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Climate & energy

About

Our researchers are actively contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation solutions through innovative, interdisciplinary research and policy-relevant advice drawing on expertise across climate science, climate adaptation, energy, environmental monitoring and management, and sustainable development.

Projects

The pumped storage hydropower group collaborates with governments, civil society groups and NGOs, supporting transitions to zero/low carbon electricity grids. As part of this, a key objective is ensuring environmental and social governance issues are prioritised, including during grid-scale planning.

People

  • Dr. Dipak Gyawali (Nepal)
  • Dr. Sudhindra Sharma (Nepal)
  • Dr. Sarala Khaling (Sikkim State, India)
  • Ms. Abriti Moktan (Sikkim State, India)
  • Mr. Sonam Tshering (Bhutan)
  • Ms. Tashi Pem (Bhutan)
  • Dr. Daniel Gilfillan (Australia)
  • Dr. Helen Locher (Australia)
  • Mr. Martin Kennedy (Australia)

Honours / Masters(Adv) project available analysing regional drought resilience plans in collaboration with CSIRO and the Australian Government.

Student intake

Open for Honours, Masters students

People

This research looks at the identifying the costs and benefits of different trade off options so that governments in particular, and societies more broadly, can take better informed decisions around water use in China & SE Asia.

People

  • David Dumaresq

Members

Academic staff

Distinguished Professor

Associate Professor Ian Fry stands in front of a native shrub at the Fenner School and looks at the camera. He is wearing a suit and a string of shells around his neck.

Associate Professor

Affiliate

Honorary Senior Lecturer

Tim Baynes looks at camera and wears a blue suit

Honorary Associate Professor

Suzi Bond cups a butterfly in her hands

Honorary Senior Lecturer

Honorary Professor

Honorary Senior Lecturer

Clem Davis

Honorary Lecturer

Emeritus Professor

Joelle Gergis

Honorary Senior Lecturer

Honorary Senior Lecturer

Articles

We are all about wicked problems.

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Snow gums (Eucalyptus pauciflora) thrive in cooler, wetter conditions. But as temperatures warm, these iconic trees are being threatened by drought, fire and disease.

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Experts say city’s expansion has put more people at risk because homes are being built on flood-prone land.

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Australia’s long-lasting climate wars offer three painful lessons we shouldn’t ignore this time around.

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We’ve known about the risk of floods to the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley for a long time. Yet successive state governments have failed to properly mitigate its impact. Indeed, recent urban development policies by the current NSW government will multiply the risk.

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SECRET documents reveal the NSW Water Minister has ignored the warnings of department staff about proposed changes to the state's floodplain harvesting rules, which may not be compliant with the state government's own Water Management Act.

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