Climate Change

Matthew is a Scientia Professor and Deputy Director of the Climate Change Research Centre at UNSW. He is an international expert in oceanography and climate dynamics and at the forefront of global scientific efforts to understand the impact of human-induced global warming.

Light-weight, cheap and ultra-thin perovskite crystals have promised to shake-up renewable energy for some time.

A hundred years from now, will you be taking a pill or using your own cells to cure disease? This is just one of the predictions from four futurists who imagine how some of our biggest challenges will play out.

UNSW Sydney has brought a global alliance of top climate change researchers together to provide a new, international platform for universities to communicate climate research with authority to our leaders.

Coral records have been utilised by researchers to reconstruct the variability of the Indian Ocean Dipole – a big player in the severe drought and record hot temperatures last year – over the last millennium.

The University will divest of fossil fuel assets by 2025 as part of its net zero emissions goal.

Australia doesn’t currently export renewable energy. But an ambitious new solar project is poised to change that.

Technology investment, a carbon price and clear goals are all necessary to effectively reduce carbon emissions. Without all three we are bound to fail.

Perhaps 2°C doesn't sound like much, but if you look through history, 2°C temperature changes have had huge effects on the planet and people.

Integrated Energy Storage Solutions Hub at UNSW, led by Professor Joe Dong, will focus on facilitating transition towards sustainable, reliable, secure and cost-effective energy sectors.

Suburban planning models are not suitable for bushland – so why would we continue to rebuild with them?