Professor Jamie Pittock teaches courses on environment and society (ENVS1001/6101) and climate change vulnerability and adaptation (ENVS8003 & ENVS8013). He co-convenes ANU's Masters of Climate Change program. Jamie's research focusses on environmental governance, climate change adaptation, energy and sustainable management of water. Jamie manages a research projects on irrigation in Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe) and on energy and food in south and south-east Asia.

Jamie's PhD examined integration between management of freshwater ecosystems and responses to climate change, involving case studies from nine countries.

Prior to joining ANU, Jamie worked for WWF International as Director of their Global Freshwater Program on conservation of wetlands, water use in agriculture, and river basin management. He worked for WWF Australia on: national environmental laws; conservation of threatened biodiversity; management of invasive species; and measures to support Indigenous and private conservation land managers. He also worked in the Northern Territory and in Victoria.

Jamie is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is a member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists and the World Commission on Protected Areas, serves on the public fund of Water Stewardship Asia-Pacific, and is a board member and chair of the Eminent Scientists Group of WWF Australia. Further, he chairs the ACT Natural Resources Management Advisory Committee. Jamie is an editor of Regional Environmental Change and Frontiers - Freshwater Science.

BSc, PhD, FHEA

• Climate change adaptation
• Conservation of freshwater ecosystems
• Hydropower and other water infrastructure
• Intersection of biodiversity, climate change, energy, food and water policies
• Multi-lateral environment agreements
• Non-government organizations and natural resources management
• River basin and landscape management
• Water management (including in Africa, China and the Mekong)