frank muller
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Professorial Visiting Fellow
Email: f.muller@unsw.edu.au
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Frank Muller has a 34 year career in environmental, energy and land use policy in Australia and the United States in government, universities, private consulting and the community sector. Frank currently lectures, writes and advises governments and business on climate change and sustainable development. He is also a Commissioner of the National Transport Commission and a Director of the consumer organisation Choice.
background
Prior to joining the Institute of Environmental Studies Mr Muller headed greenhouse and sustainable development policy in the New South Wales Government, at The Cabinet Office (1999-2002) and Premier's Department (1998-99). He oversaw the development of world-leading strategies on cleaner vehicles, electricity greenhouse benchmarks and carbon trading.
From 1990 to 1997, Mr. Muller worked in Washington, DC as Executive Board Member and Visiting Scholar at the Center for a Sustainable Economy (1996-97) and Director of Policy Research at the University of Maryland's Center for Global Change (1990-96). He investigated global and regional environmental issues and their relationship to economic development and social justice. His work included studies of environmental and energy taxes, renewable energy policy, utility regulation, and jobs and the environment. He served on the Economic Development and Jobs Working Group of President Clinton's Council for Sustainable Development and advised the White House and several State Governments on environmental tax policy.
Mr. Muller was also a Senior Special Fellow of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, where he helped design and conduct a training program for developing countries on the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. He assisted the governments of Vietnam, Zimbabwe and Lithuania to develop national strategies to implement the convention.
In Australia, Mr. Muller also has worked as an environmental planner in state government, a senior policy adviser to a federal minister, and founder and manager of a non-profit environmental organization.
Mr. Muller has a Bachelor of Science from the Australian National University and a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University. He is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
OPINION PIECES
Getting it right: questions for any carbon pricing scheme, The Courier Mail, Brisbane, 12 February 2007.
Riding into a minefield, The Courier Mail, Brisbane, 21 July 2006 (also available in a longer version).
Stubborn Kyoto stand will cost us dearly, by Frank Muller and Hugh Saddler, The Australian Financial Review, 28 June 2006.
One Car Crash That Must Be Avoided, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 September 2005.
Politics Behind Glowing Future, The Courier Mail, Brisbane, 14 June 2005. (Also broadcast on ABC Radio National's Perspective program and available in a longer version.)
Greenhouse Debate (Part 2) - Ratify the Kyoto Protocol, The Courier Mail, Brisbane, 16 February 2005. (Also broadcast on ABC Radio National's Perspective program.)
Commentary on The Day After Tomorrow, Perspective, ABC Radio National, 4 June 2004.
Don't Buy the China Excuse on Climate Change, by Peter Barnes and Frank Muller, South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, 4 August 1997.
State Could Get Money and Cleaner Air By Imposing a Tax on Fossil Fuel Use, The Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, 22 December 1991.
PAPERS, REPORTS & BOOK CHAPTERS
“Some Policy Ideas for Transforming Australia’s Climate Change Diplomacy,” Working Paper presented to “Australia and Climate Change Diplomacy: Towards a Post-2012 Regime” workshop, UNSW Faculty of Law and Australian Academy of Social Science, UNSW, 22-23 November 2007.
With C. Hamilton. “Critique of the McKibbin-Wilcoxen Hybrid Emissions Trading Scheme,” Research Paper No. 42, The Australia Institute, Canberra, March 2007.
With H. Saddler. “Submission to the Prime Minister’s Task Group on Emissions Trading,” WWF Australia, Sydney, March 2007.
With H. Saddler. “Submission to the National Emissions Trading Task Force,” WWF Australia, Sydney, December 2006.
With H. Saddler and C. Cuevas. "Competitiveness and Carbon Pricing: Border Adjustments for greenhouse policies," Discussion Paper No. 86, The Australia Institute, Canberra, April 2006
With J.A. Hoerner. "Carbon Taxes for Climate Protection in a Competitive World." in E. Staehelin-Witt and H. Blöchliger, Ökologisch orientierte Steuerreformen: Die fiskal- und aussenwirtschaftspolitischen Aspekte, Verlag Paul Haupt, Bern, Switzerland, 1997. (published for Swiss Federal Office for International Economic Affairs).
"A strategy for aligning economic and environmental goals in New South Wales," Paper prepared for the NSW Cabinet Office, Sydney June 1996.
"Mitigating Climate Change: The Case for Energy Taxes." Environment 38 (2). March 1996.
"State Carbon Tax Model: User's Guide and Excel Spreadsheet," Center for Global Change, University of Maryland, January 1996.
"Tax Credits and the Development of Renewable Energy in California" in R. Gale and S. Barg (eds) Green Budget Reform: An International Casebook of Leading Practices. Earthscan Publications, London, U.K., July, 1995.
with J.A. Hoerner and A.S. Miller. "Promoting Growth and Job Creation through Emerging Environmental Technologies." National Commission for Employment Policy, Research Report No. 95-3, Washington, D.C., April 1995.
with J.A. Hoerner. "Greening State Energy Taxes: Carbon Taxes for Revenue and the Environment." The Pace Environmental Law Review 12 (1). Fall, 1994.
"Developing Country Implementation of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: A Hypothetical Case Study." Center for Global Change, University of Maryland, Case Study No. 93-1, October 1993.
with J.A. Hoerner. "The Impact of a Broad-Based Energy Tax on the Competitiveness of U.S. Industry." The Natural Resources Tax Review. Volume 6, No. 4, July-August 1993.
with H.M. Sachs. "Renewable Energy and Pollution Prevention in Southern California: A Report for South Coast Air Quality Management District." Center for Global Change, University of Maryland, January 1993.
"Carbon Taxes: The Case for State Leadership." The Electricity Journal. January/February 1993.
with H.M. Sachs and A.S. Miller. "A Strategy for More Rapid Expansion of the Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Market." Proceedings of the Solar '93 Conference, Washington, D.C, April 1993. American Solar Energy Society, Boulder, Colorado.
with S. Laitner, A. Miller and L. Zarsky. "Job Benefits of Expanding Investment in Solar Energy." Solar Industry Journal, Fourth Quarter 1992.
with H.M. Sachs. "Technology Policy and Wind Power in the U.S. Utility Sector". Proceedings of the Windpower '92 Conference, Seattle, Washington, October 19-21, 1992. American Wind Energy Association, Washington D.C.
" Energy Taxes" in Cool Tools: State and Local Policy Options to Confront a Changing Climate. Center for Global Change, University of Maryland, April 1992.
"An Air Pollution Tax for Maryland - Questions and Answers: Testimony before the Maryland House of Delegates Ways and Means Committee." Center for Global Change, University of Maryland, Working Paper No. 92-2, March 1992.
"Tree Planting to Abate Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Options for Southern California Edison." Center for Global Change, University of Maryland, Working Paper No. 91-3, April 1991.
"A Methodology for Environmental Analysis of Alternative Energy Scenarios in Vermont." Center for Global Change, University of Maryland, Working Paper No. 91-2, March 1991.
Vermont Comprehensive Energy Plan. Department of Public Service, Montpelier, VT, January 1991, (author of chapter on environmental issues (chapter 2)).
The Greenhouse Effect: Planning Implications of Climate Change in New South Wales. 1989 National Environmental Engineering Conference, Sydney, 20-22 March 1989. Institution of Engineers, Australia.
POLICY NOTES
"Comparison of Carbon Tax and Cap & Trade Emission Trading Scheme." April 2005.
"Comparison of Cap & Trade and Baseline & Credit Emission Trading Models." August, 2004.
"Using A Border Adjustment To Take The Lead On Climate Change Without Encouraging Runaway Shops," By Frank Muller & Andrew Hoerner, September 1997.
"Will the Climate Change Convention Shift U.S. Jobs to Developing Countries?" 1997
"Fiscal Policy Shift to Promote Sustainability, Job Growth and Investment in Workforce Skills," August 1995.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
"Global Responsibilities, Climate Change and Your Investments" Global Dialogue: Retirement Income Provision in the Next Decade, Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, New York, 17 July 2006."
with H. Saddler. "Competitiveness and Carbon Pricing: Border Adjustments for Greenhouse Policy." UNSW Environmental Network Seminar, UNSW, 29 May 2006
"Climate Change: Issues for Economic Reform and Competition Policy." Government Competition Policy and Economic Reform Conference, Crowne Plaza, Sydney, 30 November 2005
with H. Saddler and C. Cuevas. "Providing a Carbon Price Signal While Preserving Economic Competitiveness: Practical Options for Australia." Greenhouse 2005 Conference, Melbourne 13-17 November 2005
"Carbon Taxes: A Tool for Managing the Greenhouse." Managing the Greenhouse (IEST5011), University of NSW, July 2005.
"Policy Issues for a Multi-State Emissions Trading Scheme." Emissions Trading in Australia: Status & Prospects, Australian Emissions Trading Forum - CRC for Greenhouse Accounting Joint Seminar Program, Australian Stock Exchange, Sydney, 20 April 2004
"Options For Moving To a National or Multi-State Emissions Trading Scheme." Sustainable Energy 2004 Conference, Sydney, 29 March 2004.
"National Greenhouse Emissions Trading: A silver bullet?" National Emissions Trading Policy Workshop, Melbourne Business School, 16 April 2003.
"Protecting Global Climate: Issues for the Asia Pacific Region." 11th Harvard Project for Asian & International Relations (HPAIR), Macquarie University, Sydney, 15-18 August 2002.
"Sustainable Development and Government Decision Making in Australia." Frameworks for Environmental Management, University of NSW, June 2002.
"Is the Climate Change Convention an Unlevel Playing Field for Developed Countries?" Sustainable Economics Lunchtime Series, Economic Policy Institute, Washington, D.C., 13 March 1997.
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