We have a strong grounding in the scientific drivers of climate change and a practical understanding of the impacts climate change is likely to have across all sectors of society.
We specialise in developing engagements designed to develop a shared understanding and stimulate action planning by stakeholders around the vulnerabilities to climate change.
Our experience in undertaking climate change adaptation work is broad, covering local to international settings in both urban and rural contexts and includes the water sector, behavioural change initiatives, social, institutional and ecological resilience, buildings and cities, resource management and international development issues.
Expertise areas
Community adaptation and resilience
Helping communities to cope with the unavoidable impacts of climate change.
Ecosystem-based adaptation
Examining wicked problems at the point where human and natural systems meet.
Informing adaptation policy and practice
Developing an evidence base for fundamental and well-planned change to inform adaptation action and supporting policy.
International climate adaptation experience
Working alongside our global neighbours, co-developing knowledge and sharing expertise as we rapidly respond to similar climate change impacts.
Vulnerability and adaptive capacity assessments
Guiding successful adaptation strategies to reduce vulnerability to the effects of climate change while avoiding maladaptation.
Organisational adaptation
Helping to understand and accelerate how organisations develop capabilities to identify and implement climate adaptations.
Transformational system change
Informing deep transformational change for the environment, society, economics and governance.
Research news and projects
UTS researchers appointed Lead Authors of UN Climate Change Reports
Three UTS experts will contribute to major reports for the world’s most trusted authority on climate change.
Driving Indigenous-led clean energy opportunities on Aboriginal land
Research funded by JMI and Boundless to address the urgent need to involve and support NSW Aboriginal communities in participating and leading the energy...
Saving the systems: enabling regional adaptation to climate change
The global challenges of climate change require solutions that respond to vulnerabilities at a regional scale. In Australia, the Institute for Sustainable...
Our team
Anna Gero
Research Director
DVC (Research)
Candice Delaney
Research Principal
DVC (Research)
Laure-Elise Ruoso
Senior Research Consultant
DVC (Research)
Pierre Mukheibir
Professor Of Water Futures
DVC (Research)
Samantha Sharpe
Program Lead - Transformative Learning
DVC (Research)
Sarah Niklas
Research Principal
DVC (Research)