Matthew recently joined AlburyCity to lead the Sustainability and Environment team that is tasked with developing policies and measures in regards to the environment, climate change, carbon and energy management and sustainability, and providing an environmental planning advisory service.

Matthew previously worked at the secretariat to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn, Germany, where he coordinated processes under the Kyoto Protocol in regards to monitoring, reporting and review; provided advisory services on methodology development, emissions estimation and carbon accounting, emissions trading, modalities and rules relating to land use, land-use change and forestry activities, and in the review of project design documents submitted under the CDM and JI. Matthew was also coordinated specific agenda items in ongoing negotiations on a post-2012 international climate change framework.

Prior to joining the UNFCCC Matthew worked at the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, the QLD Environmental Protection Agency, and as a consultant. Matthew has a Bachelor of Engineering in Environmental Engineering (Hons) and majored in industrial air pollution control.

Adam started working as a waste management professional in 1998 with EPA Victoria where he ended up working on the Landfill BPEMG, and has since worked in local government and consulting in Victoria, NSW and WA. Adam is currently based in Perth, working as the Chief Executive Officer of the Western Metropolitan Regional Council. The WMRC operates the Brockway Waste Transfer Station in Shenton Park, a site that is hosting the first DiCOM Facility. Previously Adam worked as Director Waste Services for the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council where he was responsible for the Red Hill Waste Management Facility, and established mattress and timber recycling operations at the EMRC’s Hazelmere site. Adam also blogs in the waste and recycling space.