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ÂŠ Monash Sustainability Institute 2011 Edited by Tahl Kestin and Dave Griggs Additional images by Dave Griggs, Paul McShane, Simon Rowntree, Philip Wallis, Monash University and NASA Copies of this report can be downloaded from the MSI Publications web page: www.monash.edu/research/sustainability-institute/publications.html

From the Chair....................................................................................................................................................3 From the Director...............................................................................................................................................3 Our Year at a Glance..........................................................................................................................................4 About Us..............................................................................................................................................................6 Mission and Objectives.........................................................................................................................................................................7 Our Approach.......................................................................................................................................................................................8 Structure and Activities.........................................................................................................................................................................8 Core Staff...........................................................................................................................................................................................10 Looking to 2011.................................................................................................................................................................................11

Research...........................................................................................................................................................12 Centre for Water Sensitive Cities.........................................................................................................................................................13 Uniwater.............................................................................................................................................................................................16 Natural Resource Management in Asia in Response to Climate Change.............................................................................................18 Australian Bushfire Arson Prevention Initiative.....................................................................................................................................20 Climate Change, Biodiversity and Health Program..............................................................................................................................22 The Interface between Social and Environmental Sustainability...........................................................................................................23 Sustainable Cities Program.................................................................................................................................................................24 Behaviour Change Initiative.................................................................................................................................................................25 Monash University Soil Carbon Initiative..............................................................................................................................................25 Developing Victoriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Geothermal Energy Resource............................................................................................................................26 Energy Theme Activities......................................................................................................................................................................26 Learning from Indigenous Natural Resources Management in the Barmah-Millewa.............................................................................27

Education..........................................................................................................................................................28 Green Steps.......................................................................................................................................................................................29 Sustainability Training and Education Consultancies...........................................................................................................................31 Monash Teaching...............................................................................................................................................................................32 MSI Postgraduate Unit.......................................................................................................................................................................33

Action................................................................................................................................................................34 ClimateWorks Australia.......................................................................................................................................................................35 Sustainable Campus Group................................................................................................................................................................38 ResourceSmart Tertiary Education......................................................................................................................................................39 Monash University Annual Report.......................................................................................................................................................39

Engagement and Outreach..............................................................................................................................40 MSI Seminar Series............................................................................................................................................................................41 Policy Advice......................................................................................................................................................................................42 Presentations.....................................................................................................................................................................................42 Representation...................................................................................................................................................................................46 Awards and Fellowships.....................................................................................................................................................................47 Publications........................................................................................................................................................................................47

Grants and Philanthropic Support..................................................................................................................50

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Welcome

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From the Chair research and knowledge were more accessible. Unfortunately, in Australia, the worlds of academia and government are too often too far apart. One of the key roles of the Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI) is to form a bridge between good research and policy. We aim to bring together researchers from a range of disciplines to work on difficult sustainability challenges, and to provide research and knowledge that government and the wider community can use. In this way we hope that we can make a real contribution to achieving a more sustainable society.

When I was Victoria’s Minister for Environment and Water, I was often frustrated by how hard it was to access top quality research to help inform government decisions. Many of the sustainability issues governments (and businesses and communities) face are complex and I am sure that better decisions could be made if relevant

I am very pleased that this year we can point to a number of practical initiatives where MSI is making a difference, bringing together researchers from Monash University with other research institutions, government and business. As well as our research role, MSI seeks to promote sustainability education and action both at Monash University and in the wider community. In 2010 our

Green Steps program, which provides practical environmental skills for students and for the workplace, won numerous awards including the Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Award. ClimateWorks Australia, a joint venture between MSI and The Myer Foundation, released its Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia which demonstrated how Australia could reduce carbon emissions by 25 per cent by 2020 at an affordable cost. The Low Carbon Growth Plan is already being used in government and industry and received the Eureka Award for Innovative Solutions to Climate Change. MSI’s core staff-members are very committed and hard working and I thank and congratulate them for such a successful year. But we also draw upon the much wider Monash community who are concerned about the need for us to create a more sustainable world and are prepared to invest their considerable intellectual skills in achieving it. Professor John Thwaites

From the Director difference, universities have to go beyond their traditional way of operating and foster cross-disciplinary approaches and close partnerships with policy makers, industry and the community.

Universities have a critical role in solving the pressing sustainability challenges that confront our global society, through research as well as education of current and future generations. But given the complexity and integrated nature of these real-world challenges, and to make a real

MSI, which was established in 2006, is charged with realising and maximising Monash University’s contribution to this endeavour. At MSI we work to push the issue of sustainability up the research and education agendas, initiate and foster projects and collaborations across the University’s faculties and departments, and establish strong links with external stakeholders. It hasn’t always been easy. As university sustainability institutes around the world have found, working across departments and outside traditional academic structures means overcoming many barriers. So I am particularly pleased to present MSI’s first Annual Activity Report, which shows just how much MSI has been able to achieve over the past year or

so. It summarises the wide range of activities we carry out and the benefits that we bring to Monash and to the wider aspiration of achieving a sustainable future. This is in addition to the equally important work we do that is intangible or can’t be measured – the connections we make between people, the conversations we start, the people we inspire, and the companies we help transform. The achievements we have had are a testament to MSI staff members, who have worked tirelessly to develop the organisation to where we are now; to the strong support we have received from all parts of the University; and to our partners, supporters and funders outside Monash. I would like to thank everyone who has been involved with MSI in some way over the last few years and look forward to continued and expanded collaborations in 2011.

Professor Dave Griggs

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Our Year at a Glance

In 2010 the Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI) saw a dramatic growth in its activities, staff, funding and partnerships, and received national recognition for the quality of its innovative approaches.

These were rewards for MSI’s sustained effort since its establishment in 2006 to develop high-quality collaborative research, education, and action initiatives that connect Monash with the wider

community and deliver solutions to key climate change and sustainability challenges. Here are some highlights from MSI’s work in 2010.

Establishment of the Centre for Water Sensitive Cities The Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, established under the auspices of MSI, consolidates and expands Monash’s significant expertise in research and development for advancing water sensitive cities. It brings together over 60 researchers and PhD students from the faculties of Arts, Engineering, Science and Business and Economics, as well as many partners from industry and government. The Centre, and its $20 million five-year flagship research program, Cities as Water Supply Catchments, were launched on 1 February 2010 by The Hon. Tim Holding, then Victorian Minister for Water. In December 2010 the Centre released ‘blueprint2011’, the first version of a living document on realisation of water sensitive cities through innovative management of urban stormwater.

Victorian Minister for Water, The Hon. Tim Holding, launching the Centre for Water Sensitive Cities and the Cities as Water Supply Catchments Program on 1 February 2010 (photo: Stacey Sawchuk).

Publication of the Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia

The launch of the Low Carbon Growth Plan in Melbourne (photo: Nishan Saparamadu).

ClimateWorks Australia, a non-profit collaboration between Monash and The Myer Foundation based at MSI, launched its Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia in March 2010. The Plan sets out a cost curve and roadmap for how Australia can achieve a 25 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2000 levels using least-cost commercially available technologies. The Plan has been widely cited by business groups and government reports, including in the Prime Minister’s Energy Efficiency Task Group Report. The Plan won the highly regarded Eureka Prize for Innovative Solutions to Climate Change and the Ethical Investor Award for Sustainability Research.

Rewards and recognition for MSI programs and staff In addition to ClimateWorks Australia and its Low Carbon Growth Plan several other MSI programs and staff received recognition in 2010: • Having won the Banksia Environmental Award (Education Category) in 2009 the Green Steps sustainability education and internship program continued its prizewinning streak with three awards in 2010: the Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Award (Tertiary Category), the United Nations Association of Australia World Environment Day Award (Education Category), and the Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability Green Gown Award (Student Campaigns and Initiatives). • The Sustainable Campus Group received a ‘highly commended’ citation in the Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability Green Gown Awards (Continuous Improvement – Institutional Change Category). • Professor Tony Wong, a Director of the Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, was named the Sir John Holland Civil Engineer of the Year.

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Mark Boulet receiving the Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Award on behalf of Green Steps (photo: J Thomas).

• P rofessor Rebekah Brown, a Director of the Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, was named in the prestigious WME Leaders List 2010 in the category of Urban and Industrial Water. • A nna Skarbek, Executive Director of ClimateWorks Australia, was awarded the 2010 Future Summit Leadership Award by the Australian Davos Connection (ADC). • D r Philip Wallis, a research fellow with Uniwater, was awarded a Peter Cullen Water and Environment Trust Fellowship.

Anna Skarbek receiving the ADC Australian Leadership Award (photo: Australian Leadership Award 2010 – ADC Forum).

National and international multidisciplinary research events MSI organised several high-profile events during 2010 that brought together researchers and other stakeholders to discuss solutions to sustainability-related issues: • Symposium Advancing Bushfire Arson Prevention in Australia, Melbourne, 25–26 March 2010: This multidisciplinary symposium, held in partnership with the Australian Institute of Criminology, brought together over 110 participants from emergency services, criminal justice, mental health, community groups, the commercial sector, federal and state government, and academia to discuss solutions to bushfire arson. It was opened by The Hon. Robert McClelland, MP, Attorney-General for Australia.

The Hon. Robert McClelland giving the opening address at the symposium on Advancing Bushfire Arson Prevention in Australia (photo: Monash University).

• Australian Leadership Awards Fellowship (AusAID) Forum, Melbourne, 5–9 July 2010: This forum, held as part of an MSIhosted six-week visit by 14 academics from India and Bangladesh, discussed the development of an integrated multidisciplinary approach to regional climate change adaptation and mitigation. The forum dinner was hosted by Monash Vice-Chancellor Professor Ed Byrne, with guest of honour the Consul-General of India, Anita Nayar. • Water Governance Research Initiative National Workshop, Canberra, 15–16 November 2010: Held as part of the activities of the MSI co-hosted initiative for the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF), the workshop brought together over 50 researchers and policy practitioners to explore the needs and priorities of water governance research in Australia.

Funding success • Dr Paul McShane secured an additional $800,000 of AusAID funding in 2010 to support Monash and MSI work on natural resource management in Asia in response to climate change. • EPA Victoria, Sustainability Victoria and the Shannon Company have committed over $700,000 to MSI over the next three years to establish a Behaviour Change Initiative.

Professor Marika Vicziany, Melissa Byrne, Professor Ed Byrne, Consul-General Anita Nayar, Sally McShane and Dr Paul McShane at the ALAF Forum dinner (photo: Martin Philbey).

• The Centre for Water Sensitive Cities secured almost $20 million from 21 industry partners to support its flagship program, Cities as Water Supply Catchments, over five years. • Professor Kerry Pratt, MSI’s Energy Theme Leader, coordinated a successful Monash/HRL application for a Brown Coal Innovation Australia (BCIA) Research Leader Professorial Fellowship, worth $1 million over five years and based in the Faculty of Engineering.

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About Us

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The Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI) is a cross-disciplinary institute within Monash University, set up to realise the University’s strategic aspiration to become a leader in the worldwide effort to create a thriving sustainable society through education, research, operations and action. MSI harnesses and builds the extensive and varied expertise in sustainability across the University to address and influence responses to real-world sustainability challenges. It promotes and undertakes innovative, multidisciplinary and high-quality collaborative research, education and action on sustainability, and it links researchers, government, business and community organisations, both in Australia and internationally. MSI began its life in 1999 as the Monash Environment Institute (MEI), which was based in the School of Geography and Environmental Science in the Faculty of Arts. Among its many accomplishments, MEI set up the Future Environmental Leaders program (now the independent Centre for Sustainability Leadership) and Green Steps (with the Monash Student Association).

In 2006 the University re-established MEI as the Monash Sustainability Institute and moved it outside the faculty structure into the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) portfolio. This change improved MSI’s ability to work with and across Monash faculties and to develop stronger links outside the university. MSI started as a handful of core staff working on a small number of projects. It now has about 30 ‘core’ staff members who collaborate with dozens of project partners from every faculty within the University as well as outside it. In addition to its own project activities it hosts three fully fledged multi-disciplinary organisations – ClimateWorks Australia, the Centre for Water Sensitive Cities and Uniwater – that focus on specific aspects of sustainability. And although the University provides MSI with a grant to support some core staff, most of MSI’s activities and staff are now supported through external project funding. MSI’s inaugural Annual Activity Report explains MSI’s approach to delivering solutions to the challenges of sustainability, and documents the wide range of activities it has undertaken towards this goal in 2010.

Mission and Objectives The Monash Sustainability Institute will deliver solutions to key climate change and sustainability challenges through collaborative research, education, and action. MSI’s overarching strategic objective is to develop MSI and Monash as leaders in interdisciplinary sustainability research and education with a focus on the Australasian and Pacific regions. This includes: Research: Build MSI and Monash capacities to undertake world-class interdisciplinary research in sustainability to find new solutions to today’s climate change and sustainability challenges. Education: Build MSI and Monash capacities in sustainability education by providing or supporting education and training so that students, individuals and organisations are equipped to meet their sustainability challenges. Action: Facilitate action by individuals and organisations to embed sustainability into their future goals and present activities.

MSI staff (from left to right): Liam Smith, Tony Wong, Stefan Zibell, Phillip Johnstone, John Thwaites, Philip Wallis, Phil Blythe, Stephen Derrick, Emma Grace, Dave Griggs, Simon Rowntree, Paul McShane, Julie Arcilla, Ray Ison, John Langford, Stacey Sawchuk, Kerry Pratt, Kati Thompson, Janet Stanley, Erin Simpson, Tahl Kestin, Meg Argyriou, Anna Skarbek, Chrissie Murray, Paul Read, Naomi Rubenstein (photo: Alison Griffiths).

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The challenges of sustainability The most common way to define sustainability is as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainability can also be seen as a balance between the principles of environmental protection, social justice, economic well-being and diversity. Global and local natural and human-driven changes – such as population growth, urbanisation, natural resource depletion and climate change – are creating increasing conflicts between these principles. These conflicts will worsen unless we address the drivers of change or find better ways to respond to them. These are the challenges of sustainability. Universities have an essential role in responding to these challenges. They have the capacity to undertake the research that would allow us to understand and predict the drivers of change and their interactions with natural and human systems; to develop technological, legal or economic alternatives; and to understand the role of human behaviour and institutional governance in implementing solutions. They are also perfectly placed to educate our future decision makers on sustainability.

Our Approach MSI coordinates, guides and undertakes sustainability research, education and action across Monash and in the wider community. It acts as a gateway to the extensive and varied expertise in sustainability across Monash’s faculties and research institutes. And it connects Monash with the external environment around sustainability, namely with other researchers, government, business and community organisations, in Australia and internationally. MSI takes on this variety of roles and functions in order to overcome the limitations of existing structures, capacity and funding sources within Monash and the academic world in general. The challenges of sustainability pay no heed to the boundaries between academic disciplines or between universities, government and the community. MSI works to promote creative interdisciplinary engagement and new forms of collaboration and inquiry that engage all relevant stakeholders. To do this, MSI emphasises:

Multi-stakeholder collaborations and partnerships MSI works to develop systemic and holistic solutions to the complex problems associated with achieving sustainability by building collaborative partnerships within and outside the University: • M SI links with academics across all faculties of the University to address the economic, social, environmental, and governance issues associated with sustainability, as well as any other expertise needed. This is facilitated by MSI’s position outside the University’s faculty structure. • M SI works to establish links with key external stakeholders in Australia and internationally. Such links are necessary for ensuring the development and adoption of sustainability research. MSI already has strong links across the research community, government and policy development, business and the wider community.

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• F inally, MSI works to develop strong links between research, education and action in order to improve the effectiveness of all three areas. It promotes the use of the latest research findings for the development of education and action activities, as well as the use of evaluation to assess their effectiveness. And it uses understanding from the field to identify knowledge gaps where research can contribute.

Responsiveness and flexibility For each activity it undertakes, MSI takes on a role that suits the Monash and external contexts. This can include: • A ssembling, facilitating and coordinating multidisciplinary teams, both from across Monash and externally, in response to funding opportunities. • H osting the management of crossfaculty centres, initiatives, and projects. • U ndertaking research and educational activities within MSI. • A dvising faculties on development of sustainability-related projects and courses. • C onnecting people, both within Monash and between Monash and external stakeholders. • P roviding advice and assistance to faculties on recruitment of sustainability research practitioners. • O btaining funding for research staff to be housed within faculties.

Structure and Activities For the purpose of organisational structure, MSI categorises its activities into research, education, action or engagement and outreach. In practice, most activities fall into more than one of these categories, and there is considerable collaboration and exchange across them. The figure opposite shows our major activity areas in 2010, which are elaborated on further in this report.

MSI The Monash Sustainability Institute will deliver solutions to key climate change and sustainability challenges through collaborative research, education and action.

Research

Education

Build MSI and Monash capacities to undertake world-class interdisciplinary research in sustainability to find new solutions to today’s climate change and sustainability challenges.

Build MSI and Monash capacities in sustainability education by providing or supporting education and training so that students, individuals and organisations are equipped to meet their sustainability challenges.

Centre for Water Sensitive Cities Transforming cities and their communities in ways that will help them to live in harmony with natural water environments.

Green Steps An education and internship program that empowers participants to drive environmentally sustainable practices within organisations and the community.

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MSI Postgraduate Unit Supporting multidisciplinary postgraduate research related to sustainability.

Uniwater An incubator and hub for research activities in water and adaptive water governance across the University of Melbourne and Monash University.

Sustainability Training and Education Consultancies Customised cutting-edge training programs in environmental sustainability.

Climate Change, Biodiversity and Health Exploring new and emerging research questions related to the health consequences of climate change and the decline in biodiversity. Behaviour Change Initiative Developing cutting-edge research on how to best influence sustainable behaviour and implement successful behaviour change programs.

Natural Resource Management in Asia in Response to Climate Change Collaborative projects to develop policies and management frameworks in response to climate change and other issues in Asia. Sustainable Cities Improving understanding of the challenges facing the urban form, especially those relating to climate change. Australian Bushfire Arson Prevention Initiative Advancing national action on bushfire arson prevention through multi-disciplinary evidence-based approaches.

Other Activities • Monash subject development

Action Facilitate action by individuals and organisations to embed sustainability into their future goals and present activities. ClimateWorks Australia A non-profit collaboration that provides practical solutions dedicated to a sustainable and prosperous low carbon society. Sustainable Campus Group A group of universities, TAFE institutes and state government organisations working together to improve environmental performance in the tertiary education sector.

The Interface between Social and Environmental Sustainability The inter-relations between social and environmental sustainability and their policy implications. Other Activities • Soil Carbon Initiative • Geothermal Energy • Indigenous Natural Resource Management • Energy Theme

• Guest lectures

Other Activities • ResourceSmart Tertiary Education • Monash Annual Report

Engagement and Outreach External Engagement • Advice to government and industry and consultancies • External stakeholder relationships • Gateway to sustainability at Monash

Monash Engagement • Advise Monash on sustainability policies • Advice to faculties on sustainability-related recruitment • Linking people across Monash and externally

MSI Seminar Series Showcase to the general Monash community the latest work and thinking on sustainability.

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Core Staff In 2010 MSI had about 30 full or part-time staff members. Their involvement with MSI reflects the range of functions MSI undertakes. Some staff members were based only at MSI or one of its hosted organisations, whereas others had joint appointments with a Monash faculty or other organisations. Some were attached to specific programs or projects, whereas others worked on multiple projects or were involved in developing new MSI project opportunities. In addition to core staff MSI works closely with many other people, both within Monash and externally.

Leadership Professor Edwina Cornish, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor John Thwaites, Chairman Professor David Griggs, Director Julie Arcilla, PA to the Director

General research

Education Mark Boulet, Manager

Centre for Water Sensitive Cities

Anna Lohse, Green Steps Coordinator (on maternity leave from Nov 2010)

Professor Tony Wong, Director and Chief Executive

Kati Thompson, Green Steps Training Coordinator (from Nov 2010)

Professor Ana Deletic´ , Director (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering)

Emma Grace, Green Steps Project Officer, Admin Erin Simpson, Green Steps Internship and Alumni Coordinator (from Aug 2010)

Sustainability reporting Belinda Towns, Manager (on maternity leave from June 2010) Dr Almut Beringer, Acting Manager, Sustainable Campus Group (from May 2010) Cameron Cope, Research Assistant

Uniwater Professor John Langford, Director (joint appointment with the University of Melbourne)

Dr Paul McShane, Chief Research Officer

Professor Ray Ison, Professor, Systems for Sustainability, Monash, and Professor of Systems, Open University, UK (based in the School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts)

Simon J. Rowntree, Outreach Officer

Dr Philip Wallis, Research Fellow

Dr Tahl Kestin, Research Project Manager

Naomi Rubenstein, Research Assistant (from Aug 2010)

Dr Marion Carey, VicHealth Senior Research Fellow

Akaash Sachdeva, Research Assistant (April to Sept 2010)

Dr Phil Blythe, Research Advisor, Energy Efficiency (from March 2010)

ClimateWorks Australia

Dr Janet Stanley, Chief Research Officer

Professor Kerry Pratt, Energy Theme Leader (based in the Faculty of Engineering) Dr Terry Chan, Research Fellow (based in the Water Studies Centre, Faculty of Science) Dr Andrew Cock, Postdoctoral Fellow (based in the Monash Asia Institute)

Professor John Thwaites, Chairman Professor David Griggs, CEO Anna Skarbek, Executive Director Chrissie Murray, Administrative Assistant Meg Argyriou, Project Manager Dr Tahl Kestin, Climate Scientists Australia Secretariat

Dr Stephen Livesley, Senior Research Fellow (based in the School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts)

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Professor Rebekah Brown, Director (School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts) Stacey Sawchuk, Business Manager Katia Bratieres, Communications Officer (from May 2010) Dr Phillip Johnstone, DSE Science– Policy Partnership (on secondment from the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment from Dec 2010)

Doctoral students Stephen Derrick (with the Faculty of Arts) Victoria Johnson (with the Faculty of Engineering) Paul Read (with the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences)

Looking to 2011 MSI has several priorities for 2011:

Consolidating and expanding our initiatives As this report shows, MSI significantly expanded the range and scale of its activities in 2010. This included the establishment of the Centre for Water Sensitive Cities; the initiation of a seminar series; the release of the Low Carbon Growth Plan; and the expansion of the Australian Bushfire Arson Initiative, the program for Natural Resource Management in Asia, the Systemic and Adaptive Governance Program, and the Postgraduate Unit. Ensuring the strong continuation of these and other initiatives will be a key priority for MSI in 2011. In addition, MSI will work to realise several new initiatives and program areas that were developed in 2010. Of these, the Behaviour Change Initiative has secured funding and will start operations in early 2011. MSI will continue to develop and seek funding for the other areas, which include the Soil Carbon Initiative, sustainable cities, social sustainability, climate change and health, and water governance.

Formalising the University’s focus on sustainability Monash University aspires to become a leader in the worldwide effort to create a thriving sustainable society through education, research, operations and action. Sustainability is one of the five grand challenges of the 21st Century that Monash aims to address in its strategic directions. In 2011 MSI will increase its role in assisting Monash to realise this goal by strengthening and formalising the focus on sustainability research and education throughout the University.

• M SI has been instrumental in creating and recruiting a position within MSI for a Professor and Convenor for Education for Sustainability, who will develop a strategy for incorporating sustainability into courses at Monash and throughout the higher education sector and assist the faculties to implement it. An appointment is expected in early 2011. • M SI will increase its work on showcasing Monash’s sustainability work both within the University and to outside stakeholders through its website, seminars and other means. • M SI will be working with the University to develop a business case for a new iconic building to house MSI and the Office of Environmental Sustainability that will embody the principles of environmental, social and financial sustainability it its design, construction and operation.

Developing a sustainable business model for MSI MSI’s activities are currently funded through a University grant and limitedterm project funding. To ensure that its core ongoing activities remain viable and can withstand changes in funding circumstances, MSI will pursue alternative funding models and strategies in 2011. These include: • D eveloping a sustainable base income source for MSI, analogous to the income faculties receive from teaching fees. • C reating a self-funding Green Steps program by increasing the income it receives from consultancies and traineeships.

• T he University’s leadership has charged MSI with leading the development of the research and education components of the University’s new sustainability policy, which will take place during 2011.

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Research

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Centre for Water Sensitive Cities

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www.watersensitivecities.org.au The new Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, which was launched on 1 February 2010, aims to play a pivotal role in transforming Australian cities and their communities in ways that will help them live in harmony with natural water environments and become resilient to current and future challenges. The Centre consolidates and expands the significant expertise Monash already has in research and development for advancing water sensitive cities. It links together over 60 researchers and PhD students from the Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering), the National Urban Water Governance Program (School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts), and other departments in the faculties of Arts, Engineering, Science and Business and Economics. The research teams continue working from within their individual departments and faculties while contributing to Centre activities and programs. The Centre’s management and integrative and outreach activities are based at MSI. The Centre provides research and thought-leadership to address the many aspects of a water sensitive city through thematic, integrative and outreach programs (see diagram below). The thematic programs foster fundamental research around specific issues, such as stormwater management research and implementation, urban climatology, decentralised urban water services, urban design, economics of resilience, urban water governance and water quality health risk management. The integrative flagship programs aim to develop projects with interactions across disciplines and faculties. Industry outreach programs build partnerships with external organisations that will enable the transition to water sensitive cities.

People Director and Chief Executive Professor Tony Wong (MSI & School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts) Directors Professor Ana Deletic´ (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering) Professor Rebekah Brown (School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts) Centre management Stacey Sawchuk (MSI) Katia Bratieres (MSI) Rachelle Adamowicz (School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts) Louise John-Krol (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering) Key academic and research staff Associate Professor Jason Beringer (School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts) Professor Jennifer Davis (School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science) Associate Professor Tim Fletcher (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering) Professor Dave Griggs (MSI) Professor Ray Ison (MSI, Open University & School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts)

The Centre’s focus in 2010 was on establishing itself as a new entity. This included integrating existing research programs into the Centre’s structure and establishing new programs, projects, and partnerships for new areas; holding regular research workshops and seminars for staff and stakeholders; and developing a new comprehensive website.

Highlights for 2010 • The Centre for Water Sensitive Cities and its flagship program, Cities as Water Supply Catchments, were launched on 1 February 2010 by The Hon. Tim Holding, then Victorian Minister for Water. The Cities as Water Supply Catchments program was subsequently also launched in Sydney and Adelaide. • The Centre commenced two industry-outreach programs: a science–policy partnership with the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) and a capacity building partnership with Clearwater.

Professor Christian Jakob (School of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science) Dr David McCarthy (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering) Professor Michael Reeder (School of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science) Dr Liam Smith (Department of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics) Professor Nigel Tapper (School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts) Professor John Thwaites (MSI)

• The Cities as Water Supply Catchments Program released the ‘blueprint2011’, the first version of a living document on realisation of water sensitive cities through innovative management of urban stormwater, at the end of 2010.

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Key Associates Ross Allen (AECOM) Dr Peter Breen (AECOM) Melissa Cordy (Clearwater, Melbourne Water)

Flagship program: Cities as Water Supply Catchments The Centre’s $20 million, five-year flagship research program aims to harness the potential of stormwater to overcome water shortages, reduce urban temperatures, and improve waterway health and the landscape of Australian cities. Working with industry and government, the program will provide ongoing practical solutions to harvesting stormwater by improving existing infrastructure, implementing new environment-friendly systems and developing urban design policies.

Dr Wolfgang Gernjak (Advanced Water Management Centre, University of Queensland) Michael Godfrey (Clearwater, Melbourne Water) Leanne Hodyl (AECOM) Dr Phillip Johnstone (Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment) Emily Kaye (Clearwater, Melbourne Water) Tania Struzina (Clearwater, Melbourne Water) Associate Professor Chris Walsh (University of Melbourne) Research students Peter Bach Yvette Bettini Naomi Blackburn Annette Bos Katie Brookes Dale Browne Matthew Burns Gayani Chandrasena David Choy

The program consists of eight interlinked research projects (see diagram above) and integrated demonstration and communications strategies. The research program has been developed with significant input from key investors and stakeholders. It involves interdisciplinary collaboration across eight academic disciplines, three universities, three water corporations, three private sector organisations, and twenty federal, state and local governments or government agencies. The main deliverable of the program for 2010 was the ‘blueprint2011’ on realisation of water sensitive cities.

Nadine D’Argent Cintia Dotto Jason Ellerton Briony Ferguson Bonnie Glaister Mahala Gunther Perrine Hamel Harpreet Kandra Yali Li Alice Niculescu Sultana Nury Avijit Paul Emily Payne Tracey Pham Michael Poustie

blueprint2011: Stormwater management in a water sensitive city The blueprint is a living ‘how to’ guide to support the transition to water sensitive cities. Based on a comprehensive literature review across multiple disciplines it outlines approaches to the management of urban stormwater and to the integration of appropriate management technologies into Australian urban design practice in the planning of urban developments and re-developments. The blueprint will be updated regularly by the Cities as Water Supply Catchments team to incorporate the latest research in this area.

Fern Yong Carlyne Yu Yaron Zinger

Thematic programs The Centre’s thematic research programs undertake fundamental and applied research on specific issues relating to water sensitive cities. Most of the programs build on already existing projects that have been developed in several faculties and departments. The research teams continue working within the faculties, and most also contribute to the flagship programs run by the Centre. The WSUD treatment technologies program aims to develop and test a range of new technologies for managing urban water systems, in particular urban stormwater. It builds on research and commercialisation projects undertaken by the Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration at the Department of Civil Engineering, which has already provided proof-of-concept for stormwater biofiltration treatment systems.

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The Urban Water Governance Program builds on the successful National Urban Water Governance Program of the School of Geography and Environmental Science in the Faculty of Arts. It undertakes national and international research to bridge the policy-implementation gap through fundamental and applied research in urban water management, in particular in the areas of institutions and organisations, innovation and adoption, community water management, and urban water futures.

Partners

The Ecosystem Dynamics Program explores the link between urban water systems, the urban landscape and ecosystems, with a particular emphasis on aquatic receiving waters such as streams, wetlands and estuaries. This program has only commenced its development in 2010, and will bring together several projects from the Department of Civil Engineering and the School of Biology.

University of Queensland

The Urban Climatology Program aims to improve understanding of climatic phenomena within the urban environment, with the ultimate aim of mitigating urban heat and the human health impacts associated with the built environment. It builds on research undertaken by the School of Geography and Environmental Science. The Implementation Models Program is developing tools (e.g. mathematical models and software packages) and frameworks to help practitioners implement water sensitive cities. It encompasses projects developed by the Department of Civil Engineering and the School of Geography and Environmental Science.

Cities as Water Supply Catchments research partners Monash University AECOM University of Melbourne

Cities as Water Supply Catchments industry partners Brisbane City Council Central West Councils Salinity and Water Quality Alliance City of Manningham City of Port Phillip Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority Marrickville City Council Melbourne Water National Water Commission

Outreach programs

South East Water

In December 2010 the Centre and the Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) established a Science-Policy Partnership for advancing water sensitive cities in Victoria. This partnership will foster the development of enabling policies and regulatory and administrative frameworks in fields such as integrated water management, climate change adaptation, and social and institutional capital of water sensitive cities. Dr Phillip Johnstone from DSE has been seconded to the Centre for three years as Program Leader. The Capacity Building Program for Water Sensitive Cities, which commenced on 1 July 2010, is a partnership between the Centre and Melbourne Water. It links the Centre’s innovative research with Clearwater, Melbourne Water’s award-winning industry-training program. The capacity building program, led by Emily Kaye from Melbourne Water with four full-time industry outreach officers, will provide industry professionals with technical training, forums, site tours, advice and online information in order to increase their awareness and adoption of best practice and develop their technical and leadership skills.

Adelaide & Mount Lofty Ranges NRM South Australian Murray-Darling Basin NRM South Australia State Government Consortium Land Management Corporation (SA) SA Department for Water SA Water Victorian Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development VicUrban Parramatta City Council City of Sydney Hornsby Shire Council Fairfield City Council Warringah Council NSW Department of Planning Blacktown City Council Outreach program partners Melbourne Water Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment

Photo: Centre for Water Sensitive Cities

Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI) – Annual Activity Report 2010

Uniwater www.uniwater.edu.au People Director Professor John Langford (MSI & University of Melbourne) Uniwater team Professor Ray Ison (MSI, Open University & School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts) Dr Philip Wallis (MSI) Dr Jana-Axinja Paschen (School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts) Andrea Grant (School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts) Naomi Rubenstein (MSI) Ben Iaquinto (School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts) Akaash Sachdeva (MSI) Katelyn Samson (MSI) Research Associates Professor Lee Godden (Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, University of Melbourne) Professor Ralph Mac Nally (School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science) Professor Richard Bawden (Systemic Development Institute) Josh Floyd (independent researcher) Roger Wrigley (School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts)

Uniwater is a joint initiative of the University of Melbourne and Monash University that acts as an incubator and hub for research activities in water across the two universities. Uniwater develops interdisciplinary activities to address the complex water challenges arising in the context of climate change and increased competition. It aims to realise the potential of agriculture to use less water through effective water policies and institutions, while ensuring effective regard of economic performance, environmental impact, resource-use efficiency, and social support.

Highlights for 2010 • Negotiation of a funding collaboration between the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), Harvard University and Uniwater. • Establishment of the National Water Governance Research Initiative with the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF). • Participating in three of the four first-round projects funded by the Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research (VCCCAR).

CEDA water policy reform In 2010 Uniwater negotiated an agreement for funding collaboration with CEDA and Harvard University to review the performance of Australian water policy reforms during the extended 13-year drought in south-eastern Australia, and prepare an agenda for future water policy reform. The project has raised $600,000 to date.

NCCARF Adaptation Research Network for Water Resources and Freshwater Biodiversity – Victorian Node Uniwater coordinates the Victorian activities of the NCCARF Water Network. Based on an earlier consultation on what would inform climate change adaptation in the context of water resources and freshwater biodiversity, the Victorian node held a workshop in 2010 on developing a freshwater longterm ecological research program in Victoria. The workshop was attended by researchers, managers and policy-makers, and its outcomes are being developed into a research proposal.

Managing demand for electricity and water in Victoria Earlier MSI work found that the electricity sector has made little progress with demand management or efficiency compared with the water and transport sectors. With funding from the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust, Uniwater reviewed electricity demand management and efficiency measures in Australia and internationally, and identified potential measures that would be appropriate for the Victorian context.

Farms, rivers and markets This complex interdisciplinary project explores the interactions between farming systems and river operating systems in order to deliver better water products and services that allow both farmers and environmental water holders to “do more with less water”. The project is a collaboration between Monash, the University of Melbourne and the Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre. Monash, through Uniwater, is contributing to the river ecology component of the project.

Systemic and Adaptive Governance Program Uniwater’s Systemic and Adaptive Governance Program, led by Professor Ray Ison, explores the practical and theoretical robustness of current water and climate change governance regimes and develops new models and strategies to make future governance fit-for-purpose in a climate-changing world. The program includes projects on water governance, climate change adaptation, social learning and systems thinking.

Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI) – Annual Activity Report 2010

NCCARF National Water Governance Research Initiative

Partners

This initiative is a theme of the NCCARF Water Network. Its objectives are to create a community of conversation about water governance in Australia. Activities to date have included a survey of water governance researchers, a workshop on water governance research held in Canberra in November and the formation of a national reference group. The first outcome is a national agenda for water governance research.

Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA)

Funding

National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) Participants at the Water Governance Research Initiative National Workshop (photo: Philip Wallis).

Critical perspectives on scenario planning

Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research (VCCCAR) Helen Macpherson Smith Trust Victorian Department of Primary Industries (DPI)

The Systemic and Adaptive Governance Program delivered a critical assessment of scenario praxis within government as part of the VCCCAR project ‘Building common understanding of climate adaptation scenario approaches and strategies’, which engages with Victorian climate adaptation policy makers to improve climate adaptation outcomes.

Research

Framing multi-level and multi-actor adaptation responses in the Victorian context

Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research (VCCCAR)

This VCCCAR-funded project is led by RMIT and involves Monash, the University of Melbourne and the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment. The Monash-led component, ‘Exploring local narratives’, investigates local perceptions of climate-related risks and attitudes to the management of uncertainty in Port Fairy and the City of Melbourne. The project will analyse how traditions of environmental knowledge and practice constrain or promote innovation and change for climate change adaptation.

Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF)

University of Melbourne Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, University of Melbourne Climate Change Adaptation Programme, RMIT University Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE)

Systemic and adaptive water governance: Lessons for Australia from China and South Africa This new ARC Linkage project is undertaking comparative research of catchments in Australia, China and South Africa in order to provide a comprehensive science-policy linked, systemic and adaptive water governance framework that addresses the scarcity, uncertainty and complexity of water in the catchments. In 2010 the team completed a literature review and visited the China case study area.

Strengthening research capacity of China and South Africa in sustainable water resources management with UK and Australian experiences This project, funded by the Ecosystems Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme (UK) and led by Professor Ison, is a partnership between Chinese and South African researchers with support from Uniwater, the University of Melbourne, and the Open University (UK). Monash, including researchers in the Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, is developing a case study in Timor Leste for the project’s follow up bid for 2011 ESPA funding.

Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development Victorian Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Australia-China Centre on Water Resources Research, University of Melbourne (ACCWRR) Open Systems Research Group, The Open University, UK Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Monash University Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority Blacktown City Council

Systems thinking – Capability development and application in relation to climate change adaptation and water managing This project with the Victorian Department of Primary Industries (DPI) undertook several systemic inquiries of DPI staff and organisation in order to understand how systems approaches could be incorporated into DPI’s climate change adaptation research repertoire and how a systems community of practice can be created in DPI.

Opening conversations for communities of practice in water governance: Sydney This project is working with the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority and Blacktown City Council to identify key stakeholders in the water sector and examine how connections can be built between them in order to facilitate transition to water sensitive cities. The project is being undertaken in conjunction with the Centre for Water Sensitive Cities.

History of water managing in the Goulburn-Broken Catchment This project evaluates the Victorian Government’s strategy for improving irrigation in the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District through infrastructure upgrades and looks at alternatives to the current top-down approach of water governance in the district. In addition it is undertaking a research inquiry into the history of salinity management in the catchment.

Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI) – Annual Activity Report 2010

Natural Resource Management in Asia in Response to Climate Change People Program leader Dr Paul McShane (MSI) Monash Professor Philip Adams (Centre of Policy Studies, Faculty of Business and Economics) Dr Sharif As-Saber (Department of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics) Professor Frada Burstein (Faculty of Information Technology)

Climate change – in combination with increasing urbanisation, increased water demand from irrigation and industry, changes to land management through forestry and agriculture, population increase and poverty – presents an enormous challenge to developing countries in Asia. The projects in this AusAIDfunded portfolio focus on bringing together multidisciplinary, multi-stakeholder teams to collaboratively develop adaptation and mitigation policies and natural resource management frameworks that respond to these challenges. Several projects examine options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by preventing deforestation and forest degradation, particularly in Indonesia. For adaptation, several projects focus on improved water resource and catchment management.

Highlights for 2010

Renata Chylinski (Monash University English Language Centre)

• S enior leaders of the University of Palangka Raya and members of the National Council on Climate Change (Indonesia) visited Monash to consolidate ongoing collaborative activities. In addition collaborations were established with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, the Vietnam National University and the Vietnam Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

Dr Terry Chan (MSI & Water Studies Centre, Faculty of Science)

• A n academic from the University of Palangka Raya was awarded an Australian Development Scholarship by AusAID for doctoral study at Monash.

Dr Andrew Cock (MSI & Monash Asia Institute) Dr Edoardo Daly (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering) Professor Ana Deletic´ (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering)

• T he six-week visit by Australian Leadership Award Fellows was celebrated with a dinner hosted by Vice-Chancellor Professor Ed Byrne, with guest of honour the Consul-General of India, Anita Nayar.

Developing integrated catchment management strategies in Indonesia, Vietnam and India for sustainable water use in response to climate change

Professor Dave Griggs (MSI) Professor Yew Kwang Ng (Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics) Associate Professor Karin Leder (School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences) Dr Henry Linger (Faculty of Information Technology) Dr Stephen Livesley (MSI & School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts) Dr David McCarthy (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering) Professor Ralph Mac Nally (School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science)

Workshop on integrated catchment management held at the Vietnam National University, Hanoi (photo: Paul McShane).

This project brought together experts from Monash and research and management agencies in Indonesia, Vietnam and India to address management of major catchments in these countries in response to climate change and other issues, such changes in land management, biodiversity and trans-boundary water resource allocation. The team is using Bayesian networks to develop integrated catchment models for the Ciliwung (Jakarta), Sebangau (Central Kalimantan), and Red (Vietnam) rivers. The models are being used to evaluate alternative management options and to assess likely climate change scenarios. A further study evaluated climate change impacts on the Mekong Delta and worked with policy makers to develop collaborative governance approaches to managing them.

Developing proactive policy and practice for land and water management responsive to climate change in South Asia

Dr Paul Raschy (Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics)

Fourteen senior academics from India and Bangladesh visited Monash for six weeks as part of AusAID’s Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) Fellowship program. The program aimed to encourage an integrated multidisciplinary approach to regional climate change adaptation and mitigation. The visit included a five-day forum and further activities at the Monash Asia Institute, and a follow up forum in Kolkata, India. The discussions resulted in several research proposals relating to community development and climate change in the Ganges River basin for submission to the Australia–India Strategic Research Fund.

Dr Thomas Reuter (School of Political and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Arts)

Managing community impacts of climate change in India and Bangladesh

Gujji Muthuswamy (Department of Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Business and Economics)

Dr Max Richter (School of Political and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Arts) Simon Rowntree (MSI) Dr Martha Sinclair (School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences)

This AusAID-funded project started with a two-day workshop in Kolkata, India. The workshop brought together Australian, Indian and Bangladeshi stakeholders to evaluate the consequences of likely climate change on communities of the Ganges River Basin. A priority will be to examine the role of women and children in vulnerable communities. The project aims to develop a policy framework, including an integrated assessment, targeted at regional management agencies.

Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI) – Annual Activity Report 2010

Responding to climate change in Indonesia Indonesia is the world’s third largest emitter of carbon, principally from deforestation and peat degradation.

National Council on Climate Change

Ministries/Agencies

Monash Sustainability Institute

Climate Change Policy

Provincial government Institut Pertanian Bogor District

University of Palangka Raya Gadjah Mada University

Community

MSI collaborative partnerships and their stakeholders in Indonesia.

Professor Nigel Tapper (School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts) Dr Craig Thorburn (School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts)

Reducing these emissions is a priority for both the Indonesian and Australian governments, who work collaboratively through the IndonesiaAustralia Forest Carbon Partnership.

Professor Marika Vicziany (Monash Asia Institute)

MSI is working on this issue with several Indonesian institutions. The work focuses on the potential for implementing REDD projects in Indonesia. REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), is a United Nations effort to offer incentives for developing countries to prevent forest emissions.

Partners

MSI’s projects address potential barriers to REDD, including land tenure, governance, law and regulation, alternative livelihoods, and knowledge management.

Cambodia

Professor Gordon Whyte (School of Rural Health, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences)

Funding AusAID Bangladesh Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies Khulna Institute of Engineering and Technology University of Dhaka

Department of Forest Plantation and Private Forest India GGS Indraprastha University Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

Developing capacity for proactive climate change mitigation and adaptation in Indonesia This project aims to build capacity at the University of Palangka Raya (UNPAR) in Central Kalimantan to address current climate change issues, in particular those relating to REDD. Activities so far included a visit by a Monash delegation to Central Kalimantan to visit proposed REDD sites, consult with local stakeholders and develop research approaches. In addition, a representative from Monash’s English Language College visited UNPAR and prepared a training strategy to assist Indonesian scholars with entry to a doctoral program at Monash.

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Indian Institute of Science Institute of Development Studies Kolkata Orissa Water Planning Authority TERI – The Energy and Resources Institute University of Calcutta Indonesia

Strengthening capacity for responsive climate change policy development and application in Indonesia

Institut Pertanian Bogor

The Government of Indonesia established the National Council on Climate Change (DNPI) to develop and help implement policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions. This project aims to strengthen DNPI’s capacity for policy development by improving its knowledge management capabilities. The Monash team has worked closely with DNPI and a Jakarta-based project team to map how DNPI collects information and disseminates it to relevant agencies. They identified two key approaches: A top down approach linking central government agencies through DNPI; and a bottom-up approach that works with communities to understand economic and social drivers of alternative action.

Gadjah Mada University

Extending successful community-based forestry management experience for application to REDD scheme reforestation trials and development of an Asian carbon economy

Vietnam National University, Hanoi

National Council on Climate Change (DNPI) University of Indonesia University of Palangka Raya Vietnam Forest Science Institute Vietnam Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

This project aims to reduce carbon emissions from forest degradation in Asian countries by extending an approach known as community-based forestry management. A workshop in Kolkata, India, brought together stakeholders from Australia, India, Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam to compare how this approach might fit within the context of climate change policy development and implementation in their countries. They identified several areas for clarification – such as consistent forest assessment methodologies and development of carbon-based forest management protocols – that are currently being developed as research proposals.

Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI) – Annual Activity Report 2010

Australian Bushfire Arson Prevention Initiative

People Program leader Dr Janet Stanley (MSI) Management Professor Mairead Dolan (Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Monash University, and the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health – Forensicare) Associate Professor Rebekah Doley (Bond University) Dr Troy McEwan (Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Monash University, and the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health – Forensicare) Dr Tahl Kestin (MSI) Simon Rowntree (MSI) Research associates

Each year, thousands of bushfires are deliberately lit around Australia, yet existing prevention measures are generally limited in scope, lack a scientific basis and have not been evaluated. To address this, MSI formed the Australian Bushfire Arson Prevention Initiative in mid-2009 in partnership with the Monash Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science and Bond University, with seed funding from RACV Insurance. The Initiative aims to foster the development of multidisciplinary evidence-based approaches in four key areas: (1) community-based prevention, (2) mental health intervention and treatment, (3) legislative responses and (4) stakeholder linkage networks and information exchange.

Highlights for 2010 • Holding the Symposium for Advancing Bushfire Arson Prevention in Australia, which was opened by The Hon. Robert McClelland, MP, Attorney-General for Australia. • Being invited to present the symposium’s outcomes to 40 arson specialists from around the country at the Attorney General’s 2010 National Bushfire Arson Forum. • Being asked by Crime Stoppers Victoria to assist them in developing posters for a bushfire arson prevention campaign

Associate Professor Gaye Lansdell (Faculty of Law)

Symposium Advancing Bushfire Arson Prevention in Australia

Associate Professor Katarina Fritzon (Bond University)

This two-day symposium, held in partnership with the Australian Institute of Criminology, aimed to broaden the discussion about solutions to bushfire arson in Australia. It had over 110 participants from emergency services, criminal justice, mental health, community groups, the commercial sector, government and academia. The discussion and recommendations were captured in a widely circulated report, which also included over 20 discussion papers on specific prevention approaches.

Dr Liam Smith (Department of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics) Dr Jim Curtis (Department of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics) Warwick Jones (Australian Institute of Criminology) Partners Funding RACV Insurance Office of the Victorian Emergency Services Commissioner Research Bond University Australian Institute of Criminology Crime Stoppers Victoria Gippsland Arson Prevention Program (GAPP) Accidental, Natural and Social Fire Risk Assessment (EU), and Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service (UK)

Community-based prevention This program area seeks to understand the interface between communities and fire as the basis for developing arson prevention measures. Work in 2010 included research with behaviour change experts in the Faculty of Business and Economics on what would motivate people to report suspicions of bushfire arson, in support of a Crime Stoppers bushfire arson campaign. Research has also commenced on the factors that influence youth fire-setting. The Initiative has joined the Gippsland Arson Prevention Program and is working with them on regional prevention strategies.

Mental health intervention and treatment This work area aims to identify and facilitate the development of evidence-based psychological interventions to reduce the risk of re-offending by both adult and juvenile fire-setters. As a first step in 2010, the team prepared review papers on what is currently known about why people set fires, how their risk of doing it can be assessed, and how they can be treated. These papers will be published in early 2011 in a special issue of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law.

Legislative responses This project compared the myriad legal provisions and legislative and sentencing ideologies relating to bushfire arson across Australia and internationally. The results suggest that legal proscriptions alone are unlikely to deter potential offenders, but that non-adversarial justice processes and restorative justice modes may assist in reducing re-offending rates.

Bushfire research coordination across Monash Following the publication of the final report of the 2009 Victorian Bushfire Royal Commission, which recommended the establishment of a National Bushfire Research Centre, the Initiative coordinated bushfire researchers across Monash in putting forward Monash’s involvement in the proposed centre. Opposite: Crime Stoppers poster for the 2010/11 fire season bushfire arson prevention campaign.

Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI) – Annual Activity Report 2010

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Climate Change, Biodiversity and Health Program People Program leader Dr Marion Carey (MSI) Research associates Dr Martine Dennekamp (Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences) Associate Professor John Fitzgerald (VicHealth) Jess Fritze (Victorian Council of Social Service) Dr Margaret Loughnan (School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts) Judy McInnes (Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences) Dr Anne Roiko (University of the Sunshine Coast) Professor Malcolm Sim (Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences) Dr Martha Sinclair (Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences) Simon Smith (Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment) Dr Janet Stanley (MSI) Professor Nigel Tapper (School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts) Margaret Stebbing (Department of Rural and Indigenous Health, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences) Dr Ken Winkel (University of Melbourne) Partners Program funding and advisory panel VicHealth Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment Research Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Monash Weather and Climate Program La Trobe University CSIRO University of the Sunshine Coast National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) Victorian Council of Social Service Environment Protection Authority Victoria Bureau of Meteorology

This program aims to identify and explore new and emerging research questions and build knowledge related to the health consequences of climate change and the decline in biodiversity. The program leader is supported through a funding partnership between VicHealth and Monash with additional support from the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment. Work in 2010 focussed on building collaborative relationships within Monash and with external stakeholders, and developing projects that explore the health impacts of climate change and how to adapt to these.

Climate change and extreme heat Extreme heat events already contribute significantly to mortality and community illness in Australia. With climate change likely to make these events more common, and with a population growing increasingly vulnerable through aging, urbanisation and higher rates of chronic disease, this program has developed several projects aimed at improving public health responses to extreme heat events: • Assisting health services in Victoria to adapt to extreme heat and associated air pollution through service provision, prevention and health promotion. This project is being developed by MSI with researchers from Monash, La Trobe University, the University of Melbourne and CSIRO. • Understanding the implications of climate change for the health and well-being of the urban homeless, and how services can adapt to changing needs. • Improving the capacity of the primary health care system to prevent and manage the predicted health impacts of heat events. The project is being undertaken in collaboration with the University of the Sunshine Coast.

Impacts of long-term water insecurity on the health and well-being of rural residents MSI and the Monash Departments of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine and Rural and Indigenous Health developed this project to investigate how residents of rural towns adapt to the perceived effects of long-term water insecurity on their health and well-being, as well as to identify their risk factors for vulnerability. The project will commence in 2011 with seed funding from the Monash Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.

The Monash Climate and Health Research Alliance (MoCHRA) MoCHRA is a network, initiated by MSI, of Monash researchers with an interest in the health aspects of climate change impacts, adaptation strategies, or environmental change. The network serves to promote and link external individuals and agencies to Monash work in this area, as well as to facilitate collaboration and idea generation within Monash.

Biodiversity and health Recent international assessments have highlighted the close dependence of human health on biodiversity, through benefits such as ecosystem services, disease regulation and genetic resources. However biodiversity loss is occurring at an unprecedented rate through environmental degradation and climate change. This project, in partnership with the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment and the University of Melbourne, is working to synthesise and disseminate information on the links between biodiversity and human health in an Australian context and the implications of biodiversity loss.

Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI) – Annual Activity Report 2010

The Interface between Social and Environmental Sustainability MSI is contributing to expanding understanding of how social and environmental sustainability are inter-related, and to identification of policy solutions that would maximise outcomes in both areas.

People

This work is set in the context of increasing inequality, rising environmental degradation and climate change. It focuses on policy and community engagement in climate change mitigation and adaptation; the provision of land transport and its interconnections with social inclusion; and the measurement of social and environmental sustainability.

Dr Janet Stanley (MSI)

These issues are considered from individual to national levels, and are compared both within and between countries. The projects include both strategic and applied work, looking at the interface between issues, impacts and policies. This approach has resulted in the research influencing policy development in Australia and having an international impact.

Investigating transport disadvantage, social exclusion and well-being in metropolitan, regional and rural Victoria This large multi-discipline and multi-year ARC-funded research, led by Professor Graham Currie at the Institute of Transport Studies, has led to considerable new knowledge, including how to measure social exclusion and related variables and the financial value of mobility. In 2010 the team reported results in academic journals and a book, developed policy advice, and presented the results to several federal government departments, including the Social Inclusion Unit in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Exploring transport to arts and cultural activities as a facilitator of social inclusion

Program leader

Research associates Professor Graham Currie (Institute of Transport Studies, Faculty of Engineering) Alexa Delbosc (Institute of Transport Studies, Faculty of Engineering) Dr Dianne Vella-Brodrick (Institute of Transport Studies, Faculty of Engineering) Victoria Johnson (MSI & Institute of Transport Studies, Faculty of Engineering) Paul Read (MSI & School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences) Stephen Derrick (MSI & School of Political and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Arts) Professor John Stanley (University of Sydney)

Victoria Johnson has almost completed her doctoral studies on the role of arts and cultural activities in fostering social inclusion, and the barriers, especially transport-related, to participation. She found that social exclusion is associated with less participation in arts and cultural activities and that both the location of activities and access to transport are important influences on participation.

Professor Lenore Manderson (School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Science)

Reconceptualising needs, equity and well-being in the context of global sustainability

Professor David Hensher (University of Sydney)

As part of his doctoral studies, Paul Read has been looking at improved measurement of social wellbeing and environmental sustainability at the country level, such as through the Human Development Index. This work is improving understanding of how to measure human needs and how to identify the point at which economic growth, human well-being and environmental sustainability are all maximised.

Dr Karen Lucas (Oxford University)

Simon Rowntree (MSI) Partners Funding Australian Research Council (ARC) Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development

Contested sustainabilities

Victorian Department of Transport

Stephen Derrick has commenced doctoral work on the development of a sustainability framework to facilitate a social response to prevent and manage environmental pollution.

Bus Association of Victoria

Interface Councils

Research

Project development to assist with the CRC for Social Inclusion bid

National Institute of Economic and Industry Research

MSI assisted with the development of a Monash bid, with over 40 partners, for a CRC in Social Inclusion. The CRCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aim is to maximise understanding of the causes of social exclusion and placebased disadvantage, and how to reduce them. Although the bid was not successful, Monash plans to resubmit in 2011.

University of Melbourne Oxford University University of Ulster University of Newcastle Australian National University University of Tasmania

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Sustainable Cities Program

People Program leader Dr Janet Stanley (MSI) Research associates Professor Bob Birrell (School of Political and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Arts) Dr Phil Blythe (MSI) Professor Frada Burstein (Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics, Faculty of Information Technology) Dr Marion Carey (MSI) Professor Lenore Manderson (School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Science) Professor Shane Murray (Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Design) Professor Alan Petersen (School of Political and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Arts) Professor John Stanley (University of Sydney) Partners Funding Australian Housing Urban Research Institute (AHURI) Research Australian Davos Connection (ADC) VicUrban Sustainability Victoria Moreland Energy Foundation Ltd. (MEFL) National Institute of Economic and Industry Research

This program seeks to better understand the many challenges facing urban form, especially those relating to climate change. In particular, it aims to identify responses to the challenges of significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining a city that is inclusive, accessible and has high liveability. Although this program is still being developed, considerable progress has already been achieved on energy efficiency in households, including consideration of community development and risk of exclusion as well as to technological aides to monitor energy and water savings. Work is also being undertaken on transport infrastructure, housing and densification in response to climate change. A program is also being developed on housing, place-based disadvantage and the sustainability of new low-cost housing on the fringes of the city.

Highlights for 2010 • Monash University played a significant role in the ADC Cities Summit, providing a flagship review of urban form and cities, and a platform to build work on the future city challenges. • Monash has increased its involvement with the Australian Housing Urban Research Institute (AHURI) Swinburne-Monash Research Centre. • Dr Phil Blythe joined MSI to progress this program and engage with environmental sustainability at Monash on energy efficiency. • Work has commenced with Moreland Energy Foundation Ltd. (MEFL), a non-profit organisation dedicated to sustainable energy and working with the community to achieve sustainability goals. • The program was involved in the lead up presentations and conference of VicUrban’s Melbourne Place Making Series.

ADC Cities Summit Monash played a significant role, through participation and sponsorship, in the ADC Cities Summit, which took place in Melbourne on 29–30 March 2010. It involved leading a series of ‘think-tank’ workshops prior to the Summit and the writing of the ADC Cities Report. This work has lead to comprehensive thinking about productivity, liveability and environmental sustainability in cities and recommendations to the federal government and the Council of Australian Governments, including criteria and targets for assessing capital city strategic plans.

Moreland Solar City project This project provides monitoring, evaluation and policy advice to a cluster of projects in the City of Moreland, including the Australian Government-funded Moreland Solar City project. The work relates to community engagement, urban development, decentralised energy, energy efficiency and climate policy.

Greensync Pty. Ltd.

Melbourne Place Making Series

Housing Choices Australia

The program was involved in the Melbourne Place Making Series, which encouraged people to consider how collaborative ‘place making’ can make our cities more liveable. Monash staff reported on recent research findings at a lead up event, and led a workshop on the relationship between the physical structure of places and human connection at the final conference on 27–29 October 2010. When a place promotes human contact, mobility and empowerment, lower rates of depression and exclusion follow.

Project development The program was involved in the development of several funding proposals this year, including: • Optimising social and environmental outcomes in urban densification • Social inclusion, well-being and housing • The homeless and climate change (with MSI’s Climate Change and Health Program) • Place-based disadvantage • A chieving public acceptance for adaptive housing on the urban fringes of Melbourne (with Professor Alan Petersen) • Housing energy efficiency monitoring

Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI) – Annual Activity Report 2010

Behaviour Change Initiative

The MSI Behaviour Change Initiative, which commences officially in January 2011, will bring together researchers from a range of disciplines with a common interest in cutting-edge research on how to best influence sustainable behaviour and implement successful behaviour change programs. Outcomes from the Initiative will be driven by research-based, transdisciplinary and holistic approaches to influencing behaviour. With a strong focus on collaborative partnerships, the Initiative will bring together the best people working in academia, the community, business and government to achieve effective policies, strategies and outcomes across a range of sustainability issues. Activities in 2010 involved establishing the foundations and securing funding for the Initiative. Liaising with leading academics from across Monash, the development team prepared a ‘prospectus’ detailing the Initiative’s proposed objectives, outcomes and activities. The prospectus was presented to EPA Victoria, Sustainability Victoria and the Shannon Group, resulting in a three-year financial commitment to the Initiative. Subsequent actions have involved writing a business plan, developing a work program for the first year and starting to assemble the team of Monash academics who will be part of the Initiative. In addition, Dr Liam Smith has been appointed as the Director of the Initiative and Dr Jim Curtis has been appointed as a Research Fellow within it.

People Development team Professor John Thwaites (MSI) Dr Liam Smith (Department of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics) Dr Jim Curtis (Department of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics) Professor Dave Griggs (MSI) Dr Janet Stanley (MSI) Partners Funding Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria Sustainability Victoria The Shannon Company

Monash University Soil Carbon Initiative

This initiative sets out a proposal for a research program, led by Monash, to advance understanding of key aspects of soil carbon sequestration, from monitoring and evaluation to governance and integration. Our vision is to inform soil carbon sequestration policy and practice by generating the knowledge and expertise to evaluate the long-term performance of carbon in soils, from molecular to landscape scales.

People

The Soil Carbon team prepared a submission to the Victorian Environment and Natural Resources Committee’s Inquiry into Soil Carbon Sequestration in Victoria. The team was invited to present evidence at a public hearing for the inquiry, and much of the evidence presented appeared in the committee’s final report. This initiative is ongoing and seeks to develop research programs into soil carbon with key government agencies.

Dr Wayne Gumley (Business Law and Taxation, Faculty of Business and Economics)

Other relevant activities include:

Dr Stephen Livesley (School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts)

• Dr Philip Wallis attended the National Business Leaders Forum, held at Parliament House, Canberra, 27–28 May 2010. This forum had a session on soil carbon. • Dr Philip Wallis participated in the Round Table on the Carbon Farming Initiative, hosted by The Climate Institute, Melbourne, 25 Oct 2010. • Drs Tim Cavagnaro and Tony Patti attended the 19th World Congress of Soil Science, held in Brisbane, 1–6 Aug 2010.

Dr Tim Cavagnaro (School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science) Professor David Griggs (MSI)

Professor Roy Jackson (School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science)

Dr Paul McShane (MSI) Associate Professor Tony Patti (School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science) Professor Jeffrey Walker (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering) Dr Philip Wallis (MSI)

Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI) – Annual Activity Report 2010

Developing Victoria’s Geothermal Energy Resource

People Project developer Dr Paul McShane (MSI) Research and development team Dr Akbar Hessami (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering) Kirkland Kaldor-Bull (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering)

Victoria has abundant reserves of geothermal energy, which is energy derived from heat in the earth’s crust. This energy is currently stored in hot water aquifers that are more that 2 km below the surface. Monash University is interested in developing this energy source as a low-carbon alternative to brown coal, Victoria’s current carbon-intensive energy source. The project is currently exploring ways to overcome two of the main barriers to making geophysical energy a viable renewable energy source: cost and technology. As drilling deep bores is very expensive, the project is identifying additional geophysical information to more accurately target geothermal aquifers and reduce the commercial risk of drilling. In addition, the geothermal water is insufficiently hot for use in a standard steam engine, so electricity generation with it is inefficient and may not be cost effective. To overcome this limitation, the project has developed a small scale organic Rankine cycle (ORC) engine, which operates on the same principle as steam engines but uses fluids with a lower boiling point than water to generate pressure to turn turbines which generate electricity. The advantage of this approach is that heat sources with temperatures as low as 75ºC can be used.

Partners Katrix Pty. Ltd. Champion Compressors

Dr Akbar Hessami and Kirkland Kaldor-Bull in front of the prototype organic Rankine cycle engine (photo: Kirkland Kaldor-Bull).

We have developed an ORC prototype which uses a novel expander design developed by local engineers. The next step is to build a 10 to 20 kW gridconnected ORC.

Energy Theme Activities People Theme leader Professor Kerry Pratt

In 2010 MSI supported a part-time Energy Theme Leader, whose role is to assist in expanding Monash’s research and teaching capacity in sustainable energy. Key activities included: • C oordination of the Monash part of a successful joint HRL/Monash application for a Brown Coal Innovation Australia (BCIA) Research Leader Fellowship. Professor Klaus Hein, a world-leading researcher in brown coal technology from Germany, has now been appointed in a joint Monash/ HRL professorial position – a first for Monash – at the Faculty of Engineering. • F acilitation of an ARC Linkage Grant application between the Department of Chemical Engineering at Monash and biological farming company LawrieCo. The proposed project will look at the potential of granulation technology to create fertiliser that can increase soil carbon, thus contributing significantly to CO2 biosequestration and restoration of carbon-depleted Australian soils. The fertiliser contains material extracted from brown coal. • A rranging a joint workshop with MBD Energy Ltd. on research on algae for both CO2 capture and manufacture of biofuels/stockfeed. It is anticipated this will lead to collaborative research and development work in support of the installation of 10 hectares of algae ponds at Loy Yang power station by MBD.

Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI) – Annual Activity Report 2010

Learning from Indigenous Natural Resources Management in the Barmah-Millewa The goal of this project under development is to allow us to learn from Indigenous natural resources management in the Barmah-Millewa forests to determine how the ecological, cultural, legal and policy environment of the region informs an understanding of the competing demands on finite and diminishing water resources in the Murray-Darling Basin. As part of the development of this project, MSI contributed funding to support Neville Atkinson, Lee Joachim and Denise Morgan-Bulled from the Yorta Yorta Nations Climate Change Group and Amanda Lynch from Monash University to attend the Ninth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York on 18–30 April 2010. Additional funding was provided by the Victorian Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability and The Myer Foundation. The forum is an advisory body to the UN Economic and Social Council, with a mandate to discuss indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights. The Yorta Yorta Climate Change Group was invited to attend by the World Bank’s Indigenous Peoples Sustainable Development Network. In addition, a series of meetings in New York and Washington DC was arranged for the group, including with the following: • T he Indigenous Program, Division of Environmental Planning and Protection, US Environmental Protection Agency • The American Indian Program and the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University • T he Office of Climate Change, Department of Environmental Conservation and related departments of the State of New York • T he World Bank, including the Human Development Network, the Environment and NRM Program, and the Sustainable Development Department in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region • The National Museum of the American Indian • The Hon Kim Beazley, AC, Australian Ambassador to US

People Project leader Professor Dave Griggs (MSI) Research team Dr Mark Harris (School of Law, Latrobe University) Professor John Langford (MSI) Professor Amanda Lynch (School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts) Yorta Yorta Nations Climate Change Group Neville Atkinson Lee Joachim Denise Morgan-Bulled Partners Project implementation Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation Office of the Victorian Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Funding Office of the Victorian Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability The Myer Foundation

The Barmah-Millewa Forests (photo: Dave Griggs).

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Education

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Green Steps

Green Steps is a sustainability education and internship program that empowers participants with the hands-on skills and knowledge to drive environmentally sustainable practices within organisations and the wider community. Developed by Monash students in 2000, the program is now delivered Australia-wide to both tertiary students and people already in the workplace. It has trained more than 500 people and partnered with over 300 organisations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to a sustainable future.

People Manager Mark Boulet (MSI) Team Emma Grace (MSI) Anna Lohse (MSI)

In 2010 Green Steps delivered 10 training courses to 110 university students and people within the workforce.

Erin Simpson (MSI)

Highlights for 2010

Sessional trainers

• The program won three awards in 2010:

Alison Raymond (Sustainability consultant)

Kati Thompson (MSI)

Aimee Maud (Monash student)

– Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Awards (Tertiary Category) – United Nations Association of Australia World Environment Day Awards (Education Category) – Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability Green Gown Award (Student Campaigns and Initiatives Category) • Received funding from the Australian Government’s Workforce Innovations Program to develop a nationally accredited green skills training program and to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of Green Steps’ impacts and outcomes. • Appointed a new Internship and Alumni coordinator role. This will enable Green Steps to coordinate and receive income from a nationwide internship program and develop an even more active network of program participants.

Ciaran MacComaic (The Brotherhood of St Laurence) David Roberston (Griffith University student) Deb Riley (Melbourne Water) Kat Lavers (Permablitz Melbourne) Megan Argyriou (Climateworks Australia) Simonne Shore (Pittwater Council) Stefan Hladinki (Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet) Suzie Brown (Sustainability consultant)

Green Steps training (universities) Green Steps is a six-day intensive training course for university students, which focuses on environmental assessment, communication and change management skills. Students from all academic disciplines are competitively selected for participation in this extra-curricular course, which is provided free of charge. In 2010 Green Steps held courses at the Australian National University, Griffith University, Flinders University, Macquarie University and Monash.

Tom McMurchy (Monash student)

Green Steps internships (universities) University students who have undergone Green Steps training put what they have learnt into practice through a 12-day internship, working on a real-life sustainability project within a host organisation. In 2010 approximately 50 internships were undertaken, hosted at organisations such as the National Gallery of Australia, Pacific Hydro, Queensland Health, Rockdale City Council, the Victorian Country Fire Authority and Victorian Legal Aid.

Green Steps team and trainers at the United Nations Association of Australia World Environment Day Awards ceremony (photo: Dave Griggs).

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Partners

Green Steps @ Work training

Funding

This four-day intensive training course for people already in the work force focuses on environmental assessment, communication and change management skills. Participants, who pay to participate, develop a work-based sustainability project to apply in their organisation. In 2010 the program was run in Melbourne, and debuted in Sydney in a course hosted by Fuji Xerox Australia.

Climate Change and Green Skills Taskforce, Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations The Office of Environmental Sustainability, Monash University

Green Steps Train the Trainer

Sustainability Victoria

This two-day course trains new Green Steps trainers. It is an integral component of the training calendar, ensuring high-quality trainers and enabling succession planning. In 2010 seven new trainers were trained in Melbourne and six at the Australian National University.

Approximately 50 private businesses, State government departments and agencies, local councils and non-profit groups across the country funded and hosted Green Steps internships Sustainability Victoria funded a series of internships in Victorian government agencies, hospitals and tertiary education institutions

Green Steps program evaluation In 2010 Green Steps conducted a comprehensive evaluation of its impacts and outcomes over the last ten years. Data was collected through interviews and an internet survey. The process culminated in a workshop attended by 30 past participants, some from the 2001 program, as well as government and industry partners. The evaluation report will be released in 2011.

Program delivery The Office of Environmental Sustainability, Monash University ANUgreen, Australian National University Flinders University School of Environmental Science, Griffith University Sustainability Office, Macquarie University Fuji Xerox, Sydney

Photo: Emma Grace

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Sustainability Training and Education Consultancies

The MSI Education team uses its extensive experience in environmental sustainability and education program development to create and deliver customised cutting-edge training programs and other consultancy services. They specialise in a highly interactive form of teaching and learning that recognises participants’ existing knowledge, encourages discussion and group work, and is based on an understanding of the processes of organisational change. In 2010 they delivered 17 training courses and events, engaging over 250 people from around Australia and providing them with a broad variety of sustainability skills and knowledge.

ResourceSmart HealthCare and Tertiary Education training The team delivered training on environmental management programs as part of two Sustainability Victoria ResourceSmart programs: Healthcare, which is provided in conjunction with the Victorian Departments of Health and Sustainability and Environment (DSE) to hospitals; and Tertiary Education, which is provided in conjunction with Skills Victoria and DSE, to universities and TAFEs. The MSI Sustainability Reporting team also delivered other components of the Tertiary Education program (see separate section).

Queensland Youth Environment Council training The Queensland Youth Environment Council (QYEC) is hosted by the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management. The team provided two days of training to 16 members of QYEC, enabling them to develop a halls of residence sustainability program at Griffith University.

People Team leader Mark Boulet (MSI) Team Emma Grace (MSI) Anna Lohse (MSI) Allison Raymond (Consultant) Erin Simpson (MSI) Clients Sustainability Victoria Victorian Department of Health Australian Football League (AFL) Yarra Environment Network Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management Law Institute of Victoria Oaktree Foundation Fuji Xerox Australia AECOM Oxfam Australia

AFL Green Clubs education module The team developed a sustainability ‘how to’ guide for AFL community clubs as part of their ‘Quality Clubs’ program, which goes out to over 2,000 clubs around Australia.

Yarra Environment Network – Greening Workplace training The Yarra Environment Network is a collection of community-based organisations in the City of Yarra. The team delivered four capacity-building workshops for 15 member organisations.

Law Institute of Victoria – Green Practice training (pilot) The Law Institute Victoria piloted a sustainability skills training program for young lawyers in law firms in and around Melbourne. The team delivered the first of three sessions in this program and looked at organisational mapping and environmental data collection.

Oaktree Foundation – Global Changers training Global changers is a leadership course that gives university students the skills, experiences, attitudes and knowledge necessary to be a leader of significant change in issues of global poverty and development. The team was involved in facilitating a weekend retreat with Monash students and ran several evening workshops for them on project management and behavioural change.

Fuji Xerox – Sustainable dealers training The team ran a three-hour environmental action planning workshop during a sustainability conference held by Fuji Xerox Australia to representatives from approximately 20 dealerships around Australia.

AECOM – Change Agent training The team is the chosen training provider for the Change Agent program developed by AECOM under licence to DSE. It aims to assist government departments and agencies to develop behaviour change programs for staff. In 2010 the team delivered three day-long sessions with representatives from five Victorian government agencies and departments.

Oxfam Australia – Trailwalker event MSI hired a former Green Steps participant to perform a simple impact assessment for different sections of the 2010 Oxfam Trailwalker event.

Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI) – Annual Activity Report 2010

Monash Teaching

MSI does not have a direct teaching responsibility within Monash. However, it contributes to the development and teaching of units in other faculties, as well as to other official activities for Monash students.

Faculty of Arts GES1020/ENV1022 – Australian physical environments: Evolution, status and management • T utorials and field trip: Dr Almut Beringer. GES2460/ENV2011 – Environmental policy and management • Tutorials: Dr Almut Beringer. SCY2580 – Sustainable societies • Guest lecture: Dr Janet Stanley.

Faculty of Business and Economics AFF9012 – Carbon pricing • G uest lecture: Meg Argyriou, ‘Low carbon growth plan for Australia’. • G uest lecture: Professor Dave Griggs, ‘Climate change and the sustainability challenge’. • G uest lectures: Dr Janet Stanley, ‘Transport’ and ‘Social impacts of mitigation in the CPRS’. GSB5011 – Pathways from science to wealth (with the Monash Asia Pacific Centre for Science and Wealth Creation)

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Science

ENE3408 – Energy systems

ATM1020 – The science of climate

• G uest lecture: Meg Argyriou, ‘Low carbon growth plan for Australia’.

• Guest lecture: Professor Dave Griggs

• G uest lecture: Mark Boulet, ‘Behaviour change 101’.

• F acilitator of panel discussion on waste: Professor Dave Griggs

• G uest lecture: Professor Dave Griggs, ‘Climate change and the sustainability challenge’.

Monash Passport 2 sustainability depth unit

• U nit activity: ClimateWorks Australia assisted students to prepare an emission reduction cost curve for Monash University using the methodology developed for ClimateWorks’ Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia. Anna Skarbek, Meg Argyriou and Professor Dave Griggs worked with the course director to design the project and participated in the project steering committee. As part of the project, students analysed 25 emission reduction opportunities agreed with the Monash Office of Environmental Sustainability. They calculated the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that could be reduced by each opportunity, as well as the cost per tonne of emissions reduced of implementing it. They identified a total of 180,000 tonnes of emission reductions, almost 40 per cent of which can be achieved with negative cost. The students presented their results to the Monash University Senior Management Team (Environment).

• C ommercialisation Seminar Series speaker: Anna Skarbek, ‘A low carbon growth plan for Australia’.

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Bachelor of Environmental Science

• U nit development: Professor Dave Griggs, Dr Philip Wallis and Mark Boulet from MSI are part of the development team for this new allfaculty second-year unit, which will introduce students to the concept of sustainability. The unit will present sustainability through multiple research-informed perspectives, and encourage students to explore new interpretations, applications and evaluations of sustainability. From a better understanding of sustainability, students will have the opportunity to be active advocates for sustainability in and beyond their immediate environments.

Vice Chancellor’s Ancora Imparo Student Leadership Program • E vening seminar panel member: Professor Dave Griggs, ‘How do societies balance their energy needs against their responsibility to protect the environment’, 20 Sept 2010.

MSI Postgraduate Unit

MSI established a postgraduate student research unit in early 2009. Momentum has steadily grown, and the unit now has three doctoral students. An honours student will commence in early 2011, and two doctoral applications are in development. The unit offers students the opportunity to undertake multidisciplinary research related to sustainability, with supervision shared by MSI and a Monash faculty. The unit aims to lead to the production of high-quality research, as well as to extend research collaborations and projects across Monash. The unit also assists prospective students interested in undertaking research on sustainability to identify and contact potential supervisors across Monash. This year it advised 22 students, and referred most of them to the appropriate Monash faculties. The unit also assisted Monash students seeking advice on sustainability topics and class work.

People Unit coordinator Dr Janet Stanley (MSI) Doctoral students Stephen Derrick Victoria Johnson Paul Read

Doctoral projects Stephen Derrick, ‘Contested sustainabilities: The factors that shape how people practice and understand environmental sustainability’, supervised by Dr Janet Stanley (MSI) and Professor Alan Petersen (School of Political and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Arts). Commenced towards the end of 2010. Victoria Johnson, ‘Arts and cultural participation, transport disadvantage and social exclusion’, supervised by Professor Graham Currie (Institute of Transport Studies, Faculty of Engineering) and Dr Janet Stanley (MSI). Paul Read, ‘Reconceptualising needs, equity and well-being in the context of global sustainability’, supervised by Dr Janet Stanley (MSI) and Dr Dianne Vella-Brodrick (School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences). Transferred from the University of Melbourne at the beginning of 2010.

Photo: Emma Grace

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Action

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ClimateWorks Australia www.climateworksaustralia.org ClimateWorks Australia is a non-profit collaboration hosted by Monash University in partnership with The Myer Foundation that will provide practical solutions dedicated to a sustainable and prosperous low carbon society.

People

ClimateWorks Australia came about after The Myer Foundation commissioned a comprehensive feasibility study that found that philanthropy has a significant role to play as an honest broker, coming from a position unaligned with commercial, political or non-governmental organisation interests.

Anna Skarbek (MSI)

ClimateWorks Australia aims to contribute to substantial emissions reduction in the next five years and focuses on enabling Australian organisations to reduce their emissions by providing targeted interventions that drive behavioural and structural change.

Chrissie Murray (MSI)

Management Professor Dave Griggs (MSI)

Team Meg Argyriou (MSI) Tanya Petersen (Consultant) Jane Simpson (Consultant) Dr Tahl Kestin (MSI)

Highlights for 2010 • The Low Carbon Growth Plan (LCGP) for Australia was published by ClimateWorks Australia in March 2010, setting out a cost curve and roadmap for how Australia can achieve a 25 per cent reduction in emissions from 2000 levels using least-cost commercially available technologies. The Plan won the highly regarded Eureka Prize for Innovative Solutions to Climate Change and the Ethical Investor Award for Sustainability Research. • The methodology of the LCGP has received wide recognition as a highly useful tool for designing climate change mitigation strategies across all levels of decision making in government and business. • The communication ‘reach’ of the LCGP has been significant – its launch received national media coverage in print, radio and TV, including a front-page story in the Sydney Morning Herald. The findings have also been presented to at least 4000 people.

Board Professor John Thwaites (MSI) David Shelmerdine (The Myer Foundation) Sam Mostyn Professor Edwina Cornish (Monash University) Jon Myer (The Myer Foundation) The Hon. Mark Dreyfus QC MP (to Sept 2010) Howard Bamsey (from Nov 2010) Partners

• The Executive Director and Chairman of ClimateWorks Australia have both been appointed to the Federal Government’s 20-member Non-governmental Roundtable on Climate Change.

Overall funding and support

• Climate Scientists Australia held three well-attended parliamentary visits in Canberra, Brisbane and Melbourne, discussing climate change with about 100 parliamentarians.

LCGP funding and support

The Myer Foundation

Australian Carbon Trust ClimateWorks Foundation, San Francisco Australian Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Environment Protection Authority, Victoria McKinsey & Company National Australia Bank Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment Victorian Department of Transport

John Thwaites (ClimateWorks Australia), David Shelmerdine (The Myer Foundation), Christine Edwards (The Myer Foundation) and Anna Skarbek (ClimateWorks Australia) at the Eureka Prize ceremony (photo: Australian Museum Eureka Prizes and 247 Studios).

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Future Forums funding and support Cranlana Programme National Australia Bank CSA funding and support Diversicon Environmental Foundation KPMG WWF Australia Victorian Environment and Natural Resources Committee Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence (QCCCE) Queensland Environment and Resources Committee (ERC) ClimateWatch implementation Earthwatch Other funding Energy Red Monash University Alumni Relations

Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia The LCGP provides the first comprehensive economy-wide blueprint for substantially reducing emissions in a least-cost practical way while continuing to grow the economy and offering profitable opportunities for business. Further detail can be found in the break-out box opposite.

Regional and sectoral low carbon growth plans The methodology of the national LCGP has been further refined to provide granular analysis of specific regions, localities and sectors, to enable targeted mitigation actions. ClimateWorks Australia is now working on such plans for the City of Greater Geelong, the Gippsland region, the National Australia Bank and the Macquarie Park Business precinct.

Climate Scientists Australia ClimateWorks Australia hosts the secretariat of this independent group of 13 senior Australian climate scientists, who are volunteering their time to advance the use of balanced, scientificallybased information on climate change. The groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities are focused on engaging with influential decision makers on the science of climate change and the policy implications clearly deducible from it. In 2010 the group visited the Federal, Victorian and Queensland Parliaments, and provided briefings, individual discussions and follow up conversations with about 100 politicians. It has also briefed business leaders in Sydney and Melbourne in partnership with KPMG and WWF Australia.

Members of Climate Scientists Australia at the Queensland Parliament (photo: Department of Environment and Heritage, Queensland Government).

Sustainable Futures Forums These forums provide a place where key thought leaders and decision makers can come together to discuss in a confidential manner issues vital to creating a sustainable future. In partnership with the Cranlana Programme, two forums were held in 2010: one on low-carbon agriculture and one on engaging small and medium enterprises in energy efficiency.

ClimateWatch ClimateWatch is an innovative project that enables ordinary Australians to observe and record the impact of climate change on the environment through an interactive website and database. ClimateWorks Australia supported the establishment of this program by Earthwatch, and it has now generated over 10,000 observations from 1000 participants.

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Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia The Low Carbon Growth Plan is currently ClimateWorks Australia’s focal project. It provides a comprehensive economy-wide blueprint for how Australia can achieve a 25 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below year 2000 levels, while also building a low carbon economy. This target is achievable using technologies available today at net a cost of the equivalent of just A$185 per household per year in 2020. Based on detailed economic and policy analysis, the Plan identifies 54 opportunities that together achieve the emission reduction. It also identifies the barriers to their implementation and their relative cost. The Plan finds that prompt action is required, as delay will mean some low-cost opportunities will be lost, resulting in greater cost to society and business in the long run. This is the first time that the whole-of-economy cost curve has also been presented from the investor perspective, taking into account the private cost of capital for each sector, energy taxes, retail margins and subsidies. This provides a clear signal to businesses about which opportunities are already profitable.

The Plan was launched in Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney, with attendance of 600 people from government, industry, academia and community. Over 2000 hard copies of the summary and full report were provided free to interested parties and at least 6000 were downloaded from our website. In addition, the team presented the report findings in meetings, briefings, conferences and seminars on approximately 150 occasions reaching at least 4000 audience members from business, government, industry and community. The report received at least 40 media citations nationally, with the findings covered in all states in print, radio and television media, including a front-page story in the Sydney Morning Herald. The findings of the report have been referenced by business groups – including Australian Industry Group, Siemens Australia and Deutsche Bank – and peak bodies such as the Energy Efficiency Council; and cited in government reports such as the Prime Minister’s Energy Efficiency Task Group Report.

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Sustainable Campus Group

People Manager Belinda Towns (MSI) (Maternity Leave) Dr Almut Beringer (MSI) (Acting) Team Cameron Cope (MSI) Partners SCG members Australian Catholic University Brisbane North Institute of TAFE

The Sustainable Campus Group (SCG) is a group of universities, TAFE institutes and state government organisations in Australia working together to improve environmental performance in the tertiary education sector. SCG was initiated by MSI in 2006 in Victoria, and is now open to all tertiary education institutions in Australia. SCG uses a collaborative approach to promote learning and communication on environmental sustainability, provide the benefits of professional networking to members, advocate continuous improvement and catalyse environmental sustainability best practice within the sector. SCG’s main initiative is the annual Australian Campuses Sustainability Assessment Report. SCG activities have helped infuse sustainability philosophy, principles and practice throughout tertiary education governance, research, education, and operations and facilities management. SCG has also encouraged government departments and other stakeholders to work more closely with the sector to promote sustainability outcomes and reduce duplication of reporting demands.

Charles Darwin University Chisholm Institute of TAFE Deakin University Edith Cowan University Gordon Institute of TAFE Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE Hunter Institute Illawara Institute Kangan Institute La Trobe University Monash University New England Institute North Coast Institute Northern Sydney Institute RMIT University Southbank Institute of Technology South Western Sydney Institute Sunraysia Institute of TAFE Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE Swinburne University of Technology Sydney Institute University of Adelaide University of Ballarat University of Melbourne

Highlights for 2010 • S CG was rolled out nationally in 2010, and now includes 28 tertiary education institutions, encompassing about 30 per cent of all tertiary education institutions in Australia, and more than 55,000 staff and students. • T wenty seven members reported their environmental data to the inaugural national 2009 Australian Campuses Sustainability Assessment Report. • T he report was presented at the 10th International Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS) conference in Melbourne, 29 September to 31 October 2010, resulting in the establishment of international collaborations on sustainability tracking, assessment and reporting. • S CG received a ‘highly commended’ citation in the inaugural Green Gown Awards, in the Continuous Improvement – Institutional Change category.

Australian Campuses Sustainability Assessment Each year SCG facilitates an assessment and reporting project on environmental sustainability in the Australian tertiary education sector. The annual reports benchmark and publicise institutional environmental sustainability performance. In 2010, 27 institutions nationally submitted data on their commitment to sustainability operations (including energy, greenhouse gas emissions, water and waste and recycling) and education for sustainability activities to SCG. The resulting 2009 Australian Campuses Sustainability Assessment Report was presented at the 10th International Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS) conference, and will be launched in Victoria and NSW. It will be provided to senior leadership, senior management, and environment and sustainability staff in the tertiary education sector, as well as to relevant federal and state government representatives and other stakeholders.

Victoria University Western Sydney Institute

SCG assessment and reporting instrument The SCG Workbook is SCG’s data monitoring, assessment and reporting tool. It captures energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water, waste and recycling, transport and building data, as well as information on institutional commitment to sustainability. In 2010 it was extended to collect data on green IT, green procurement and education for sustainability. The SCG Workbook charts progress over time and can be used for internal monitoring and reporting.

SCG member meetings In addition to the preparation of the sector report, SCG held four capacity-building and professional networking meetings in Melbourne in 2010 for Victorian members.

SCG NSW SCG is currently working in close collaboration with NSW TAFEs regarding tertiary education sustainability monitoring and reporting in NSW, towards establishing SCG NSW.

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ResourceSmart Tertiary Education

In 2010 MSI delivered ResourceSmart Tertiary Education, a program of Sustainability Victoria, Skills Victoria and the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment, to 18 universities, TAFEs and adult education organisations in Victoria. Participants produce a bi-annual environmental management plan (the ResourceSmart Strategy), which includes targets, detailed action plans and a communication and engagement strategy. It touches all aspects of governance and management, operations and the academic mission of the institutions.

People

The program provides assistance in developing and implementing the ResourceSmart Strategy through training, coaching, complementary information resources, networking opportunities and a rewards and recognition scheme.

Partners

Following a pilot program with five institutions in 2009 MSI delivered the program in 2010 to seven universities, ten TAFEs, and one adult education organisation. It provided each institution with four training sessions, six hours of personal coaching and assistance with writing their ResourceSmart Strategy. Team members travelled to each institution and worked with senior management, environment and sustainability staff, and education for sustainability staff on developing an environmental management program and cultural change strategies toward reducing the institutional environmental footprint.

Belinda Towns (MSI) Dr Almut Beringer (MSI) Mark Boulet (MSI) Stuart Galbraith (Sustainability Victoria)

Sustainability Victoria Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment Centre for Adult Education (CAE) Skills Victoria TAFE Development Centre

Sustainability Victoria has also signed a memorandum of understanding with MSI’s Sustainable Campus Group (SCG) to provide joint capacity-building and professional networking opportunities for SCG and ResourceSmart Tertiary Education participants through four annual meetings.

Monash University Annual Report

MSI coordinates the environmental and social performance sections of Monash’s Annual Report, working with all units and departments within the University. In 2010 it produced these sections for the Annual Report 2009 and has commenced data collection for the Annual Report 2010.

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MSI Seminar Series

In 2010, MSI initiated a seminar series to showcase to the general Monash community the latest work and thinking on sustainability.

During this first year of the series MSI hosted 19 seminars, featuring speakers from MSI and Monash University in general, as well as external speakers.

In addition, ClimateWorks Australia hosted Dr Cameron Hepburn (Oxford University, UK) to give a lecture to the Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, in October 2010.

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Seminar

10 Feb

‘Growing sustainable cities’ – Professor Jonathan Fink (Arizona State University, US)

3 Mar

‘What type of energy for the future of humanity?’ – Dr Federico Rosei (University of Quebec, Canada)

24 Mar

‘ Perspectives on The Politics of Climate Change by Anthony Giddens’ – Professor Ray Ison (MSI and School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts), Professor Bob Birrell (School of Political and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Arts) and Professor Alan Petersen (School of Political and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Arts)

8 Apr

‘The changing climate research agenda’ – Dr Chris Gordon (Met Office Hadley Centre, UK)

21 Apr

‘Sustainable campuses’ – Belinda Towns (MSI) and Paul Barton (Monash Office of Environmental Sustainability)

12 May

‘A low carbon growth plan for Australia’ ‘Anna Skarbek, Meg Argyriou and Professor Dave Griggs (ClimateWorks Australia)

19 May

‘Living (well) on sustainable energy: Dream or reality?’ – Professor David Cahen (Weizmann Institute, Israel)

25 May

‘A road map for water sensitive cities’ – Professor Tony Wong (MSI)

24 Jun

‘Managing Victoria’s electricity demand’ – Dr Philip Wallis and Akaash Sachdeva (MSI)

10 Jun

‘How do you achieve mobility that is environmentally, socially and economically sustainable?’ – Dr Janet Stanley (MSI)

7 Jul

‘Challenges for management of freshwater ecosystems in Europe’ – Dr Martin Kernan (University College London, UK)

13 Jul

‘Climate chaos – What’s love got to do with it?’ – Rev. Dr David Gregory (Senior Minister, Croxley Green Baptist Church, UK)

26 Jul

‘ From principles to practice: National approaches to managing biodiversity under climate change’ – Professor Will Steffen (Australian National University)

5 Aug

‘ Securing migrants’ rights: Information campaign through community-based organisations’ – Professor Tasneem Siddiqui (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)

23 Sep

‘ The psychology of climate change communication and “scepticism”’ – Professor Stephan Lewandowsky (University of Western Australia)

29 Sep

‘Education for sustainability’ – Professor Stephen Sterling (Centre for Sustainable Futures, University of Plymouth, UK)

22 Oct

‘Accelerating the transition to electric vehicles’ – Dr Alan Finkel (Better Place Australia and Monash University)

4 Nov

‘ Assisting integrated catchment management for water resources: Risk assessment, Bayesian networks and case studies from the Asia-Pacific’ – Dr Terence Chan (MSI & Water Studies Centre, Faculty of Science)

17 Nov

‘ Merchants of Doubt: How a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming’ – Professor Naomi Oreskes (University of California, San Diego, US)*

* Hosted jointly with the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, the University of Melbourne

Naomi Oreskes’ lecture at the State Library of Victoria (photo: Emma Joughin).

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Policy Advice Policy submissions and commentary Submission to the Inquiry into Soil Carbon Sequestration in Victoria of the Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Parliament of Victoria by J Beringer, R Jackson, T Cavagnaro, T Patti, D Griggs & P Wallis, Feb 2010. Submission to the Prime Minister’s Task Group on Energy Efficiency by ClimateWorks Australia, May 2010. Submission to the Smart Meters Regulatory Review of the Essential Services Commission, Victoria by P Blythe, May 2010. Briefing note on Climate change: An opportunity to demonstrate leadership, inspire action, and create positive change in Australia by MSI & ClimateWorks Australia, July 2010. Summary and commentary on the Victorian climate change White Paper by Akaash Sachdeva, Aug 2010. Submission to the Inquiry into the impact of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in regional Australia of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Regional Australia by the NCCARF National Water Governance Research Initiative (N Rubenstein, P Wallis, L Godden & R Ison), Dec 2010. Submission to the Inquiry into the management of the Murray-Darling Basin of the Senate Standing Committee on Rural Affairs and Transport by the NCCARF National Water Governance Research Initiative (N Rubenstein, P Wallis, L Godden & R Ison), Dec 2010.

Expert standing offer services MSI has been selected as a supplier of climate change information to the Australian Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, as well as AusAID.

Presentations Meg Argyriou ‘Energy Efficiency: What is the cost? Findings of the Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia’, Carbon Accounting & Financial Management Conference, Sydney, 24 Aug 2010.

Almut Beringer ‘Australian campuses sustainability assessment’, 10th International ACTS (Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability) Conference, Melbourne, 29 Sept – 1 Oct 2010.

Phil Blythe Panel member, Behaviour and efficiency, Energy Efficiency Council National Conference, Sydney, 2 Dec 2010.

Marion Carey ‘The effects of climate change on air quality in Australia and related health impacts’, with Martine Dennekamp and Malcolm Sim, Second International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, Brisbane 8–10 July 2010.

Terence Chan ‘Ciliwung Catchment management: Conceptual model development and quantitative data identification’, Workshop to develop Ciliwung catchment model, Departments of Forestry and Hydrology, Institut Pertanian Bogor, 23–25 Feb 2010. ‘Integrated catchment management for sustainable water use’, guest lecture to the Departments of Hydrology, Meteorology and Oceanography, Geology and GeoEnvironment, and Environmental Health at Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University, 23 March 2010. ‘The Monash Sustainability Institute, the Water Studies Centre and Monash University’, guest lecture to the Departments of Hydrology, Meteorology and Oceanography, Geology and GeoEnvironment, and Environmental Health at Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University, 24 March 2010. ‘Bayesian networks for integrated catchment management’, Workshop on Climate Change and Water, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 3–5 May 2010. ‘Systemic management: Bayesian networks and ecological risk assessment’, Australian Leadership Award Fellowship forum: Developing proactive policy and practice for land and water management responsive to climate change, Melbourne Museum, 5–9 July 2010. ‘Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI) overview and case study’, briefing to Universitas Padjadjaran (UNPAD), Indonesia, Monash University, 30 July 2010.

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‘Participatory processes in modelling as a tool for integrated catchment management’, Workshop on Community development in the Ganga Basin in response to climate change, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, India, 22–23 Sept 2010. ‘Overview of projects in 2009–2010’, Water Studies Centre Seminar Series, Monash University, 29 Oct 2010. ‘Assisting integrated catchment management for water resources: Risk assessment, Bayesian network models and case studies from the Asia-Pacific’, Monash Sustainability Institute Seminar Series, Monash University, 4 Nov 2010.

Andrew Cock ‘Forest carbon and land use change: Why systemic analysis is needed to illuminate a key potential pathology’, Australian Leadership Award Fellowship forum: Developing proactive policy and practice for land and water management responsive to climate change, Melbourne Museum, 5–9 July 2010. ‘Traditional Khmer systems of forest management and their relevance in the context of rapid rural change’, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata and MSI Conference on Extending successful community-based forest management in response to climate change, Kolkata, India, 20–21 Sept 2010. ‘Forestry and agrarian change in contemporary Cambodia: A new analytical approach’, Cambodia Roundtable, Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash Asia Institute, 29 Oct 2010.

Dave Griggs ‘Sustainability at Monash’, seminar at the Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, US, 11 Jan 2010. ‘Australia’s water challenge’, AustraliaUS Water Sustainability & Management Forum, G’Day USA 2010, Los Angeles, US, 14 Jan 2010. ‘Climate Change and the role of ClimateWorks Australia’, The Myer Foundation Directors and Members, Melbourne, 5 Feb 2010. ‘Future structure of WCRP’, 31st Meeting of the Joint Scientific Committee of the World Climate Research Programme, Antalya, Turkey, 15–19 Feb 2010.

‘Bridging the gap between climate change information providers, stakeholders and policymakers’, WMO/WCRP Technical Conference on Changing Climate and Demands for Climate Services, Antalya, Turkey, 16–18 Feb 2010. Facilitator, Go8 Future Research Leaders Program event, Monash University, 15 March 2010. ‘Low carbon growth plan for Australia’, Sir Mark Oliphant Conference ‘Cleantech Science and Solutions – mainstream and at the edge’, Melbourne, 4–6 May 2010. ‘Climate change and the alpine region’, 5th Annual Alpine Resorts Sustainability Forum, Mt Buller, 6–8 May 2010. ‘Low carbon growth plan for Australia’, Coalition Backbench Policy Committee on Environment & Water, Canberra, 21 June 2010. ‘The role of MSI in meeting global climate change and sustainability challenges’, Vice-Chancellor’s boardroom lunch, Monash University, 3 Sept 2010. ‘Education for sustainability‘, Tertiary Education for Sustainability in Victoria, Strategy Development Workshop, Melbourne, 5–6 Oct 2010. ‘Climate change and the sustainability challenge’, Science Colloquium, Trinity Grammar School, Kew, Melbourne, 13 Oct 2010. Graduation address, Faculty of Arts Graduation Ceremony, Monash University, 14 Oct 2010. ‘Experiences of setting up a sustainability institute’, Faculty Research Cluster in Environmental Sustainability Seminar, Deakin University, Melbourne, 11 Nov 2010.

‘Climate change and the sustainability challenge’, Victorian Independent Education Union and the Australian Education Union Green Schools Conference, Melbourne, 25 Nov 2010.

Ray Ison ‘Perspectives on the “Politics of Climate Change”’, with Bob Birrell and Alan Petersen, Monash Sustainability Institute Seminar, 24 March 2010. ‘Water and environmental governance under climate change’, invited lecture, Australia-China Workshop on Adaptation to Climate Change in the Field of Water Environment, University of Melbourne, 19 May 2010. ‘Reframing – Enhancing organisational learning by asking the right questions’, invited participant conceptualiser in CSIRO SAF (Flagship Collaboration Fund) specialist workshop, Brisbane, 31 May – 1 June 2010. ‘Systems practice in a climate-change world’, invited Keynote address, 9th European International Farming System Association (IFSA) Symposium, Vienna, Austria, 4–7 July 2010. ‘Systems practice in a climate-change world’, invited lecture, Transdisciplinary Thinking and Learning course, Interdisciplinary Environments Program, University of Melbourne, 11 Aug 2010. ‘Systems practice. How to act in a climatechange world?’, invited seminar, School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University, 25 Aug 2010. ‘How to run public policy processes’, invited seminar, Murray Darling Basin Authority, Canberra, 8 Sept 2010. ‘Planning as performance: the MurrayDarling Basin Plan’, invited contributor/ presenter, Crawford School of Dialogue, the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, ANU, Canberra, 14–15 Oct 2010. ‘Exploring systems approaches to NRM interactively’, NSW Natural Resources Commission, 25 Oct 2010.

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Professor Dave Griggs at the World Meteorological Organisation/World Climate Research Programme Technical Conference on Changing Climate and Demands for Climate Services in Antalya, Turkey (photo: Dave Griggs).

‘Minding the Gap: Improving engagement between climate scientists and decision makers’, the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Melbourne Centre Climate Science Communication Workshop, Melbourne University, 24 Sept 2010.

Paul McShane ‘Integrated management of the Red River Basin and the Mekong Delta’, with Terence Chan, Henry Linger & N Nguyen, Environment and Climate Symposium 2010, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 26–27 April 2010. ‘Knowledge management for proactive collaboration on climate change’, 3rd Regional Stakeholder Forum on Mekong River Basin Development Plan, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 29–30 July 2010.

John Langford ‘Reform of Australian water policy’, presentations to CEDA-Harvard-Uniwater Initiative Forums in Sydney, Brisbane Melbourne and Adelaide in Nov 2010, as well as to the CEDA Trustees.

Kerry Pratt ‘Clean coal research at Monash’, DPI Renewable Energy Delegation Workshop, Beijing & Shanghai, 9–15 June 2010. ‘Biofuels – An overview’, keynote Lecture, RACI/IUPAC Annual Convention: Chemistry for a Sustainable World, Melbourne, 4–8 July 2010. ‘Biofuels’, Research Matters symposium: Energy futures: What will your energy supplier look like in the future? Monash University Gippsland, 26 Aug 2010. ‘Energy research at Monash – Welcome talk’, Sustainability Matters Forum ‘Future sustainable technologies’, Monash University Gippsland, 19 Oct 2010.

Anna Skarbek ‘Policy settings for low emissions energy infrastructure’, Sydney University Delta Energy Symposium: Electricity Generation to 2050, 23 March 2010. ‘Current status of the economics of soil carbon’, Soil Carbon Workshop for Research, Industry, Policy and Market Stakeholders, Sydney, 5 May 2010. ‘Low carbon growth plan for Australia’, with Dave Griggs and Meg Argyriou, Monash Sustainability Institute Seminar Series, Monash University, 12 May 2010. ‘What is a low carbon future?’ Williamson Community Leadership Program seminar, Leadership Victoria, Melbourne, 14 May 2010. ‘A low carbon growth plan for Australia’, Australian Davos Future Summit, Melbourne, 24–25 May 2010. ‘The low carbon growth plan’, Parliamentary lunch briefing, Canberra, 26 May 2010.

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‘ClimateWorks Australia low carbon growth plan’, with John Thwaites, ANU Crawford School of Economics and Government Public Lecture, Canberra, 26 May 2010. ‘Low carbon growth plan for Australia’, with John Thwaites, in session on ‘Decarbonising the global economy: The challenges and opportunities’, National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable Development, Canberra, 27–28 May 2010. Post Council meeting speaker, Monash University Council, Monash University, 1 July 2010. ‘Understanding and acting upon the opportunities for a sustainable building upgrade and development: What is the future of the market?’ Sustainable Buildings Conference, Sydney 28–30 July 2010. ‘A low carbon growth plan for Australia, and the associated business opportunities’, Business & Sustainable Development class, Melbourne Business School, 27 Sept 2010. Panel member, panel on Energy Efficiency, Carbon Expo Australasia 2010, Melbourne 11–13 Oct 2010. ‘The low carbon growth plan – Capturing financial savings through energy efficiency retrofits’, Retrofitting for Energy Efficiency Conference, Melbourne, 26–28 Oct 2010. ‘Low carbon growth plan for Australia and its application to Gippsland’, with John Thwaites, Carbon Innovators Network Gippsland, Traralgon, 3 Nov 2010. Guest speaker, Monash Business Awards, Melbourne, 17 Nov 2010. Invited presentations on the findings of the Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia to the following organisations: Australian Carbon Trust; Australian Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs and Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet; Australian Industry Group (AIG); Citigroup clients; City of Melbourne; Climate Alliance; Clinton Climate Initiative; Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA); Corporate Environment Managers Group; Victorian Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Executive Group, and the Victorian Premier, Treasurer, Minister for Energy and Resources, Opposition Leader and Shadow Environment Minister; EPA Victoria Board; Grain Growers Association; Great Barrier Reef 44

Foundation; Investor Group on Climate Change; KPMG; National Housing Supply Council; Prime Minister’s Energy Efficiency Task Group; Property Council of Australia; PricewaterhouseCoopers; South East Melbourne Innovation Precinct; Sustainability Victoria; Monash University Deans of the Faculties of Law and Business and Economics.

Janet Stanley Conference facilitator and workshop leader, Collaborating for Change: Symposium Advancing Bushfire Arson Prevention in Australia, Melbourne, 25–26 March 2010. Discussant, Leverage for Social Change Seminar by Professor David Byrne (Durham University), Monash University, 8 April 2010. ‘The prevention of bushfire arson’, invited speaker at the Attorney-General’s National Forum for the Prevention of Bushfire Arson, Canberra, 3 May 2010. ‘Challenges and solutions to transport disadvantage and social exclusion in the outer suburbs’, invited speaker at the Gamut/Interface Councils Public Forum: Transport Disadvantage and Social Exclusion in the Outer Suburbs, Mornington, 11 May 2010. ‘How do you achieve mobility that is environmentally, socially and economically sustainable?’ MSI Seminar Series, Monash University, 10 June 2010. ‘Transport to arts and cultural activities: Determinants, dynamics and impacts on social inclusion’, special session on mobility, social exclusion and well-being, 12th World Conference on Transport Research, Lisbon, Portugal, 11–15 July 2010. ‘The place, role and experience of mobility for people at high risk of social exclusion’, special session on mobility, social exclusion and well-being, 12th World Conference on Transport Research, Lisbon, Portugal, 11–15 July 2010. Panel member and speaker, Community Sector Events, Melbourne Place Making Series, Melbourne, 16–17 Aug 2010. ‘Transport’, guest speaker, Brimbank Social Justice Coalition, Strategic Implementation Group, Advocacy Planning Forum, Melbourne, 19 Oct 2010. Invited speaker, Grampians Pyrenees Flexible Transport Project Workshop, Warrenmang Vineyard and Resort, 26 Oct 2010. Workshop leader, Melbourne PlaceMaking Conference, Melbourne, 27–29 Oct 2010.

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‘Sustainable transport’, presentation to Moreland Energy Foundation Ltd., Melbourne, 8 Dec 2010. ‘New evidence on social inclusion’, with John Stanley, invited briefing to the Social Inclusion Unit, Australian Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Canberra, 10 Dec 2010.

John Thwaites ‘Innovating for a greener tomorrow’, Guest speaker, UniGateway business breakfast, Melbourne, 11 Feb 2010. ‘Retrofitting buildings’, Green Cities 2010 Conference, Melbourne, 21–24 Feb 2010. ‘Behaviour change for sustainability’, Australasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquaria, Melbourne, 16 March 2010 ‘Cities of the future: The politics of water sensitive cities’, workshop on Cities of the future – Designing ‘what should be’, Ozwater’10, Brisbane, 9–10 March 2010. Guest speaker, Net Balance Foundation, Launch of the Australian Legal Sector Alliance (LSA) for Sustainability, Melbourne, 18 March 2010. ‘Water sensitive cities’, 3rd Victorian Sustainable Development Conference, Melbourne, 25–26 May 2010. ‘Sustainable development in construction projects’, Inter-Pacific Bar Association 20th Annual Conference, Singapore, 2–5 May 2010. ‘Managing relationships with stakeholders during change’, Victorian Catchment Management Associations and Coastal Boards Conference, Melbourne, 4 June 2010. ‘ClimateWorks Australia low carbon growth plan’, Council Economic Development Australia: Forum on climate policy and energy investment at the crossroads, Melbourne, 11 June 2010. ‘Influencing the political process’, Victorian Government Growth Areas Authority, Melbourne, 21 June 2010. ‘Water sensitive cities’, Yarra Valley Water Board, Melbourne, 23 June 2010. Green Building Council of Australia Inaugural Chairman’s Dinner and Debate on ‘Australian companies don’t need to lead and bleed, innovation is for fools – we can be sustainable by following the rest of the world’, Melbourne, 24 June 2010. ‘Cities as Water Supply Catchments Program’, South Australian Program launch, Adelaide, 1 July 2010. ‘Role of leadership in local government’, Local Government Executive Leadership program, Melbourne, 22 July 2010.

‘Are our buildings ready for a changing climate?’ Maddocks and Hassell Building Seminar, Melbourne, 2 & 16 Aug 2010. ‘If sustainability is so good, why aren’t all businesses doing it?’, keynote speaker, Business and Higher Education Roundtable, Melbourne, 4 Aug 2010. ‘Business solutions: How we will reduce carbon emissions by 20–25% by 2020’, 6th Australia – New Zealand Climate Change & Business Conference, Sydney, 10–12 Aug 2010. ‘Climate action’, Australian Youth Climate Coalition: Power Shift 2010 Geelong, Geelong, 14–15 Aug 2010. ‘Issues that will require exceptional leadership in the next decade’, Leadership Victoria 1st Foresight Forum, Melbourne, 17 Aug 2010.

‘The implications of climate change for the transport sector: Are we travelling in the right direction’, Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF) 2010, Canberra, 29 Sept – 1 Oct 2010. ‘The political context for education for sustainability’, Victorian Tertiary Education for Sustainability Workshop, Kalorama, 6 Oct 2010. ‘Understanding sustainability and ethics for business’, official launch of the new Monash MBA, Monash University, 6 Oct 2010. ‘Low carbon growth plan’, Climate Alliance Conference, Melbourne, 7 Oct 2010. ‘Water sensitive cities’, Plumbing Industry Climate Action Centre, 27 Oct 2010.

‘Opportunities for banks with CSR’, National Australia Bank Corporate Responsibility Conference, Melbourne, 17 Aug 2010.

‘Low carbon growth plan for Australia and its application to Gippsland’, with Anna Skarbek, Carbon Innovators Network Gippsland, Traralgon, 3 Nov 2010.

‘Energy efficiency for SMEs’, Cranlana and ClimateWorks Australia Future Forum, Melbourne, 19–20 Aug 2010.

‘Transport and climate change’, Transportation policy session, Conference on the City of the future: Australian & US perspectives, Brisbane, 14–16 Nov 2010.

‘Leading change in a complex political environment’, VicWater Leadership program, Melbourne, 24 Aug 2010. Guest speaker, Green Capital forum on: The emerging green economy: Where to now? Melbourne, 27 Aug 2010.

‘Tourism and behaviour change for sustainability’, Tourism Research Unit (TRU) Seminar, Monash University, 16 Nov 2010.

‘2050 water future’, South East Water, Melbourne, 1 Sept 2010.

Guest speaker, launch of the Monash University Law Review – Special issue on climate change, Melbourne, 22 Nov 2010.

‘Why eco-buying is a critical part of a low carbon growth plan’, EcoBuy Annual Green Purchasing Expo, Melbourne, 7 Sept 2010.

‘Infrastructure and water in Timor Leste’, Australia East Timor Association, Melbourne, 28 Nov 2010.

‘CWA low carbon growth plan’, Keynote address, Sustainability National Forum, Melbourne, 7 Sept 2010.

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‘Planning policy: The right mechanism to tackle climate change’, Maddocks Seminar, Melbourne, 9 Sept 2010. ‘Water sensitive cities’, Yarra Valley Water, Melbourne, 14 Sept 2010. ‘The role of leadership in local councils’, Australian Institute of Company Directors, Melbourne, 16 Sept 2010. ‘Introduction to leadership program and influencing government’, Peter Cullen Trust Leadership Program, Adelaide, 20 Sept 2010. ‘Planning and climate change’, Maddocks Seminar, Sydney, 21 Sept 2010. ‘Communicating science to politicians’, the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Melbourne Centre Climate Science Communication Workshop, Melbourne University, 24 Sept 2010.

‘Sustainability progress in the tertiary education sector in Victoria’, Monash Sustainability Institute Seminar, Monash University, 21 April 2010.

Philip Wallis ‘Soil carbon sequestration’, with Tim Cavagnaro and Tony Patti, evidence presented to the Victorian Environment and Natural Resources Committee Inquiry into Soil Carbon Sequestration in Victoria, Public Hearing, 15 March 2010. ‘Melbourne’s water situation’, invited seminar given to the Victorian Department of Justice on World Water Day, Melbourne, Australia, 22 March 2010. ‘Reducing electricity use in Victoria through demand management’, with Akaash Sachdeva, Monash Sustainability Institute Seminar, Monash University, 24 June 2010.

‘Exploring a Freshwater Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program’, Australian Society for Limnology Conference, Thredbo, NSW, 29 Nov – 3 Dec 2010.

Tony Wong ‘Water sensitive cities: A road map for cities’ adaptation to climate and population pressures on urban water’, invited lecture, Australia-Korea Green Growth International Workshop, the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) in conjunction with the National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK), Seoul, Republic of Korea, 27–29 April 2010. ‘A road map for water sensitive cities’, Monash Sustainability Institute Seminar, Monash University, 25 May 2010. ‘Interdisciplinary research at the Centre for Water Sensitive Cities’, invited lecture to the Research collaboration dinner function hosted by the Jewish National Fund, Tel Aviv, Israel, June 2010. ‘The water sensitive city’, Stormwater Summit 2010, Melbourne, 22–23 June 2010. Panel speaker, Cities of the Future workshop, Enviro 2010 Conference, Melbourne, 21 July 2010. ‘Water sensitive cities: A road map for cities’ adaptation to climate and population pressures on urban water’, invited lecture, Workshop on Climate Change Impact and the Urban Environment, the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering as part of Australia–China Science and Technology Week, Shanghai Expo 2010, Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China, 2–6 Aug 2010. ‘The Melbourne water economy’, Victorian Parliamentary Science Briefing, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 2 Sept 2010. ‘Water sensitive cities: A road map for cities’ adaptation to climate and population pressures on urban water’, keynote address, Deltas in Times of Climate Change, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 29 Sept – 1 Oct 2010. ‘Advancing water sensitive urban design – Some thoughts and concepts’, keynote address, Stormwater 2010: The National Conference of the Stormwater Industry of Australia, Sydney, 9–11 Nov 2010.

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Representation Almut Beringer Member, 10th International ACTS Conference Organizing Committee Member, Monash University Senior Management Team (Environment) Member, Monash University Carbon Neutrality Stakeholder Committee Member, Monash University Green Purchasing Committee Member, Monash University Procurement Board Member, Ecological spirituality and theology research group

Mark Boulet Regional Director (Vic), Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability Member, Education for Sustainability Steering Group (Vic) Member, Business and the Environment network committee (BATE) Member, Law Institute of Victoria Green Practice Steering Group

Marion Carey Member, Climate Change Working Group of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Member, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Commission on Education and Communication Member, Australian Council of Environmental Deans and Directors Member, European Research Council Starting Grants Panel Member, Monash University Senior Management Team (Environment) Member, Monash University Research Strategy Advisory Group Member, Monash University Sustainability Matters Planning Group Member, Uniwater Governing Committee Board member, Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation (VCCCAR) Chair, Review Panel for CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Science Division Panel Member, External Review of the Monash University Civil Engineering Department Convenor, Climate Scientists Australia Invited participant, Garnaut Climate Change Review – Update 2011 Workshop, Melbourne, 17 Dec 2010

Ray Ison Independent reviewer, National Water Commission’s Developing Future Directions for the Urban Water Sector project

Kerry Pratt Coordinator, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Parliamentary Science and Technology Briefing Program Member, Clean Coal Victoria Advisory Committee, Victorian Department of Primary Industries

Anna Skarbek Member, Australian Government NonGovernment Organisation Roundtable on Climate Change Board member, Carbon Market Institute Board member, Sustainable Melbourne Fund Board member, Thermometer Foundation for Social Research on Climate Change Board member, Linking Melbourne Authority

Janet Stanley Member, Ministerial Reference Council for Climate Change Adaptation for Minister Gavin Jennings, Minister for the Environment under Victorian Labor Government Member, Transport and Social Inclusion Committee, Victoria Department of Transport Interim Board member, Melbourne Transformation Cluster, Committee for Melbourne

Member, Global Change, Peace & Security (Routledge) Editorial Committee

Panel member, Expert Review of the European Union’s Sustainable Water Management in the City of the Future (SWITCH) program

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John Langford

Member, Professorial Promotions Committee, Monash University

Chairman, Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre

Member, Australian Government NonGovernment Organisation Roundtable on Climate Change

Fellow, Engineers Australia

Member, Victorian Water Trust Advisory Council

Chair, ClimateWorks Australia

Member, Independent Panel advising Cabinet on the Victorian Sustainable Water Strategies

Chair, Peter Cullen Water and Environment Trust

Andrew Cock

Chair, International Working Group on Data and Models of the Joint Committee on Urban Drainage (IWA/IAHR) Associate Editor, Water Research Associate Editor, Water Science and Technology

Member, Independent Panel advising NSW Government on Sydney’s Metropolitan Water Plan

Dave Griggs

Member, Expert Working Group, Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council: Challenges at EnergyWater-Carbon Intersections

Vice-Chair, World Climate Research Programme Member, Victorian Ministerial Reference Council on Climate Change Adaptation

Board Member, Peter Cullen Water and Environment Trust

Member, Climate Institute Strategic Council

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Research Associate, Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University

John Thwaites

Chair, The Climate Group Ltd.

Chair, Australian Centre for the Moving Image Chair, The Brotherhood of St Laurence Low-Income Families and Climate Change Taskgroup Director, Green Building Council of Australia Member, Steering Committee for Sanitation and Drainage in Dili Timor Leste Congress Ambassador, International Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress 2010

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Invited participant, Think Tank on Planning Principles for Climate Change, Local Government and Planning Officials Group, Brisbane, 8 March 2010

Chan, T, BT Hart, M Kennard, B Pusey, W Shenton, M Douglas, E Valentine & S Patel (2010) ‘Bayesian network models for environmental flow decision-making in the Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia’, River Research & Applications, 26, DOI: 10.1002/rra.1456.

Invited participant, Future directions for water reform: The role of institutional arrangements, National Water Commission and ANZSOG Workshop, Melbourne, 13 May 2010 Invited participant, The Global Foundation Australia Unlimited Roundtable, Melbourne, 30 June 2010 Invited participant, Melbourne a Knowledge City, Melbourne Leaders’ Forum, 19 Nov 2010

Belinda Towns Monash Representative, Higher Education Sustainability Victoria Steering Group Member, Monash University Senior Management Team (Environment) Member, Monash University Carbon Neutrality Stakeholder Reference Committee

Credit: Deanna Darrant Dr Phil Wallis receives the Peter Cullen Trust Fellowship certificate from James Cameron, Acting CEO of the National Water Commission.

Philip Wallis Peter Cullen Trust Fellowship, 2010 Leadership Program ‘Bridging Water Science and Policy’

Tony Wong Sir John Holland Civil Engineer of the Year Award

Member, Monash University Green Purchasing Committee Vice-President, Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability

Exceptional Performance Award, Monash University

Credit: Engineers Australia Professor Tony Wong with the Sir John Holland Civil Engineer of the Year Award.

Top 100 Most Influential People, The Age (Melbourne) Magazine (Fairfax Media)

Publications

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Books and book chapters

Finalist, National Water Commission Professor Peter Cullen Eureka Prize for Water Research and Innovation WME Leaders List: Urban and Industrial Water

Paul Read Australian Postgraduate Award

Anna Skarbek 2010 Future Summit Leadership Award, Australian Davos Connection (ADC)

Cock, AR (2010) ‘Anticipating an oil boom: The “resource curse” thesis in the play of Cambodian politics’, Pacific Affairs, 83(3): 525–546. Cock, AR (2010) ‘External actors and the relative autonomy of the ruling elite in post-UNTAC Cambodia’, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 42(2): 241–265. Currie, G, T Richardson, P Smyth, D Vella-Brodrick, J Hine, K Lucas, J Stanley, J Morris, R Kinnear & J Stanley (2010) ‘Investigating links between transport disadvantage, social exclusion and well-being in Melbourne: An up-date on results’, Research in Transportation Economics, 29: 287–295. Dennekamp, M & M Carey (2010) ‘Air quality and chronic disease: Why action on climate change is also good for health’, NSW Public Health Bulletin, 21(6): 115–121.

Awards and Fellowships Mark Boulet

Chan, T, H Ross, S Hoverman & B Powell (2010) ‘Participatory development of a Bayesian network model for catchmentbased water resource management’, Water Resources Research, 46: W07544.

Godden, L & RL Ison (2010) ‘From water supply to water governance’, in M Davis & M Lyons (eds.), More than luck, Centre for Policy Development, Sydney, Australia. Ison, RL (2010) ‘Governance that works. Why public service reform needs systems thinking’, in M Davis & M Lyons (eds.), More than luck, Centre for Policy Development, Sydney, Australia. Ison, RL (2010) Systems practice: How to act in a climate change world, Springer, London. Wong, T and RR Brown (2011) ‘Water sensitive urban design’, in Water resources, planning and management: Challenges and solutions, Q Grafton & K Hussey (eds.), Cambridge University Press (in press).

Johnson, V, G Currie & J Stanley J (2010) ‘Measures of disadvantage: Is car ownership a good indicator?’ Social Indicators Research, 97(3): 439–450. Pratt, KC, YN Chiu, A Easton, J Naser & KF Ngian (2010) ‘Kinetics of a catalysed semi-batch ethoxylation of nonylphenol’, Chemical Engineering Science, 65: 1167–1172. Shenton, W, BT Hart & T Chan (2010) ‘Bayesian Network models for environmental flow decision-making: Latrobe River, Victoria, Australia’, River Research & Applications, 26, DOI: 10.1002/rra.1348. Stanley, J & C Mulley (2010) ‘Workshop report: Social inclusion’, Research in Transportation Economics, 29: 275–279. Stanley, J, J Stanley, D Vella-Brodrick & G Currie (2010) ‘The place of transport in facilitating social inclusion via the mediating influence of social capital’, Research in Transportation Economics, 29: 280–286.

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Vera, C, M Barange, OP Dube, L Goddard, DJ Griggs, N Kobysheva, E Odada, S Parey, J Polovina, G Poveda, B Seguin & K Trenberth (2010) ‘Needs assessment for climate information on decadal timescales and longer’, Procedia Environmental Sciences, 1: 275–286.

In press peer-reviewed journal articles Beringer, A & S Douglas (2011) ‘On the ethics of international religious/ spiritual gatherings and academic conferencing in the era of global warming: A case study of the Parliament of World Religions Melbourne 2009’, Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology (accepted). Griggs, DJ & TS Kestin (2011) ‘Bridging the gap between climate scientists and decision makers’, Climate Research (in press). Johnson, V, G Currie & J Stanley (2011) ‘Exploring transport to arts and cultural activities as a facilitator of social inclusion’, Transport Policy, 18(1): 68–75.

Stanley, J, D Hensher, J Stanley, G Currie & W Greene (2011) ‘Social exclusion and the value of mobility’, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 45 (in press).

Other articles Stanley, J (2010) ‘Bushfire arson: A catastrophic crime’, Journal – Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance, 33: 12–15.

Conference papers Beringer, A & C Cope (2010) ‘Australian campuses sustainability assessment: Sustainable Campus Group national reporting project 2010’, in Proceedings of the Australian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS) 10th International Conference, Melbourne, 29 Sept – 1 Oct 2010. Collins, KB & RL Ison (2010) ‘The importance of choice: Framing the social dimensions of environmental change and governance for climate change adaptation’, in Proceedings of social

Deforested river bank in Indonesia (photo: Janet Stanley).

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dimensions of environmental change and governance: Conference on the human dimensions of global environmental change, Berlin, 8–9 Oct 2010. Currie, G, M Davis, A Delbosc & J Stanley (2010) ‘Identifying and addressing equity bias in household travel surveys’, in JM Viegas & R Macário (eds.), General proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Transport Research, July 11–15, 2010 – Lisbon. Ison, RL, A Grant & R Bawden (2010) ‘Scenario Praxis for Systemic and Adaptive Governance: A critical review’, in Scenarios for climate adaptation, critical perspectives: Proceedings of a VCCCAR project workshop, Melbourne, 11 Nov 2010. Ison, R & P Wallis (2010) ‘Planning as Performance: The Murray-Darling Basin Plan’, in Q Grafton & D Connell (eds.), Crawford School Dialogue: The MurrayDarling Basin Plan, ANU, Canberra.

Johnson, V, G Currie & J Stanley (2010) ‘Transport to arts and cultural activities: Determinants, dynamics and impacts on social inclusion’, in JM Viegas & R Macário (eds.), General proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Transport Research, July 11–15, 2010 – Lisbon. McShane, PE (2010) ‘Knowledge management for proactive collaboration on climate change’, in Proceedings of the 3rd Regional stakeholder forum on Mekong River Basin Development Plan, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 29–30 July 2010. McShane, PE, T Chan, H Linger & N Nguyen (2010) ‘Integrated management of the Red River Basin and the Mekong Delta’, in Proceedings of the Mekong Environment and Climate Symposium 2010, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 26–27 April, Mekong River Commission. Stanley, J & J Stanley (2010) ‘The place, role and experience of mobility for people at high risk of social exclusion’, in JM Viegas & R Macário (eds.), General proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Transport Research, July 11–15, 2010 – Lisbon.

Reports Argyriou, M & J Stanley (2010) The igreen and Y Green projects: Potential benefits from project expansion, MSI Report 10/01, Monash Sustainability Institute, Melbourne. Beringer, A & C Cope (2010) Australian campuses sustainability assessment: Sustainable Campus Group national reporting project 2010, Monash Sustainability Institute, Melbourne.

McShane, PE (2010) Developing integrated catchment management strategies for sustainable water use in response to climate change, AusAID Public Sector Linkage Program Activity Completion Report ROU Number 49819. McShane, PE (2010) Developing integrated catchment management strategies for sustainable water use in response to climate change. AusAID Public Sector Linkage Program Activity Completion Report ROU Number 49196. McShane, PE (2010) Climate and water management: India: Report from a workshop held 3–4 May 2010 in Mumbai, India, Monash Sustainability Institute, Melbourne.

Stanley, J, C Mulley, W Veeneman & D van de Velde (eds.) (2010) Social inclusion: Proceeding of the 11th International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport, Delft, Holland, 20–25 Sept 2009. Wong THF (ed.), R Allen, J Beringer, RR Brown, V Chaudhri, A Deletic´ ,TD Fletcher, W Gernjak, L Hodyl, C Jakob, M Reeder, N Tapper & C Walsh (2011) blueprint2011: Stormwater management in a water sensitive city, Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Melbourne.

McShane, PE (2010) Community development in the Ganga Basin in response to climate change: Proceedings of a workshop held on 22–23 Sept 2010 in Kolkata, India, Monash Sustainability Institute, Melbourne. McShane, PE (2010) Developing proactive policy and practice for land and water management responsive to climate change: Proceedings of a symposium held on 5–9 July 2010 in Melbourne, Australia, Monash Sustainability Institute, Melbourne. McShane, PE (2010) Extending successful community-based forest management in response to climate change: Proceedings of a workshop held on 20–21 Sept 2010 in Kolkata, India, Monash Sustainability Institute, Melbourne.

ClimateWorks Australia (2010) Low carbon growth plan for Australia, ClimateWorks Australia, Melbourne.

McShane, PE (2010) Integrated catchment management in response to climate change: Proceedings of a symposium held on 1–2 Sep 2009 in Melbourne, Australia, Monash Sustainability Institute, Melbourne.

Ison, RL (2010) ‘Strategic governance of the urban water sector: Independent review’, in Future of the urban water sector, National Water Commission, Canberra.

Sachdeva, A & P Wallis (2010) Our demand: Reducing electricity use in Victoria through demand management, MSI Report 10/04, Monash Sustainability Institute, Melbourne.

Ison, RL, B Iaquinto, KB Collins & J Floyd (2010) Transitioning Sydney to a water sensitive city. A report based on two day workshop with 119 water practitioners in Sydney in February 2009, Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority, Blacktown City Council, School of Geography and Environmental Science (Monash University) and Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (Monash University), Melbourne.

Stanley, J, R Birrell & E Healy (2010) Promoting social inclusion in adaptation to climate change: Discussion paper, MSI Report 10/02, Monash Sustainability Institute, Melbourne. Stanley, J & TS Kestin (2010) Advancing bushfire arson prevention in Australia: Report of a symposium held on 25–26 March 2010 in Melbourne, Australia, MSI Report 10/03, Monash Sustainability Institute, Melbourne.

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Grants and Philanthropic support

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This table lists current grants and grants received in 2010. Source

Project title

Recipients

ARC Linkage Grant

Systemic and adaptive water governance: Lessons for Australia from China and South Africa

Yongping Wei, John Langford, Ray Ison, Qi Feng & John Colvin

Total funding $320,553

Years 2010 – 2012

AusAid

Catchment management Indonesia

Paul McShane

$209,000

2009 – 2010

AusAid

Catchment management Vietnam

Paul McShane

$160,400

2009 – 2010

AusAid

Extending successful community-based forestry management experience for application in REDD scheme reforestation trials and development of an Asian carbon economy

Paul McShane

$255,000

2009 – 2010

AusAid

Managing community impacts of climate change in India and Bangladesh

Paul McShane

$250,000

2009 – 2010

AusAid

Strengthening capacity for climate change policy development (Indonesia)

Paul McShane

$245,000

2009 – 2010

AusAID Australian Leadership Awards Fellowship

Developing proactive policy and practice for land and water management responsive to climate change

Paul McShane

$321,500

2010

AusAID Australian Leadership Awards Fellowship

Integrated management of international rivers in response to climate change

Paul McShane

$220,200

2010

Australian Carbon Trust, through the Australian Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency

Low Carbon Growth Plan contribution

ClimateWorks Australia

$181,820

2010

Australian Football League

AFL – Green Club Program

Mark Boulet

$20,000

2010

Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)

Feasibility study on place-based disadvantage

Janet Stanley

$8,000

2010

Brisbane City Council, Central West Councils Salinity and Water Quality Alliance, City of Manningham, City of Port Phillip, Consortium of Sydney Metropolitan Councils, Marrickville City Council, Melbourne Water, Monash University, National Water Commission, South East Water, South Australia NRM Boards Consortium, South Australia State Government Consortium, Victorian Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development & VicUrban

Cities as Water Supply Catchments

Tony Wong, Rebekah Brown, Ana Deletic´ , Ross Allen, Jason Beringer, Vivek Chaudhri, Tim Fletcher, Wolfgang Gernjak, Leanne Hodyl, Christian Jacob, Nigel Tapper & Chris Walsh

Brown Coal Innovation Australia (BCIA)

BCIA Fellow

Kerry Pratt

Committee for Economic Development of Australia

Australian Water Resources Project

John Langford

$100,000

2010

Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations – Workplace Innovations Programme

Evaluation of Green Steps program and develop of accreditation under Vocational Education and Training system

Mark Boulet

$225,000

2010

Diversicon Environmental Foundation

Climate Scientists Australia

ClimateWorks Australia

Dusseldorf Skills Forum

The igreen and Y Green projects: Potential benefits from program expansion

Janet Stanley

Ecosystems Services Poverty Alleviation programme

Strengthening research capacity of China and South Africa in sustainable water resources management with UK and Australian experiences

Ray Ison

Energy Red

Internship funding

ClimateWorks Australia

$1,600

2010

EPA Victoria

Regional Low Carbon Growth Plan for Geelong

ClimateWorks Australia

$200,000

2010

EPA Victoria, Sustainability Victoria & The Shannon Company

Behaviour Change Initiative

Liam Smith & John Thwaites

$729,000

2011 – 2013

$19,835,736

2010 – 2014

$1,000,000

2010 – 2013

$20,000 $4,000 £120,000

2009 – 2010 2010 2009 – 2010

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Source

Project title

Recipients

Fuji Xerox Australia

Sustainability training for dealers

Mark Boulet

Greensync Pty. Ltd.

Social and environmental sustainability

Helen Macpherson Smith Trust

Total funding

Years

$5,000

2010

Janet Stanley & Phil Blythe

$10,000

2010

Electricity and water demand management

Janet Stanley, John Langford & Philip Wallis

$45,000

2009 – 2010

McKinsey & Company

Low Carbon Growth Plan contribution

ClimateWorks Australia

$420,000 in kind

2010

Monash Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences 2011 Faculty Strategic Grants

Perceived impacts of long term water insecurity on health and well-being of residents in small towns in rural Victoria

Marion Carey, Martha Sinclair, Malcolm Sim & Margaret Stebbing

$14,034

2011

Moreland Energy Foundation Ltd.

Monitoring and research advice to the Moreland Energy Foundation and Solar Cities project

Janet Stanley & Phil Blythe

$33,000

2010

National Australia Bank

Investor Perspectives’ Report for Retail & Healthcare

ClimateWorks Australia

$50,000

2010

National Australia Bank

Sustainable Futures Forums

ClimateWorks Australia

$50,000

2010

National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCAARF)

Water Network – Water Governance Research Initiative

Ray Ison, Lee Godden & Philip Wallis

$89,000

2010 – 2012

National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF)

Victorian node of the Water Resources and Freshwater Biodiversity Network

John Langford & Philip Wallis

$89,500

2009 – 2012

Natural Disaster Resilience Grants Scheme,Office of the Victorian Emergency Services Commissioner

Improving an information campaign for prevention of bushfire arson

Janet Stanley

$35,000

2010 – 2012

Oaktree Foundation

Global Changers Program – facilitator

Mark Boulet

$2,000

2010

Qld Department of Environment and Resource Management & Griffith university

Queensland Youth Environment Council

Mark Boulet

$10,400

2010

RACV Insurance

Causes and prevention of bushfire arson

Janet Stanley

$75,000

2009 – 2010

RACV Insurance

The Australian Bushfire Arson Prevention Initiative

Janet Stanley

$30,000

2010 – 2011

Regional Development Victoria

Regional Low Carbon Growth Plan for Gippsland

ClimateWorks Australia

Sustainability Victoria

Green Steps internship support for government agencies participating in ResourceSmart program

Mark Boulet

Sustainability Victoria

ResourceSmart Healthcare

Sustainability Victoria

ResourceSmart Tertiary Education

Sustainable Campus Group members

$300,000

2010

$20,000

2010

Mark Boulet

$61,000

2010

Monash Sustainability Institute

$ 81,904

2010

SCG membership fee 2010

Monash Sustainability Institute

$98,912

2010

Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority & Blacktown City Council

Opening conversations for communities of practice in water governance: Sydney

Ray Ison

$38,000

2010 – 2011

The Myer Foundation

ClimateWorks Australia

Dave Griggs

$4,600,000

2009 – 2013

VicHealth

Climate change and biodiversity health effects research fellowship

Dave Griggs

$403,000

2009 – 2012

Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research (VCCCAR)

Critical perspectives on scenario planning

Ray Ison

$10,000

2010 – 2011

Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research (VCCCAR)

Framing multi-level and multi-actor adaptation responses in the Victorian context

Ray Ison & Philip Wallis

$120,000

2010 – 2011

Victorian Department of Primary Industries

Systems thinking – capability development and application in relation to climate change adaptation and water managing

Ray Ison

$105,500

2009 – 2010

Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment

Low Carbon Growth Plan contribution

ClimateWorks Australia

$100,000

2010

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