |
| 2007 - 2013 | Executive Director, Environmental Markets | J. P. Morgan Chase (UK, US) |
| 2006 - 2007 | Manager, Carbon Markets | Enel (Italy) |
| 2000 - 2006 | Manager, Sustainability | Office of Energy Policy & Energy SA (AUS) |
| 1998 - 2000 | Consulting Engineer | Lincolne Scott (now WSP) (AUS) |
| 1996 - 1998 | Development Coordinator | Hansen Yuncken (AUS) |
| Language | Competency |
|---|---|
| English | Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review |
| French | Can read, write, speak and understand spoken |
| Italian | Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review |
| Portuguese | Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review |
| Spanish - Latin American | Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 - 2024 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Doctor of Philosophy |
| 1999 - 2000 | Murdoch University | Australia | Bachelor of Applied Science (Energy Studies) |
| 1993 - 1996 | University of South Australia | Australia | Bachelor of Building (Hons) |
| Date | Title | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 - 2014 | UEFA C (Level II FA) Football Coaching | The Football Association | United Kingdom |
| 2009 - 2010 | Certificate III in Investment (Securities and Derivatives) | Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments | United Kingdom |
| 1999 - 1999 | Fellowship in International Greenhouse Partnerships | University of Melbourne | Australia |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Rossetto, D. (2025). Relationships between sustainability disclosure, environmental innovation and performance: an examination of practice within the Australian construction and demolition waste sector. Environment Development and Sustainability, 27(4), 9427-9446. Scopus2 WoS5 |
| 2024 | Rossetto, D. (2024). The role of border carbon adjustments and subsidies in incentivising investment: comparing equivalence in the context of steel recycling and decarbonisation. Discover Sustainability, 5(1), 132-1-132-17. Scopus4 WoS3 |
| 2023 | Rossetto, D. (2023). The carbon border adjustment mechanism: What does it mean for steel recycling?. Sustainable Horizons, 5, 12 pages. Scopus22 WoS17 |
| 2023 | Rossetto, D. (2023). The long-term feasibility of border carbon mechanisms: An analysis of measures proposed in the European Union and the United States and the steel production sector. Sustainable Horizons, 6, 8 pages. Scopus8 WoS8 |
| 2023 | Rossetto, D. (2023). The relative importance of carbon markets to the waste management sector’s future contribution to climate change commitments under the Paris Agreement: insights from Australia. Carbon Neutrality, 2(1), 18 pages. Scopus8 WoS8 |
| - | Rossetto, D. (2025). Prospects for international emissions trading under the Paris Agreement. SSRN Electronic Journal. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Rossetto, D. (2024). Incentivising resource recovery and utilisation of construction and demolition waste. (PhD Thesis, The University of Adelaide). |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Rossetto, D. (2025). How Whyalla can be upgraded to green steel and why we need to keep steel production in Australia. The Conversation. |
| 2025 | Rossetto, D. (2025). Will carbon border taxes really reduce emissions?. Climate Mundial's Energy and Climate Weekly. |
| 2025 | Rossetto, D. (2025). Are carbon border taxes here for the long haul?. Climate Mundial's Energy and Climate Weekly. |
| 2019 | Rossetto, D. (2019). Carbon Markets Beyond 2020: Achieving a breakthrough on the Paris Agreement. Bloomberg Law Journal, Environment & Energy Report. |
| 2017 | Rossetto, D. (2017). Defining Green Finance for climate change. Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report and Bloomberg Law Journal. |
| 2015 | Rossetto, D. (2015). Potential Role for UN in Setting Standards for Green Bonds. Bloomberg BNA International Environment Reporter Periodical, Bloomberg Law Journal. |
| 2013 | Rossetto, D. (2013). Australian carbon market survey – Final report.. Baker & McKenzie and Climate Mundial. |
| 2013 | Rossetto, D. (2013). Australian carbon market survey – Final report.. Baker & McKenzie and Climate Mundial. |
| Date | Role | Board name | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 - 2024 | Director | West Adelaide Football Club | South Australian National Football League | Australia |
| Date | Role | Editorial Board Name | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Board Member | Discover Sustainability | Springer Nature | United Kingdom |