On May 7, 2026, Associate Professor Michele Barnes took the stage at the Bank Hotel in Newtown for a Raising the Bar public talk, exploring one of the most overlooked dimensions of climate resilience: our connections with people and the natural world. Drawing on her research with coastal and resource-dependent communities across Australia and internationally,Continue reading “Michele Barnes at Raising the Bar: The Hidden Connections Behind Climate Resilience”
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Who benefits from climate adaptation? Preliminary findings shared in workshops in Leyte Province, the Philippines
SDEC Lab Postdoctoral Research Fellow Henry Bartelet conducted workshops in Leyte Province, the Philippines, to report and discuss preliminary findings from the Sydney Environment Institute funded research project on “Mapping Social Networks to Understand Disparities in Who Benefits (and Who Loses) from Climate Adaptation Projects.” This research project developed and applied a novel social networkContinue reading “Who benefits from climate adaptation? Preliminary findings shared in workshops in Leyte Province, the Philippines”
Mapping social networks to understand who benefits from climate adaptation
Adaptation projects can reduce climate risk, but their benefits and burdens are not shared equally. Working with partners in Eastern Visayas, the Philippines, our team mapped relationships of power, information, and resources around the Leyte Tide Embankment Project (LTEP) to see who gains, who loses, and why. Between July and November 2025, we conducted 71Continue reading “Mapping social networks to understand who benefits from climate adaptation”
Social Dynamics and Environmental Change 