Alexander Blackborough

Alex joined the EGL team as a Lawyer in 2025. He has completed degrees in environmental science and law with first class honours at Griffith University on the Gold Coast.

Alex previously worked as a legal officer in the Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water advising on matters of wildlife, heritage and environmental protection. 

In 2021 he received the New Colombo Plan Scholarship to study and work in Singapore and Vanuatu to compare developed and developing nation state approaches to climate change. Alex worked on climate policy with the Vanuatu Climate Action Network and on projects in the maritime industry with Singapore’s Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation. 

In 2023 Alex was named a Global Voices Fellow and attended COP28 in Dubai where he subsequently published a paper on the equitable inclusion of Pacific Islander and First Nations Voices for improved climate policy in Australia. 

Alex works on the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation.