Current Major Projects
Pacific Projects
2019-2024
Client: Palladium & DFAT
Project summary: Provide technical expertise and science advice to DFAT investments in the Pacific region, including integrating climate science into …
Australia Pacific Climate Partnership Expert Panel Read More »
Australia Pacific Climate Partnership Expert Panel
2022
Client: Wildlife Conservation Society
Project summary: C2O Pacific has developed a Community Marine Monitoring Toolkit to help communities monitor their marine environment so that they …
Community Marine Monitoring Toolkit for Solomon Islands Read More »
Community Marine Monitoring Toolkit for Solomon Islands
2022-2023
Client: Agence Française de Développement (ADF)
Project summary: C2O Pacific has developed a Community Marine Monitoring Toolkit to help communities monitor their marine environment so that they …
Community Marine Monitoring Toolkit for Pacific French Territories Read More »
Community Marine Monitoring Toolkit for Pacific French Territories
2021-2022
Client: IUCN
Project summary: IUCN funding to design a GEF project to improve the resilience of ecosystems and communities in Kiribati to …
Securing Kiribati’s Natural Heritage: Protected Areas for Community, Atoll and Island Climate Resilience (Securing Kiribati)
2020-2022
Client: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Project summary: Involved in the design of the Vanuatu Coastal Adaptation Project (VCAP) Phase 2 which is focused on biodiversity, …
Vanuatu Coastal Adaptation Program Phase 2
2021-2022
Client: World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Project summary: Conduct a review of recent nature-based solutions in the Pacific region and provide recommendations on future needs and …
Scoping nature-based solutions in the Pacific region Read More »
Scoping nature-based solutions in the Pacific region
2020-2021
Client: Cook Islands National Environment Service
Project summary: Develop an Outlook report for the Marae Moana marine area of the Cook Islands
Marea Moana (Cook Islands) Outlook Report
2020-2021
Client: Save The Children
Project summary: Chief of Party to lead the design of the 8-year Green Climate Fund project including feasibility study and …
Vanuatu community-based climate resilience
2019-2020
Client: Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority
Project summary: Developed a tailored Community Marine Monitoring Toolkit for the Marshall Islands. The Toolkit was delivered with comprehensive training …
A Community Marine Monitoring Toolkit for the Marshall Islands Read More »
A Community Marine Monitoring Toolkit for the Marshall Islands
2015-2019
Clients: Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Fonds Française pour l'Environement Mondial (FFEM)
Project summary: Goal to increase the resilience of ecosystems and communities in north Efate to global changes. This included the …
Vanuatu RESCCUE (restoration of ecosystem services and climate change adaptation) Read More »
Vanuatu RESCCUE (restoration of ecosystem services and climate change adaptation)
2016-2018
Client: US Fish and Wildlife Service
Project summary: Supported improved marine managed area zoning in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea to enhance food security from …
Biodiversity and fisheries-based livelihoods in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea Read More »
Biodiversity and fisheries-based livelihoods in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
2016-2018
Client: USAID Pacific-American Climate Fund (PACAM)
Project summary: Integrated climate change science into government and community-based planning and adaptation to minimise exposure and reduce vulnerability in …
Solomon Islands community-based climate change adaption Read More »
Solomon Islands community-based climate change adaption
2014-2020
Client: Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Project summary: Delivered community-based sustainable resource management using an innovative ranger platform that can drive local actions for water and …
Papua New Guinea Resilient Treaty Villages
2015
Client: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Project summary: Assessed the vulnerability of 22 Pacific Island Countries and Territories to ocean acidification to inform a regional programme …
Pacific Islands ocean acidification vulnerability assessment Read More »
Pacific Islands ocean acidification vulnerability assessment
2014
Client: Wallis and Futuna Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Project summary: Member of expert symposium to provide input on fisheries and climate change to inform the development of a …
Sustainable agriculture and fisheries in Wallis and Futuna Read More »
Sustainable agriculture and fisheries in Wallis and Futuna
2012-2013
Clients: Secretariat of the Pacific Community & Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
Project summary: Partnered with managers and communities to provide expertise on climate change vulnerability to identify adaptations and policies at …
Climate change adaptation in the Pacific region
2010
Client: Secretariat of the Pacific Community | Project summary: Facilitated survey design, identification of monitoring indicators, and site selection.
Monitoring climate change impacts on Pacific coastal fisheries
2008-2012
Clients: Secretariat of the Pacific Community and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Project summary: An international initiative led by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community to assess the vulnerability of tropical Pacific …
Vulnerability of Pacific habitats, fisheries and aquaculture to climate change Read More »
Vulnerability of Pacific habitats, fisheries and aquaculture to climate change
Australia Projects
2021-2024
Clients: Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment and Queensland Government Office of the Great Barrier Reef
Project summary: The Scientific Consensus Statement brings together the latest scientific evidence about how activities on land can impact water …
Scientific Consensus Statement
2021-2024
Client: Great Barrier Reef Foundation
Project summary: Coordinate a collaborative project that aims to address dissolved inorganic nitrogen in this sugarcane catchment, in partnership with …
Russell-Mulgrave Reef Trust Partnership Water Quality Program Read More »
Russell-Mulgrave Reef Trust Partnership Water Quality Program
2020-2023
Client: Great Barrier Reef Foundation
Project summary: Coordinate the Great Barrier Reef crown-of-thorns starfish control program with operational partners - INLOC - and Program Manager …
COTS Control Program
2022
Client: Queensland Government Office of the Great Barrier Reef
Project summary: The Ridge to Reef Alliance is a multi-disciplinary group of western scientists and Traditional Owners working together to …
Koinmerburra Ridge to Reef
2019-2022
Client: Reef and Rainforest Research Centre under DAWE NESP Funding
Project summary: Project to bring together the key findings and management applications from all of the NESP Tropical Water Quality …
NESP Synthesis Project
2021-2023
Client: Great Barrier Reef Foundation
Project summary: Develop a robust scientific consensus on the role of wetlands in nutrient (N) removal in the catchments of …
Great Barrier Reef Wetland Synthesis
2016-2022
Client: NQ Dry Tropics
Project summary: Coordinated the design of a major integrated project for reducing sediment runoff from the Bowen Broken Bogie catchments …
Burdekin Major Integrated Project: Landholders Driving Change Read More »
Burdekin Major Integrated Project: Landholders Driving Change
2018-current
Client: Great Barrier Reef Foundation
Project summary:
Reef Trust Partnership Water Quality Program Advisor
2016-2017
Client: Australian Government National Environmental Science Programme
Project summary: Mapped values in the northeast Australian seascape and adjacent Pacific waters to characterise the processes and attributes that …
Characterising the connectivity between marine values in the northeast Australian seascape and the Pacific region
2013-2016
Project summary: C2O Consulting responsible for overall coordination of the development and update of the Wet Tropics and Burdekin Water …
Water Quality Improvements Plans for Great Barrier Reef (GBR) Catchments Read More »
Water Quality Improvements Plans for Great Barrier Reef (GBR) Catchments
2014
Client: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Project summary: Identify key climate change issues for marine protected area impact assessments and incorporate into assessment policies, guidelines and …
Integrating climate change into marine environmental assessment policies Read More »
Integrating climate change into marine environmental assessment policies
2013-2014
Client: Torres Strait Regional Authority
Project summary: Development of a five-year Torres Strait Climate Change Strategy (2014-2018) that includes a community adaptation and resilience plan; …
Torres Strait climate change initiatives
2011-2014
Clients: Fisheries Research & Development Corporation and Commonwealth Department of Climate Change & Energy Efficiency
Project summary: Identification of potential impacts of climate change on northern Australian fisheries and adaptation for management.
Climate change impacts on fisheries resources of northern Australia
2011-2014
Client: Reef & Rainforest Research Centre
Project summary: Managed and facilitated the design, conduct and delivery of GBR water quality and Torres Strait research on behalf …
Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Research Coordination Read More »
Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Research Coordination
2009-2010
Client: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Project summary: Informed resilience-based management of the Great Barrier Reef through mapping of coral reef resilience in the Keppel Bay …
Great Barrier Reef resilience
2009-2010
Client: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Project summary: Developed a training package (curriculum) for ranger and community monitoring of coral reef health and impact surveys.
Coral reef health and impact survey training
Asia Projects
2021
Client: Market Development Facility (MDF)
Project summary: Supported the Market Development Facility (MDF) in Sri Lanka to workshop the implications of climate change for the …
Climate change risks and opportunities for MDF programs and activities in Sri Lanka Read More »
Climate change risks and opportunities for MDF programs and activities in Sri Lanka
2020-2021
Client: PEMSEA and UNDP
Project summary: Conducted a climate change vulnerability assessment for the large marine ecosystem of Arafura and Timor Seas, including habitats …
Arafura & Timor Seas Ecosystem Action Phase II – regional climate change vulnerability assessment
2012-2013
Client: WorldFish
Project summary: A review of climate change impacts on aquatic agricultural systems in select countries to identify ways to integrate …
Mainstreaming climate change into aquatic agricultural systems in the Asia-Pacific region
Europe Projects
2014-2016
Client: JPI Oceans
Project summary: Joint scientific intercalibration exercise for the EU Water Framework Directive coastal and transitional waters in the north-east Atlantic.
JPI Oceans Pilot Actions Program
2012-15
Client: Water Framework Directive
Project summary: Preparation and submission of Phytoplankton and Nutrient practitioner’s report detailing the Water Framework Directive tools for the UK.
Development and status of phytoplankton tools for ecological assessment of coastal and transitional waters, United Kingdom
Middle East Projects
2020-2021
Client: NEOM
Project summary: Conducted a semi-quantitative climate change situational analysis & vulnerability assessment for the NEOM region in the northern Red …
NEOM climate change vulnerability assessment
2020-2021
Client: NEOM
Project summary: Developed the inaugural Outlook Report for the NEOM region in the northern Red Sea of Saudi Arabia.
NEOM Outlook Report 2020
Indian Ocean Projects
2022-2023
Client: World Bank
Summary: Prepare management plans and engage with stakeholders for three identified sustainable-use marine protected areas to enable a cost-effective and …
Seychelles development of management plans for sustainable use areas (SWIOFish3) Read More »
Seychelles development of management plans for sustainable use areas (SWIOFish3)
Americas Projects
2012-13
Clients: AusAID and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Project summary: Partnership with coral reef managers to facilitate knowledge exchange and build capacity to address climate change.
Supporting Caribbean coral reef management (CARICOM)
Global Projects
2019-2020
Client: Food & Agriculture Organisation of the UN
Project summary: Analyse practical experiences of fisheries management adaptation to climate change through global case studies, and identify examples of …
Fisheries adaptation to climate change
2016-2017
Client: Coral Reef Unit, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Project summary: Synthesised science to develop a policy brief to inform international investment in coral reef activities to address pollution, …
Coral reefs and pollution: Science-to-policy Brief and Technical Report Read More »
Coral reefs and pollution: Science-to-policy Brief and Technical Report
2016-17
Clients: Fisheries and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific
Project summary: Member of the Conference Scientific Committee, and Convenor of the Proceedings Sub-Committee in Bangkok, Thailand.