Dr Jo Mummery is an Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Environmental Governance, University of Canberra, with a research interest in how the evidence for climate change can be better integrated into decision-making and policy settings. Jo is the Chair of the Steering Committee for the Climate Systems Hub of the National Environmental Science Program, and is an independent member of the National Benefits Assessment Committee for Australia’s Marine National Facility. Jo has also worked extensively on climate change adaptation and the management of climate science at senior executive levels in Australian Government Departments. She initiated and led Australia’s first pass national coastal and climate change risk assessment, built national datasets and capacity to assess coastal risk, and commissioned guidance and tools to integrate climate change into coastal decision-making, including through the National Committee on Coastal and Ocean Engineering of Engineers Australia. Internationally Jo has led the design and oversight of significant programs delivering climate knowledge and adaptation to some 14 countries in the Pacific. Jo also contributed to the development of CoastAdapt by the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.
Jo Mummery
