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A panel of experts from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ came together to talk about one of theÌýmost critical issue of our time.

• what past climate change events can tell us about how Earth’s systems will react in future


• how climate change will exacerbate existing threats to species and ecosystems, including land clearance and introduced pests


• the major barriers to biodiversity conservation, and policy tools that can overcome them


• how complexity in our critical systems, such as food, energy, water and transport, is driving costly political and commercial uncertainty


• why we must all integrate understanding of climate change impacts into our every thought and action—and how we can do it.

• Ìýleads the Food, Water and Agriculture theme within the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences. He has worked on multiple industry projects related to weather and climate risk management, and co-chairs the Australian Energy and Water Exchange Research Initiative.


• Ìýis a Senior Lecturer in Earth Science, ARC Future Fellow and Deputy Director of the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s Sprigg Geobiology Centre. Her research explores various ecosystems’ adaptations to climate change throughout history, including during the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (56 million years ago) and Neogene grassland expansion (12–3 million years ago).


• Ìýis a senior environmental consultant in the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s Centre for Global Food and Resources, and Chair of the National Landcare Network. His research is focused on understanding behavioural, price and policy barriers to biodiversity conservation and restoration.


• Ìýis a Senior Lecturer in geography, environment and population in the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s School of Social Sciences. His research explores analysis and planning at the interface of climate change risk and socio-ecosystems, in multiple geopolitical contexts. This has included in Australia, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia, Turkey, Switzerland and the European Union.