Professor Brendan Mackey

Brendan Mackey


Position:

Director

Department:

Climate Action Beacon

Role:

Researcher,Research Committee

Areas of research & interest:

  • Carbon markets; ecosystem services; carbon sequestration; nature based solutions

Research Institution:

Geographic Coverage:

Queensland

Location:

Brisbane


BIO

Professor Mackey has over 300 academic publications in the fields of climate change research and biodiversity as well as related topics in environmental science and policy. Brendan was a Coordinating Lead Author for the 2022 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC 6th Assessment Report, Working Group II - impacts, vulnerability & adaptation. He currently co-leads the Queensland Decarbonisation Hub's research theme Nature-based Solutions & Environmental Integrity and is Director of the Griffith Climate Action Beacon at Griffith University, Queensland. Brendan has PhD in plant ecology from The Australian National University