In this final Policy Forum Pod of the year, we hear from dozens of voices across the policy research community about what policymakers got right and wrong over 2018, and what could be done better in 2019.

Climate leadership in Australia means acknowledging the risks of global warming and preparing the economy now for when the international community eventually takes action, Warwick McKibbin writes.

If PNG is to improve the supply of health, education, and other key services at the local level, there must be more demand for it by individual households, Ron Duncan and Chris Banga write.

Policymakers need to recognise solar photovoltaics and wind as the cheapest solution to global warming in a short time frame, Andrew Blakers and Matthew Stocks write in this chapter from Securing our Energy, the new publication from the ANU College of Asia & the Pacific.

The extent to which tourism actually contributes to the sustainable development of the Pacific remains an unanswered question, Stephen Pratt, Joseph Cheer and Denis Tolkach write.

The huge scope of China’s Belt and Road Initiative has led the world to focus on the impacts for contact countries. Lauren Johnston takes a look at what it might mean for the country that instigated the process.