Project team member spotlight Professor Neville Crossman - Flinders University
- Jun 6
- 1 min read
31/05/2025
Professor Neville Crossman - Flinders University
With the CLLMM region having again recently experienced both flooding and drought, it is important to explore new ways to understand climate change, and how we respond and prepare for its impacts.
This project is a collaboration between Flinders University, University of South Australia, CSIRO, local scientist Dr Kerri Muller and CLLMM communities. It is led by Neville, who has international experience leading science policy of land and water systems, including roles with the United Nations, European Union, the World Bank and WWF, while closer to home has had a long-term interest in the Murray Darling Basin.
“The focus is on adaptation planning – how, throughout the region, we can understand, predict and respond to impacts of more frequent, and more intense, periods of drought and flood caused by climate change” says Neville.
Direct input from community members will develop creative approaches to help us all understand and engage with identified threats and how our ecosystem can be protected from them. A series of community workshops are underway currently, which will deliver a creative output to communicate - visually, aurally, both perhaps - how the community experiences climate change and what needs to be done to adapt to the extremes of impacts to local communities caused by drought and flood.
By improving understanding and engagement, ecosystem managers and the broader CLLMM community can together co-design protection measures and activities that align with priorities and will attract strong local support.
