Our Projects

A Threatened Species Prioritisation Framework for Queensland

CSIRO is developing a threatened species prioritisation framework for the effective and ongoing persistence and recovery of Queensland's threatened species. […]

A knowledge synthesis to inform a national approach to fighting extinction

CSIRO is co-leading a NESP Threatened Species Recovery Hub project for a national scale response to Australia’s species extinction crisis. […]

Digital collaboration to transform connectivity in Vietnam and Australia

CSIRO and partners are leveraging existing partnerships, digital tools, and unique data sets to transform connectivity in Vietnam. Digital technologies […]

Enabling Resilience Investment

How do we shift communities, regions and economies away from high risk and disaster-prone situations towards well-adapted and disaster resilient futures?

Nyinggulu Indigenous Ecological Knowledge

Nyinggulu Traditional Owners, CSIRO and the WA Government developed the Nyinggulu Seasons calendar. This project implemented Indigenous seasonal calendar methodology, […]

Understanding agrichemical use in South East Asian agriculture

CSIRO, in collaboration with ACIAR and international research partners, is developing new pathways for safer, off-label use of agrichemicals. This […]

Transforming Human Mobilities in a Changing Climate

Can diverse forms of human mobility provide solutions to the new nexus of climate change adaptation and development challenges? Human […]

Integrating systemic risks and value creation into decision making

CSIRO and partners are designing tools to design and assess projects to deliver both financial and resilience outcomes. Thriving in […]

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Indigenous Perspectives of Climate Change and Risk

CSIRO is supporting Indigenous-led climate adaptation planning Indigenous peoples are some of the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate […]

Supply Chain Benchmarking Tool

CSIRO is working on a tool to benchmark Australia’s supply chains. Building on the CSIRO Transport Network Strategic Investment Tool […]

Mapping future road transport passages and volumes for improved planning designs

CSIRO is analysing road and rail freight costs, flow and impacts for the Beetaloo Sub-basin in the Northern Territory. Using […]

Enhancing smallholder linkages to markets by optimising transport and logistics infrastructure

CSIRO is evaluating options to reduce logistics costs to small-scale farmers, and contributing to infrastructure policy. CSIRO is working in […]

Traditional Owner-led Monitoring and Reporting in the Great Barrier Reef

We are supporting Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owners to develop and implement integrated monitoring of their Indigenous Heritage values. In […]

Adaption of biodiversity conservation in South East Queensland

CSIRO is developing adaptation pathways for managing biodiversity under climate change with partners in South East Queensland. CSIRO is holding […]

A roadmap for an Australian edible insect research & industry

Eating insects is delicious, nutritious & sustainable. CSIRO is working on a roadmap to support the Australian edible insect industry. […]

Support for ABC’s Mt Resilience

We are supporting the ABC's augmented reality experience "Mt Resilience", released in conjunction with Craig Reucaussel’s ‘Big Weather’ program. We […]

Queensland Reconstruction Authority Resilience Framework

With our partners the Queensland Reconstruction Authority, we co-developed resilience narratives and a checklist to support the Queensland Strategy for […]

Adaptation pathways for the Mekong delta

We are helping Mekong communities adapt to more frequent extreme events and transform to resilient and sustainable livelihoods. In recent […]

Transition planning with regional Queensland communities

With our partners, CSIRO is assessing the risks, challenges and opportunities for regional communities and identifying pathways for the future. […]

Innovation Platforms for Improved Rural Livelihoods in Vietnam

Innovation platforms create sustainable agricultural livelihoods. Agriculture involves many inherent risks, including biophysical risk, market risk, farming technique and management […]

Adaptation in the Coorong

CSIRO is helping partners adapt to the potentially transformational impacts of climate change on the iconic Coorong wetlands, South Australia. […]

Environmental Prediction Symposium Synthesis

In an increasingly interconnected and rapidly changing world, planning for a sustainable future requires future-focused and integrative approaches. Our ability to envision alternative futures, to evaluate between them, and to develop plans and make decisions, is crucial for building pathways to a future that balances thriving social, financial, and environmental systems.

Australian Vulnerability Profile

Natural hazards lead to disasters if they intersect with a society which is exposed and vulnerable. Prevailing predominant approaches to disaster risk assessment and management place most effort on quantifying the characteristics of the hazard and mapping exposure; with vulnerability largely ignored or superficially considered.