Reflecting on a year of collaboration, achievement, and connection
As the year draws to a close, I have been reflecting on the sheer scale of work we do in the hub. Our research spans the full spectrum of climate research from modelling to adaptation and everything in between.
Last week we were able to meet as a whole hub team and hear from each project about their area of research. Usually at these kinds of events, people stick to their ‘groups’ but it was a pleasure to see researchers connect and collaborate, learning from each other and making connections they wouldn’t have access to without the hub.
Nine hub projects that began July 2022 are concluding this year. They are:
- Indigenous-led climate change knowledge and response: Indigenous perspectives on risk led by Peci Lyons
- Regional climate change guidance for local action led by Jason Evans, Andrew Dowdy and Hamish Ramsey
- Extreme events explained led by Pandora Hope and Francois Delage
- Climate-effective management for threatened species and protected places led by Alistair Hobday
- Extreme climate: dry, wet, hot-and-dry led by Dewi Kirono, Christine Chung and Ailie Gallant
- Transition to Net Zero – emissions pathways and managing carbon led by Pep Canadell
- Oceans and Coasts: connecting climate variability and extremes across scales led by Xuebin Zhang
- Towards the next generation Earth System Model – led by Tilo Ziehn and Hongyan Zhu
- Synthesis, communication and data: Tailored information for stakeholders.
Some of our colleagues will be moving on to work outside of the hub including project leads Alistair Hobday, Xuebin Zhang, Hamish Ramsey and Peci Lyons and some of their team members. They have made important contributions to the hub, and we hope they will continue to connect with our research in the future.
With such a large body of work concluding, the program management team will be working hard over the next 3 months to capture and share the achievements of these projects. Stay tuned in 2025 to hear more.
Finally, I want to thank everyone who has engaged with the hub this year. Whether you were involved in a project co-design, attended our webinars or used our resources, it’s powerful to see how far-reaching the hub’s research is.
Have a safe and restful holidays,
Dr Jaci Brown, Research Director of the Climate Intelligence Program at CSIRO. She is currently the acting hub leader.
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