Policy and governance

With broad knowledge and decades of combined experience in water and natural resource management, our expertise covers rural and urban water policy, the Murray-Darling Basin, water-sensitive cities, climate risk, and research and innovation. We also have considerable policy knowledge and expertise in catchment management, agriculture and landcare.

We consolidate technical information across physical and social sciences to develop robust policy, strategy and decision-making advice and recommendations to address climate risks and advance resilience for assets and communities. We help organisations assess their capacity, capability and governance processes and how the organisation could be positioned to take more proactive climate action, identify relevant climate hazards and develop adaptation responses to address the potential impact of these hazards.

We apply our policy and governance knowledge to regulatory economics, including on matters relating to utility pricing, regulation of water and environmental markets, and regulatory impact statements.

Change is unavoidable, and can be driven by factors such as climate change-related risk, shifting community and market expectations, public policy reform, and developments in contemporary governance and management practice. Our extensive knowledge and experience in climate, built and natural environments and natural resources means we are strongly attuned to the associated strategic, governance and institutional challenges faced by public and private sector organisations in navigating change and managing risk.