The latest thought leadership and expert commentary from our members and announcements and stories from the ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions.

Thursday, 25 Sep 2025
  • News

Dr Bin Lu and Associate Professor Marnie Shaw explain how electric technologies represent a vast network of distributed energy storage

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Tuesday, 16 Sep 2025
  • News

Associate Professor Johanna Nalau and Professor Mark Howden discuss the government's National Adaptation Plan in The Conversation

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Tuesday, 16 Sep 2025
  • Research story

Plant scientist Dr Harry Myrans and engineer Associate Professor Juan Felipe Torres are working together to ensure yams and taro are capable of surviving droughts in Tonga.

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Wednesday, 10 Sep 2025

With help from communities and local governments across regional NSW and South-East Queensland, the team have developed Nature-based Solutions for flood mitigation in Australia - a set of guidelines which show how these solutions can be used effectively in different regions.

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Monday, 01 Sep 2025
  • News

China’s push to decarbonise its steel industry could dramatically reshape one of Australia’s most important export relationships.

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Wednesday, 27 Aug 2025
Monday, 25 Aug 2025
  • News

Congratulations to ANU ICEDS members named as Lead Authors for the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Report number seven (AR7).

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Monday, 04 Aug 2025
  • News

With climate-related disasters projected to increase in frequency and severity, the task of ensuring safe and adequate housing for all Australians remains a challenge.

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Wednesday, 23 Jul 2025
  • News

EVs and electric hot water systems offer more than just mobility or heating. They also have built-in energy storage. EV batteries store huge amounts of electricity – usually several times the size of a house battery. Hot water systems store energy too, in the form of heat.

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