Qualifications: 

PhD (Environmental Policy) (Griffith University) 

MEnvStud (University of Tasmania) 

M Art MArtAdmin (University of New South Wales) 

BAHons (Macquarie University) 

BSc (University of Queensland) 

Ros Taplin’s research background and qualifications are in sustainability science and her
primary research focus is on climate change including impacts and adaptation,
international policy on climate change, and Australian climate change policy. Her
research experience also has involved working on policy and management issues related to
a broad cross-section of environmental areas including: sustainable energy, air quality,
corporate responsibility and sustainability, new environmental policy instruments,
environmental impact assessment, voluntary environmental agreements, and sustainable
cities and regions. She is an enthusiastic and committed transdisciplinary researcher and
works from a perspective oriented towards practical decision-making outcomes. 

Prior to Bond University, Ros was Director of the Environmental Management Program in the
Graduate School of the Environment, Macquarie University. She was also a former Director
of the Climatic Impacts Centre, Macquarie University, and has held academic positions at
RMIT University and at the University of Adelaide. She also has a decade of consulting
experience involving a broad range of sectors of industry (insurance, manufacturing,
energy, mining and resources) and government (state and federal). She was a Principal
Greenhouse Consultant with both ACIL Consulting and a Principal Environmental Consultant
for SMEC (Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation).

Articles

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Appropriate climate change solutions: Towards sustainable bioenergy agro-production in Africa for energy equality and poverty alleviation (with Ian Duvenage and Lindsay C. Stringer), The international journal of climate change: Impacts and responses (2011)

Limited energy access within developing nations particularly in Africa is a primary reason for poverty....

 

Ecological viability or liability? Insurance system responses to climate risk (with Liam Phelan, Ann Henderson-Sellers, and Glenn Albrecht), Environmental policy and governance (2011)

Climate change is a phenomenon of the Earth system, which is characterized by thresholds and...

 

Australia and Russia: How do their environmental policy processes differ? (with Anna Firsova), Environment, development and sustainability: A multidisciplinary approach to the theory and practice of sustainable development (2009)

This paper focuses on comparative review and analysis of the systems of environmental protection, national...

 

Empowerment of individuals and realization of community agency: Applying action research to climate change responses in Australia (with Nina Hall and Wendy Goldstein), Action research (2009)

Using Participatory Action Research (PAR), the research presented here sought to resolve the problematic of...

 

Sustainable energy future for Vietnam: Evolution and implementation of effective strategies (with Sk Noim Uddin and Xiaojiang Yu), International journal of environmental studies (2009)

Vietnam has experienced high growth in economic development since the mid-1990s. This has resulted in...

 

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Conference Papers

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Climate change related labour market implications for the construction industry (with Peter J. Glynn), 17th Annual Pacific Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES) conference (2011)

Climate change will have a considerable impact on the construction and property industries. More specifically,...