Climate change is the ultimate ‘wicked problem’
Climate change is the ultimate ‘wicked problem’ with a web of interrelated consequences for people of all countries.
Climate change is the ultimate ‘wicked problem’. It is extremely complex scientifically and has a web of interrelated consequences for people of all countries. These include sea level rise, new weather patterns, impacts on agriculture and food production, and changing environmental conditions which affect all living species.
These four universities, and the CSIRO, are leading Australia’s research response to climate change, increasing the world’s knowledge of how to minimise it, helping to gauge its impact and developing strategies to deal with it.
For example the CSIRO, with universities and the Bureau of Meteorology, developed the ACCESS earth system model for weather and climate change forecasts.
The University of Queensland, at its Global Change Institute, is working with industry and government toward the goal of zero carbon emissions from agriculture. UNSW, at its Climate Change Research Centre, carries out critical research as well as educating the public about the risks and consequences of climate change.
See the top five research institutions for:
• Renewable energy
• Quantum technology
• Food and agriculture
• Healthy ageing
• Disability and rehabilitation
• Indigenous research
• Cybersecurity
• Medical technology and devices
• Media technology
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