Profiles

Jan McDonald

Prof Jan McDonald

Jan McDonald

Professor, Faculty of Law
Associate Dean, Governance, Equity and Culture
College of Arts, Law and Education

Room 2.12 , Faculty of Law Building

+61 3 6226 2070 (phone)

+61 3 6226 7623 (fax)

Jan.McDonald@utas.edu.au

Some of the impacts of climate change are inevitable and we are going to have to adapt. In Australia, 80% of the population lives within 50km of the coast. Sea levels will rise. There will be increased erosion. We will have greater need to manage bushfire risk and larger demands on emergency services. How we respond to these changes is important for the future of communities, economies and the natural world.

Exploring a legal framework for climate change resilience

Professor of environmental law, Jan McDonald, is exploring the role that law can play in helping us to adapt to the impacts of climate change.

'There is an incredible amount of policy effort focused on reducing the impacts of climate change by reducing emissions, and this is vital. There is also a real need to prepare for the impacts that now seem inevitable, and there is currently less focus here,' said Professor McDonald.

'Adaptation to climate change will demand a multifaceted approach including technological solutions, economic incentives, community education, and legal interventions. The law will be an important tool for promoting resilience to change, but designing it appropriately requires care.'

Professor McDonald has pioneered the field of climate adaptation law in Australia.

'The Law is steady and certain. It evolves slowly, and typically can't respond well to radical change. The impacts of climate change will require some laws to effect transformation.'

'I am pleased to have raised the profile of this area. A one-size-fits-all approach will not work. We will need to create a legal framework to cope with climate change, not wait for the law to adapt. If we wait, it will be too late.'

Professor McDonald says the law will become more important as the competing adaptation priorities between ecosystems and communities become apparent.

'One of the key benefits of progress in this field will be the protection of coastal assets and biodiversity, which has great economic, spiritual, intrinsic and cultural value,' said Professor McDonald.

'As humans respond to the impacts of climate change, we have to ensure that we do not displace other species who are themselves adapting to environmental change. For example, the increased use of firebreaks to protect development in fire-prone areas will reduce important habitat for animals.

'We also need to protect the areas that animals are going to need to migrate to when coastal erosion happens. We can identify the areas that are going to be important future habitat now, and the law should ensure that it is protected.'

Another benefit is reducing businesses' exposure to future liability.

'Businesses cannot afford to ignore the potential impacts of climate change. The most expensive developments are often built on the coast. While increased regulation now might seem like a hand brake, in 100 years, the owners of developments in affected areas may think differently in hindsight.'

By establishing where the law fits into the range of interventions required today, Professor McDonald's research may help prepare us for the impacts of climate change tomorrow.

Jan McDonald is the New Star Professor of Environmental Law in the Faculty of Law. Her current research spans the legal and policy dimensions of climate change adaptation, including urban planning and coastal management, liability and insurance issues, and the application of resilience thinking to law. Professor McDonald is President of the National Environmental Law Association and was a Contributing Author to the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report. She has consulted to local, state and national governments on environmental and climate change adaptation issues, and has taught, researched and published widely across a range of environmental law issues. Professor McDonald has won over $3million in research funding, including three competitive grants relating to climate change adaptation since 2011.

Biography

Jan McDonald is the New Star Professor of Environmental Law. She has consulted to local, state and national governments on environmental and climate change adaptation issues. In 2004-2005, Jan served as Environment Program Manager for the United Nations Development Program's Pacific office, in Solomon Islands and has served as a consultant to the Government of Vanuatu and Solomon Islands, as well as several environmental non-government organisations.

Since her arrival in Tasmania and the Faculty of Law in 2011, Jan has won three competitive grants relating to climate change adaptation and was appointed to the Tasmanian Climate Action Council in 2012. Her current research spans the legal and policy dimensions of climate change adaptation, including urban planning and coastal management, liability and insurance issues, the application of resilience thinking to law.

Jan McDonald has taught, researched and published widely across a range of environmental law issues. Before coming to Tasmania, she was Director of the Griffith Climate Change Response Program and Professor of Environmental Law and Policy in the Griffith School of Environment. In 2007, she led Griffith University's successful bid to host the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility and served as NCCARF Establishment Director in 2007-2008. She also led Griffith University's role the South East Queensland Climate Adaptation Research Initiative (SEQ-CARI) - a partnership between the Queensland and Australian Governments, the CSIRO Climate Adaptation National Research Flagship, Griffith University, University of the Sunshine Coast and University of Queensland.

Jan is President of the National Environmental Law Association and has served as a member of the Tasmanian Climate Action Council. She was a Contributing Author to the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report.

Career summary

Qualifications

Degree	Title of Thesis	University	Country	Awarded
PhD	International Trade and Forest Protection: A Legal and Policy Framework for Sustainable Trade in Forest Product	Bond University	Australia	2001
LLM	Environment and Natural Resources Law (summa cum laude)	Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College	United States	1992
LLB		University of Queensland	Australia	1990
BA	Law/Journalism	University of Queensland	Australia	1987

Memberships

Professional practice

President of the National Environmental Law Association (2014-present)
Member of the editorial board of the international, peer-reviewed journal, Climate Law (2013 – present)
Member of the editorial board of the Environmental and Planning Law Journal (2008- present)
Member of the Tasmanian Climate Action Council, a body established in the Climate Change (State Action) Act 1998 (Tas), from 2012 until its abolition in 2014
Member of the Australian Panel of Experts on Environmental Law, convened by the Places You Love Alliance
Barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland

Committee associations

Environmental Law Commission of the IUCN
National Environmental Law Association
Climate Tasmania

Other

Centre for Marine Socio-Ecology

Teaching

Environmental Law, Climate Law, International Trade, Environment

Teaching expertise

Climate Change Law and Policy
Current Issues in Environmental Law
Environmental Law
Climate Change Adaptation
Trade, Globalisation and Environmental Law

Teaching responsibility

Research Appointments

2013-2017 University of Tasmania
Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Law
2007-2009 National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Griffith University
Research Manager & Deputy Director (October 2008-May 2009)
Interim Director (November 2007-October 2008)
2006-2010 Griffith University
Director, Griffith Climate Change Response Program, June 2007-2010
Deputy Dean (Research), Griffith Law School 2006-2007
Deputy Director, Socio-Legal Research Centre, July 2006-December 2007
Acting Director, Socio-Legal Research Centre, July-December 2006

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Expertise

Jan has researched and published widely on a range of environmental law issues. In recent years, her research has spanned the legal and policy dimensions of climate change adaptation, including urban planning and coastal management, liability and insurance issues. Jan has consulted to local, state and national governments on environmental and climate change adaptation issues and has worked closely with Clarence Council to identify the legal issues arising from various adaptation options.

Since arriving at the University of Tasmania is 2011, Jan has completed projects supported by three competitive grants relating to climate change adaptation, relating to spatial planning instruments, coastal adaptation and the status of adaptation research. New projects explore and test the application of resilience thinking to the legal challenges posed by the Anthropocene.

Research Themes

As a specialist in environmental law and a member of the Centre for Marine Socio-Ecology, Jan's research aligns with both the Environment, Resources and Sustainability and the Marine, Maritime and Antarctic University of Tasmania research themes.

Awards

2006 Lewis & Clark Law School Distinguished Environmental Law Graduate Award

Current projects

2012 National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility Australia Grants Program, Supporting evidence-based adaptation decision-making in Tasmania - The state of adaptation research, McDonald J, Hobday A, Lyth A, Meinke H, Wilson L, $70000.
2011 National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility Australia Grants Program, The Legal, Institutional, and Cultural Barriers to Adaptation to Sea-Level Rise in Australia, Barnet J, Coates B, Lazarow N, McDonald J, Wood K, $292000.
2011 National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility Australia Grants Program, Limp, leap or learn: Developing legal frameworks for climate change adaptation planning in Australia, McDonald J, Bonyhady T, England P, Macintosh A, $217000.
2011 Government of Tasmania Climate Connect Program, Climate Change Health Impact and Risk Assessment Tool: A pilot implementation project, Bell E, Blashki G, McDonald J, Turner P, Woodruff R, Pillor S, & Seidel B, $31 892.
2009 National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Synthesis and Integrative Research Programme, Historical Case studies – Storm tides, Tomlinson R, Callahan G, McDonald J, Yorke Y, Magendanz D, Sultmann S, Goodwin I, Thomalla F, $84 000
2008 Cluster Project Leader - CSIRO Collaboration Fund Cluster (with UQ & University of Sunshine Coastal), Regional Adaptation to Climate Change – A Case Study in Southeast Queensland (total value $3million, amount to Griffith $1.6million)
2007 Commonwealth of Australia, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility – led Griffith consortium bid for right to host($50 million, $20 million to Griffith University)

Fields of Research

Environmental and Natural Resources Law (180111)
Environment Policy (160507)
Urban and Regional Studies (excl. Planning) (160404)

Research Objectives

Justice and the Law (940499)
Climate Change Adaptation Measures (960301)
Social Impacts of Climate Change and Variability (960311)

Publications

Total publications

Journal Article

(37 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2019	McDonald J, McCormack PC, Dunlop M, Farrier D, Feehely J, et al., 'Adaptation pathways for conservation law and policy', WIREs Climate Change, 10, (1) Article e555. ISSN 1757-7780 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/wcc.555 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 3 Co-authors: McCormack PC; Gilfedder L; Hobday AJ Tweet
2019	McDonald J, McGee J, Brent K, Burns W, 'Governing geoengineering research for the Great Barrier Reef', Climate Policy, 19, (7) pp. 801-811. ISSN 1469-3062 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2019.1592742 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 6 Co-authors: McGee J; Brent K Tweet
2019	Stephenson RL, Hobday AJ, Cvitanovic C, Alexander KA, Begg GA, et al., 'A practical framework for implementing and evaluating integrated management of marine activities', Ocean and Coastal Management, 177 pp. 127-138. ISSN 0964-5691 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.04.008 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Hobday AJ; Cvitanovic C; Alexander KA; Frusher S; Fudge ME; Fulton EA; Haward M; Macleod C; Nash KL; Ogier E; Pecl G; Plaganyi EE; van Putten I Tweet
2018	Bonebrake TC, Brown CJ, Bell JD, Blanchard JL, Chauvenet A, et al., 'Managing consequences of climate-driven species redistribution requires integration of ecology, conservation and social science', Biological Reviews, 93, (1) pp. 284-305. ISSN 1464-7931 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/brv.12344 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 40Web of Science - 22 Co-authors: Blanchard JL; Champion C; Clark TD; Frusher S; Hobday AJ; Lee E; McCormack PC; Twiname S; Villanueva C; Wapstra E; Pecl GT Tweet
2018	Brent K, McDonald J, McGee J, Gogarty B, 'Carbon dioxide removal geoengineering', Australian Law Journal, 92, (10) pp. 830-838. ISSN 0004-9611 (2018) [Refereed Article] [eCite] [Details] Citations: Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: Brent K; McGee J; Gogarty B Tweet
2018	Brent KA, McGee JS, McDonald J, Rohling EJ, 'International law poses problems for negative emissions research', Nature Climate Change, 8, (6) pp. 451-453. ISSN 1758-678X (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/s41558-018-0181-2 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 3 Co-authors: Brent KA; McGee JS Tweet
2018	Cvitanovic C, van Putten EI, Hobday AJ, Mackay M, Kelly R, et al., 'Building trust among marine protected area managers and community members through scientific research: insights from the Ningaloo Marine Park, Australia', Marine Policy, 93 pp. 195-206. ISSN 0308-597X (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2018.04.010 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 3 Co-authors: Cvitanovic C; van Putten EI; Hobday AJ; Mackay M; Kelly R Tweet
2018	Gogarty B, McGee J, Brent K, McDonald J, Haward M, et al., 'Glacier geoengineering needs lawyers too', Nature, 560 Article 167. ISSN 0028-0836 (2018) [Letter or Note in Journal] DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-05877-5 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Gogarty B; McGee J; Brent K; Haward M; King MA Tweet
2018	Hardy A, McDonald J, Guijt R, Leane E, Martin A, et al., 'Academic parenting: work-family conflict and strategies across child age, disciplines and career level', Studies in Higher Education, 43, (4) pp. 625-643. ISSN 0307-5079 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2016.1185777 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 8 Co-authors: Hardy A; Guijt R; Leane E; Martin A; James A; Jones M; Corban M; Green B Tweet
2018	Holbrook R, McDonald J, 'Offsetting cultural heritage: Lessons from the theory and practice of biodiversity offsets', Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 35, (3) pp. 247-266. ISSN 0813-300X (2018) [Refereed Article] [eCite] [Details] Citations: Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: Holbrook R Tweet
2018	Wenta J, McDonald J, McGee JS, 'Enhancing resilience and justice in climate adaptation laws', Transnational Environmental Law pp. 1-30. ISSN 2047-1025 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1017/S2047102518000286 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2 Co-authors: Wenta J; McGee JS Tweet
2017	Cvitanovic C, Hobday AJ, McDonald J, Van Putten EI, Nash KL, 'Governing fisheries through the critical decade: the role and utility of polycentric systems', Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 28, (1) pp. 1-18. ISSN 0960-3166 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s11160-017-9495-9 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 18 Co-authors: Cvitanovic C; Hobday AJ; Van Putten EI; Nash KL Tweet
2017	Pecl GT, Araujo MB, Bell JD, Blanchard J, Bonebreak TC, et al., 'Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being', Science, 355, (6332) Article eaai9214. ISSN 0036-8075 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1126/science.aai9214 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 500Web of Science - 461 Co-authors: Pecl GT; Blanchard J; Clark TD; Frusher S; Jennings S; McCormack PC; Villanueva C; Wapstra E Tweet
2016	Cvitanovic C, McDonald J, Hobday AJ, 'From science to action: principles for undertaking environmental research that enables knowledge exchange and evidence-based decision-making', Journal of Environmental Management, 183, (Part 3) pp. 864-874. ISSN 0301-4797 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.09.038 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 64Web of Science - 61 Co-authors: Cvitanovic C; Hobday AJ Tweet
2016	Foerster A, McDonald J, 'Thresholds, scale and strategy for biodiversity offsets in Australia: where to draw the line?', Environmental Law and Management, 28, (1) pp. 13-30. ISSN 1067-6058 (2016) [Refereed Article] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Foerster A Tweet
2016	Lyth A, Harwood A, Hobday AJ, McDonald J, 'Place influences in framing and understanding climate change adaptation challenges', Local Environment, 21, (6) pp. 730-751. ISSN 1354-9839 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2015.1015974 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 8Web of Science - 5 Co-authors: Lyth A; Harwood A Tweet
2016	McDonald J, McCormack PC, Fleming AJ, Harris RMB, Lockwood M, 'Rethinking legal objectives for climate-adaptive conservation', Ecology and Society, 21, (2) Article 25. ISSN 1708-3087 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.5751/ES-08460-210225 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 9 Co-authors: McCormack PC; Fleming AJ; Harris RMB; Lockwood M Tweet
2016	McDonald J, McCormack PC, Foerster A, 'Promoting resilience to climate change in Australian conservation law: the case of biodiversity offsets', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 39, (4) pp. 1612-1651. ISSN 0313-0096 (2016) [Refereed Article] [eCite] [Details] Citations: Web of Science - 8 Co-authors: McCormack PC; Foerster A Tweet
2015	Brent K, McGee J, McDonald J, 'The governance of geoengineering: an emerging challenge for international and domestic legal systems?', Journal of Law, Information and Science, 24, (1) pp. EAP 1-33. ISSN 0729-1485 (2015) [Refereed Article] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Brent K; McGee J Tweet
2015	Foerster AC, Macintosh A, McDonald J, 'Trade-Offs in Adaptation Planning: Protecting Public Interest Environmental Values', Journal of Environmental Law, 27, (3) pp. 459-487. ISSN 0952-8873 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1093/jel/eqv017 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 4 Co-authors: Foerster AC Tweet
2015	McDonald J, 'Editorial', University of Tasmania Law Review, 34, (1) pp. 1-3. ISSN 0082-2108 (2015) [Letter or Note in Journal] [eCite] [Details]
2015	McDonald J, 'Editor 'Special Edition'', 34, (1) ISSN 0082-2108 (2015) [Edited Journal] [eCite] [Details]
2015	McIntosh A, Foerster AC, McDonald J, 'Policy design, spatial planning and climate change adaptation: a case study from Australia', Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 58, (8) pp. 1432-1453. ISSN 0964-0568 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2014.930706 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 20Web of Science - 8 Co-authors: Foerster AC Tweet
2014	Hobday A, McDonald J, 'Environmental Issues in Australia', Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 39 pp. 1-28. ISSN 1543-5938 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-012113-111451 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 17Web of Science - 16 Tweet
2014	Hobday AJ, Maxwell SM, Forgie J, McDonald J, Darby M, et al., 'Dynamic ocean management: integrating scientific and technological capacity with law, policy and management', Stanford Environmental Law Journal, 33, (2) pp. 125-165. ISSN 0892-7138 (2014) [Refereed Article] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2014	McAllister RRJ, Smith TF, Lovelock CE, Choy DL, Ash AJ, et al., 'Adapting to climate change in South East Queensland, Australia', Regional Environmental Change: Natural and Social Aspects, 14, (2) pp. 429-433. ISSN 1436-3798 (2014) [Contribution to Refereed Journal] DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0505-8 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 5 Tweet
2014	McCormack P, McDonald J, 'Adaptation strategies for biodiversity conservation: Has Australian law got what it takes?', Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 31 pp. 114-136. ISSN 0813-300X (2014) [Refereed Article] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: McCormack P Tweet
2014	McDonald J, 'A Short History of Climate Adaptation Law in Australia', Climate Law, 4, (1-2) pp. 150-167. ISSN 1878-6553 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1163/18786561-00402013 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5 Tweet
2014	McDonald J, Styles M, 'Legal Strategies for Adaptive Management under Climate Change', Journal of Environmental Law, 26, (1) pp. 25-53. ISSN 1464-374X (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1093/jel/equ003 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 23Web of Science - 17 Co-authors: Styles M Tweet
2013	Foerster AC, Macintosh A, McDonald J, 'Transferable lessons for climate change adaptation planning? Managing bushfire and coastal climate hazards in Australia', Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 30, (6) pp. 469-490. ISSN 0813-300X (2013) [Refereed Article] [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 8 Co-authors: Foerster AC Tweet
2013	Haward M, Jabour JA, McDonald J, 'Small fish in a big pond: lessons from the Abel Tasman controversy', Australian Journal of Maritime & Ocean Affairs, 5, (1) pp. 22-27. ISSN 1836-6503 (2013) [Refereed Article] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Haward M; Jabour JA Tweet
2013	Tracey S, Buxton CD, Gardner C, Green BS, Hartmann K, et al., 'Super Trawler Scuppered in Australian Fisheries Management Reform', Fisheries, 38, (8) pp. 345-350. ISSN 0363-2415 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/03632415.2013.813486 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 19Web of Science - 22 Co-authors: Tracey S; Buxton CD; Gardner C; Green BS; Hartmann K; Haward M; Jabour JA; Lyle JM Tweet
2012	Verschuuren J, McDonald J, 'Towards a legal framework for coastal adaptation: assessing the first steps in Europe and Australia', Transnational Environmental Law, 1, (2) pp. 355-379. ISSN 2047-1025 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1017/S204710251200009X [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 10Web of Science - 6 Tweet
2011	McDonald J, 'The role of law in climate change adaptation', Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change (Online), 2, (2) pp. 283-295. ISSN 1757-7799 (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/wcc.96 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 47Web of Science - 38 Tweet
2007	McDonald J, 'A Risky Climate for Decision-Making: The Liability of Development Authorities for Climate Change Impacts', Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 24, (6) pp. 405-417. ISSN 0813-300X (2007) [Refereed Article] [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 23
2007	McDonald J, 'Politics, Process and Principle: mutual supportiveness or irreconcilable differences in the trade-environment linkage', University of New South Wales Law Journal, The, 30, (2) pp. 524-547. ISSN 0313-0096 (2007) [Refereed Article] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2006	McDonald J, 'Provincial Strengthening and Environmental Governance in Solomon Islands', Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, 9, (4) pp. 1-40. ISSN 1385-2140 (2006) [Refereed Article] [eCite] [Details]

Book

(4 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2019	Godden L, Peel J, McDonald J, 'Environmental Law', Oxford University Press, Docklands, Victoria, pp. 407. ISBN 9780195522297 (2019) [Authored Research Book] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2013	Macintosh A, Foerster AC, McDonald J, 'Limp, Leap or Learn? Developing legal frameworks for climate change adaptation planning in Australia', National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Gold Coast, pp. 267. ISBN 978-1-925039-12-2 (2013) [Authored Research Book] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Foerster AC
2013	McDonald J, Harkin J, Harwood A, Hobday A, Lyth A, et al., 'Supporting evidence-based adaptation decision-making in Tasmania: a synthesis of climate change adaptation research', National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Gold Coast, pp. 173. ISBN 978-1-925039-81-8 (2013) [Authored Research Book] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Harwood A; Lyth A; Meinke HB
2010	Bonyhady T, Macintosh A, McDonald J, 'Adaptation to Climate Change: Law and Policy', Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 287. ISBN 1862877963 (2010) [Edited Book] [eCite] [Details]

Chapter in Book

(12 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2017	Brent K, McGee J, McDonald Jan, 'Negative emissions and geoengineering technologies: an emerging challenge for international and domestic legal systems', O Estado Regulador no Cenario Ambiental, Instituto Planeta Verde, AA de Carli, E Aydos, and PCS Avzaradel (ed), Sao Paulo, pp. 406-466. ISBN 978-85-63522-42-9 (2017) [Research Book Chapter] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Brent K; McGee J Tweet
2017	McDonald J, 'Risk, resilience and inequality: using law to build resilience to climate change impacts', Risk, Resilience, Inequality and Environmental Law, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., BM Hutter (ed), Cheltenham, UK, pp. 29-48. ISBN 978 1 78536 379 5 (2017) [Research Book Chapter] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2017	Mcdonald J, 'Reforming Environmental Law for Responsiveness to Change', New Directions for Law in Australia: Essays in Contemporary Law Reform, ANU Press, R Levy, M O'Brien, S Rice, P Ridge, M Thornton (ed), Acton, ACT, pp. 243-252. ISBN 9781760461416 (2017) [Research Book Chapter] DOI: 10.22459/NDLA.09.2017 [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2016	McDonald J, Foerster A, 'Protecting coastal wetlands in a changing climate: reinvigorating integrated coastal zone governance', Trans-jurisdictional Water Law and Governance, Routledge, J Gray, C Holley and R Rayfuse (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 240-259. ISBN 9781138928275 (2016) [Research Book Chapter] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Foerster A Tweet
2015	McDonald J, 'The Ebb and Flow of Coastal Adaptation in Australia', Climate Change Impacts on Ocean and Coastal Law, Oxford University Press, Abate, RS (ed), United States, pp. 627-646. ISBN 9780199368747 (2015) [Research Book Chapter] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2015	McIntosh A, McDonald Jan, Forrester A, 'Designing spatial adaptation planning instruments', Applied Studies in Climate Adaptation, Wiley-Blackwell, Palutikof JP, Boulter SL, Barnett J and Rissik, D (ed), Australia, pp. 34-42. ISBN 978-1-118-84501-1 (2015) [Research Book Chapter] DOI: 10.1002/9781118845028.ch5 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2 Tweet
2014	McDonald J, 'Hot in the city: planning for climate change impacts in urban Australia', Four Degrees of Global Warming: Australia in a Hot World, Routledge, P Christoff (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 172-189. ISBN 978-0-415-82458-3 (2014) [Research Book Chapter] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2013	McDonald J, 'Creating legislative frameworks for adaptation', Climate Adaptation Futures, Wiley-Blackwell, J Palutikof, SL Boulter, AJ Ash, MS Smith, M Parry, M Waschka and D Guitart (ed), Chichester, UK, pp. 126-132. ISBN 978-0-470-67496-3 (2013) [Research Book Chapter] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2010	McDonald J, 'Mapping the Legal Landscape of Climate Change Adaptation', Adaptation to Climate Change, Federation Press, Bonyhady, Macintosh & McDonald (ed), Sydney, pp. 1-37. ISBN 1862877963 (2010) [Research Book Chapter] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2010	McDonald J, 'Paying the Price of Climate Change Adaptation: compensation for climate change impacts', Adaptation to Climate Change, Federation Press, Bonyhady, Macintosh & McDonald (ed), Sydney, pp. 234-264. ISBN 1862877963 (2010) [Research Book Chapter] [eCite] [Details]
2007	McDonald J, 'The Adaptation Imperative: Managing the Legal Risks of Climate Change Impacts', Climate Law in Australia, Federation Press, Bonyhady & Christoff (ed), Sydney, pp. 124-142. ISBN 9781862876736 (2007) [Research Book Chapter] [eCite] [Details]
2006	McDonald J, 'Tr(e)ading Cautiously: precaution in WTO decision-making', Implementing the Precautionary Principle: Perspectives and Prospects, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Fisher, Jones & von Schomberg (ed), Cheltenham, pp. 160-181. ISBN 1845427025 (2006) [Research Book Chapter] [eCite] [Details] Tweet

Conference Publication

(1 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2016	McDonald J, Gogarty B, 'Marine Geoengineering in Australian Law', Symposium on Marine Geoengineering, 25 November, Hobart, pp. 4. (2016) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Gogarty B

Year

Citation

Altmetrics

2016

McDonald J, Gogarty B, 'Marine Geoengineering in Australian Law', Symposium on Marine Geoengineering, 25 November, Hobart, pp. 4. (2016) [Conference Extract]

[eCite] [Details]

Co-authors: Gogarty B

Other Public Output

(16 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2019	McGee JS, McDonald Jan, Brent K, 'Climate Intervention and National Security: The Australian Context', The Australian Forum for Climate Intervention Governance, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, 23 September 2019 (2019) [Report of Restricted Access] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: McGee JS; Brent K
2018	Brent K, Gogarty B, McDonald J, McGee J, 'Geoengineering the Great Barrier Reef needs strong rules', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group, Australia, 1 August 2018 (2018) [Magazine Article] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Brent K; Gogarty B; McGee J Tweet
2017	Farrier D, Godden L, Holley C, McDonald J, Martin P, 'Terrestrial biodiversity conservation and natural resource management', The Australian Panel of Experts on Environmental Law, Melbourne (2017) [Government or Industry Research] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2017	Pecl GT, Verges A, Popova E, McDonald J, 'Climate-driven species on the move are changing (almost) everything', The Conversation, Conversation Media Group, Melbourne, Australia (2017) [Magazine Article] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Pecl GT Tweet
2017	Pecl GT, Verges A, Popova E, McDonald J, 'Climate change is causing a major redistribution of life on Earth', World Economic Forum, World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland (2017) [Newspaper Article] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Pecl GT
2017	Pecl GT, Verges A, Popova E, McDonald J, 'Climate-driven species on the move are changing (almost) everything', Phys Org, Science X network, Douglas, Isle Of Man, United Kingdom (2017) [Newspaper Article] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Pecl GT
2017	Waddell S, McDonald J, 'Marine and coastal issues', The Australian Panel of Experts on Environmental Law, Melbourne (2017) [Government or Industry Research] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2016	Hobday A, Ling S, Holbrook N, Caputi N, McDonald Madden E, et al., 'National Climate Change Adaptation Research Plan: Marine Biodiversity - Consultation Draft for review', National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Australia, pp. 1-70. (2016) [Government or Industry Research] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Hobday A; Ling S; Holbrook N
2016	P C McCormack, McDonald J, 'We can't save all wildlife, so conservation laws need to change', The Conversation, Conversation Media Trust, Australia, 4 July (2016) [Magazine Article] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: P C McCormack Tweet
2015	McDonald J, Gogarty B, McGee J, 'Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standing) Bill 2015 Submission 60', Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications, Australia (2015) [Report Other] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Gogarty B; McGee J
2014	McMichael T, Handmer J, Higgins J, King D, McDonald J, et al., 'Human Health and Climate Change', National Climate Change Adaptation Research Plan, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Australia (2014) [Report Other] [eCite] [Details]
2013	Macintosh A, Foerster AC, McDonald J, 'Limp, leap or learn? Developing legal frameworks for climate change adaptation planning in Australia - Summary for policy makers' (2013) [Government or Industry Research] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Foerster AC Tweet
2013	McDonald J, 'Tasmania's Tarkine needs a strategic plan', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group, Melbourne, Online, 12 August 2013 (2013) [Magazine Article] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2010	Mapstone B, Appleford P, Broderick K, Connolly R, Higgins J, et al., 'National Climate Change Adaptation Research Plan for Marine Biodiversity and Resources', National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Gold Coast (2010) [Report Other] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2010	Thom B, Cane J, Cox R, Farrell C, Hayes P, et al., 'Climate change and Settlements and Infrastructure', National Adaptation Research Plan, The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Australia (2010) [Report Other] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2009	Pearce T, Handmer J, Higgins J, King D, McDonald J, et al., 'Climate Change and Emergency Management', National Climate Change Adaptation Research Plan, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Australia (2009) [Report Other] [eCite] [Details]

Grants & Funding

Funding Summary

Number of grants

Total funding

$71,569,502

Projects

Blue Economy CRC: Project Initiation (2019 - 2028)$70,000,000

Description: Record to establish the Blue Economy CRC, for the Stage 1 application
Funding: Department of Industry, Innovation and Science ($70,000,000)
Scheme: CRC Programme
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Penesis I; Nikolova ND; Tenekedjiev KI; Negnevitsky M; Nowak BF; Boyd PW; Meinke HB; Stanley RA; Bowman JP; Carter CG; Haward MG; MacFarlane GJ; Franklin ET; Cahoon SC; Hurd CL; Blanchard JL; MacLeod C; Nguyen H-O; Bonney L; Lovell HC; Nader JP; Fleming AN; Fan S; Arachillage SJ; Wright JT; Fischer AM; Bridle AR; Ross DJ; Adams LR; Vince JZ; McGee JS; McDonald J; Levitt CJ; Tinch DR; Anderson KC; Adams MB; Bolch CJS; Fitzgibbon Q; Proctor R; Chin CKH; Chen S; Garaniya V; Walker JM
Period: 2019 - 2028

Australian Environmental and Planning Law Library (2019)$515,000

Description: This application from 12 Universities (UNSW, UTS, Melbourne, Sydney, ANU, UQ, UWA, UTAS, Griffith, UNE, La Trobe, Flinders) proposes that the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII), a free access research facility jointly operated by UNSW and UTS Faculties of Law, will develop a new research facility based on a Library of databases consolidating and enhancing access to legal and quasi-legal resources relating to Australian Environmental and Planning Law.
Funding: Australian Research Council ($515,000)
Scheme: Grant-Linkage Infrastructure
Administered By: University of Technology, Sydney
Research Team: Mowbray A; Rayfuse R; Lyster R; Gurran N; Godden L; Peel J; Richardson BJ; McDonald J; Gardner A; Martin P; Anton D; Bell-James J; Dehm J; Grigg B
Year: 2019
Grant Reference: LE190100061

Negative Emissions: Survey and Outlook (2019)$80,000

Description: This project will examine the feasibility, scalability, efficacy, costs, and possible risks of negative emissions technologies and their relevance for Australian climate policy.
Funding: Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) ($80,000)
Scheme: Grant
Administered By: Australian National University
Research Team: Rohling EJ; Ellwood Michael; Adams H; Clark M; McGee JS; Boyd PW; McDonald J; Brent KA; McCormack P
Year: 2019

Geoengineering and national security: the need for good governance (2019)$9,488

Description: This project aims to understand what the potential security implications of geoengineering are at an international and national level, and whether Australian domestic law frameworks are equipped to respond to these security implications.
Funding: University of Tasmania ($9,488)
Scheme: null
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Brent KA; McGee JS; McDonald J; Boyd PW
Year: 2019

Governing Bushfire in Australia (2019)$6,275

Description: This project will map Australias legal, policy and institutional frameworks for bushfire governance and analyse whether existing scholarship supports the emergence of a new sub-discipline that could be described as bushfire law. This analysis is important because, if bushfire law can be identified as a separate body of law, then urgent work is needed to clarify the relevant institutional frameworks, the scope of decision-making authority and responsibilities, and appropriate principles to guide legal and policy implementation.
Funding: University of Tasmania ($6,275)
Scheme: null
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: McCormack P; McDonald J; Bowman DMJS; Harris R
Year: 2019

Peer Prize for Women 2017, Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being (2017)$20,000

Description: This is funding awarded as a prize, The Thinkable Peer Prize for Women 2017, and given to UTAS as a donation. It will be spent on research related to the prize nomination topic interdisciplinary investigations of climate-driven species redistribution.
Funding: Donation via University of Tasmania Foundation ($20,000)
Scheme: Donation - Individual
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Pecl GT; Blanchard JL; McDonald J; McCormack P; Jennings SM; Villanueva MC
Year: 2017

Research Enhancement Program (REP) 2017 (2017)$11,250

Funding: University of Tasmania ($11,250)
Scheme: Grant- Research Enhancement Program
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: McDonald J
Year: 2017

Regulating Plan B: Developing Legal Frameworks for Multiscale Governance of Geoengineering (2017)$7,793

Description: This project scopes research designs for investigating what integrated, multiscale legal and/or governance regime for geoengineering technologies are required for Australia and how this governance regime will interact with transnational and international governance of geoengineering.
Funding: University of Tasmania ($7,793)
Scheme: Grant-CAL Hothouse Research Enhancement Program
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: McGee JS; McDonald J; Gogarty B; Brent KA
Year: 2017

Hosting the Asia-Pacific Workshop on International Law, Climate Change, Oceans and Coasts (2017)$4,500

Description: A workshop will bring together scholars from the Asia Pacific and aims to provide wide-ranging analysis of the legal responses to impacts of climate change on Oceans and Coasts; including ocean acidification, marine geoengineering, human displacement, IMO ship emission measures, RFMO management of species distribution and sea level rise.
Funding: University of Tasmania ($4,500)
Scheme: Grant-MAM Research Theme
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: McGee JS; McDonald J
Year: 2017

Social Capital and the Ningaloo Research Program (2016 - 2017)$14,881

Description: The overarching objective of this study is to evaluate the extent to which science undertaken in the Ningaloo region has built social capital among local community, and to understand how this has influenced the behaviours of the local community.
Funding: Western Australian Marine Science Institution ($14,881)
Scheme: Contract Research
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Cvitanovic C; McDonald J; Hobday AJ; Van Putten IE
Period: 2016 - 2017

Review of knowledge uptake from the Ningaloo Research Program: how has the science informed marine conservation management? (2015 - 2016)$34,661

Description: The overarching objective of this project is to assess the extent to which new and evolving knowledge generated through the Ningaloo Research Program (NRP) has been integrated into decision-making processes, opportunities for immediate uptake, and identify options to improve its uptake in the future, including the identification of decision-support tools.
Funding: Western Australian Marine Science Institution ($34,661)
Scheme: Contract Research
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: McDonald J; Hobday AJ; Cvitanovic C
Period: 2015 - 2016

Bay Blueprint (2014)$2,870

Description: This project will identify the barriers, enablers and context for the plan for Port Phillip Bay regional coastal adaptation framework.
Funding: Municipal Association of Victoria ($2,870)
Scheme: Contract Research
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: McDonald J
Year: 2014

Supporting evidence-based adaptation decision-making in Tasmania - the state of adaptation research (2012)$70,000

Funding: Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency ($70,000)
Scheme: Grant-NCCARF Synthesis and Integrative Research
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: McDonald J; Meinke HB; Lyth A; Hobday AJ; Wilson Louise
Year: 2012

Limp, Leap or Learn: Developing a Legal Framework for Adaptation Planning in Australia (2011 - 2013)$292,784

Funding: Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency ($292,784)
Scheme: Grant-NCCARF Settlements & Infrastructure
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: McDonald J
Period: 2011 - 2013

Rising to the Challenge-Developing Flexible Coastal Adaptation Pathways for Local Communities (2011)$500,000

Funding: Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency ($500,000)
Scheme: Grant-Coastal Adaptation Decision Pathways Project
Administered By: Local Government Association of Tasmania
Research Team: Prior S; Haward MG; Leith PB; McDonald J; Hunter JR
Year: 2011

Research Supervision

Jan welcomes postgraduate students in the broad fields of environmental and climate change law and policy.

Current

Completed

Current

Degree	Title	Commenced
PhD	Towards sustainable fisheries regulation in Columbia: lessons from Chile and Australia	2013
PhD	Just Resilience in Australian Climate Adaptation Laws	2015
PhD	Co-evolution and Re-alignment: Exploring autopoiesis and adaptive multiplexity in ocean and climate governance regimes	2017
PhD	The Paris Agreement: Justice and effectiveness	2019
PhD	Bushfire Risk and Public Health - Balancing Competing Interests Through Law	2019
PhD	Integration of Gender in International, Regional and National Conventions, Policies and Frameworks Addressing Climate Change Adaptation to Support Identification of Opportunities to Increase Resilience of Women and Girls	2019
PhD	Weather Modification in Australia and the United States: what lessons for governing regional climate intervention?	2019
PhD	Examination of Existing Transboundary Legislation in the Context of Marine Geoengineering	2019

Completed

Degree	Title	Completed
PhD	NGO Compliance with Treaty Objects and Purposes: The cases of the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling Candidate: Lucy Ann Celine Smejkal	2019
PhD	Australias Legal Frameworks for Biodiversity Conservation: Facilitating adaptation in a rapidly changing world Candidate: Phillipa Cathryn McCormack	2018
PhD	The Role of the No-Harm Rule in Governing Solar Radiation Management Geoengineering Candidate: Kerryn Anne Brent	2017
Masters	The Sentencing of Environmental Offences Involving Non-Human Environmental Entities in the NSW Land and Environment Court Candidate: Robert Douglas White	2017