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Climate & energy

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.

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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

This research looks at options for more effective conservation of freshwater ecosystems for the benefit of people and nature.

Developing machine learning algorithms to identify forest structural characteristics from earth observation data on a regional scale, Australia

Student intake

Open for Honours students

People

The Fenner School has a number of projects that examine bushfires – how it behaves, its effects on the landscape and ecosystems, and how we can monitor and manage it in natural and built environments.

Student intake

Open for Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD students

People

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

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Honorary Lecturer

Honorary Associate Professor

Academic staff

Articles

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Australia has experienced the first warning signs of a scorching summer ahead, with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting this year will be the hottest on record.

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The risks of solar geoengineering will be magnified if critics are ignored and researchers are allowed to self-regulate.

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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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