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The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes reduces Australia’s economic, social and environmental vulnerability to climate extremes.

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Asia Law and Policy Forum

Led by Professor Melissa Crouch,Ìýthe Asia Law and Policy ForumÌýat UNSW Law & JusticeÌýis a network of researchersÌýwhoÌýfoster and support research on law andÌýpolitics in Asia.Ìý

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UNSW Medicine & Health is the lead academic institute for the APO, providing guidance on: the role of digital health, including telemedicine and peer-supported clinical decision-making; policy responses and planning for an ageing Pacific population; and health system governance and financing reform in Fiji.

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Established by UNSW in 2018 to create a world-class research institute focused on human rights, the Institute delivers multidisciplinary research that empowers communities and educates the next generation of human rights leaders.

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Centre for Ecosystem Science

The CES is a unique unit within UNSW, with excellent researchers in ecosystem science and a diverse range of scientific expertise in terrestrial ecology (arid zones, forests), wetlands, marine ecosystems, GIS (geographic information systems), remote sensing and the use of conservation tools.

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UNSW also hosts the SMaRT Centre, the ARC Microrecycling Research Hub and the Australian government's new National Environmental Science Program's Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub.

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The City Futures Research Centre has developed into a national leader in scholarly applied public interest research on our cities since 2005.

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Climate Change Research Centre

The UNSW Climate Change Research Centre hosts the ARC Centre of Excellence in Climate Extremes (CLEX), and previously the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science (ARCCSS). It is Australia's largest centre focused on the physical and biophysical aspects of climate change, spanning atmospheric, oceanic, ice, and land-climate processes.

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Decarbonisation Hub

The Decarbonisation Hub hosted by UNSW Sydney is a key part of the NSW Government's Net Zero Industry and Innovation Program, bringing together government, industry, and researchers to fast-track technologies to decarbonise NSW and beyond.

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The Diplomacy Training Program works in partnership with NGOs and movements investing together to provide practical advocacy training to human rights defenders. The DTP community is made up of DTP partners, alumni, trainers and supporters.

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The Energy Institute unites energy activities across UNSW with industry, government, community stakeholders and other research institutions.

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Future Food Systems Cooperative Research Centre partners leading Australian universities with industry and government bodies to deliver impactful research in the future food systems domain.

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Gendered Violence Research Network

The GVRN is a joint initiative of UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture and UNSW Law & Justice. The GVRN unitesÌýUNSW’sÌýsignificant domestic and international research expertise to respond, prevent and end gendered violence in Australia and beyond.Ìý

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The George Institute is a leading independent global medical research institute with major centres in Australia, China, India and the UK, and an international network of experts and collaborators.

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UNSW hosts the GOAP Secretariat. GOAP is a global partnership established to bring together governments, international organisations, and research institutions to build a global community of practice for ocean accounting.

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Global Water Institute

Drawing together experts from law, engineering, science, the arts, and social sciences, the Global Water Institute works with communities to design and implement unique and sustainable solutions to improve water quality and access, improving people's health and limiting their exposure to debilitating disease.

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UNSW Centre for Interactive Cinema Research

The iCinema Research Centre is focused on the creative development of AI-based visualisation across the Faculties of Arts, Architecture & Design, Engineering, Science andÌýUNSWÌýCanberra, to address pressing and unpredictable scenarios such as wildfires and other disasters.

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The Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law

Each year, many more people are displaced by the impacts of disasters and climate change than by conflict and persecution. The UNSW Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law was commissioned to draft the Pacific Regional Framework on Climate MobilityÌý– a world-first protocol that is currently being deliberated by Pacific Leaders.

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The Kirby Institute is a world-leading health research institute at UNSW Sydney.ÌýIt works to eliminate infectious diseases, globally. The Institute's specialisation is in developing health solutions for the most at-risk communities and working to build a safer, healthier world for everyone.Ìý

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Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership

The Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership (PBSP)Ìýis comprised ofÌýPacific Island CountriesÌýpursuingÌýan ambitious commitment of a 100% carbon-free maritime transport sector by 2050, including a 40% reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shipping by 2030.Ìý

Rapid Urbanisation & Population Health (RUPH) Network

Led byÌýAssociate Professor Xiaoqi Feng,Ìýthe research network aims to buildÌýnew capacities for consequential and policy-relevant researchÌýby generatingÌýknowledge sharing and collaboration opportunities, as well as connecting early and mid-careerÌýresearchers to senior academic mentors and established multi-institutional research entities.

Resilient Futures Collective

The UNSW Resilient Futures Collective was established in response to increasing cyclone, flood, drought, and bushfire hazards, to operate through a wide lens of disaster risk reduction and resilience, to address the emergent needs of communities, local, state and federal government, as well as the private sector.

UNSW is leading cutting-edge RNA science and medicine via the newly established UNSW RNA Institute.ÌýThe Institute links and expands multidisciplinary teams in RNA biology, RNA chemistry and RNA medicine, with clinical experts and services, underpinned by a pilot-scale RNA accelerator facility.ÌýÌý

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The SIRF hosts a world-class manufacturing facility that enables the development of UNSW's solicon solar cell technologies. Globally over 90% of all solar modules produced today are based on UNSW technology.Ìý

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Tyree IHealthE harnesses the considerable capabilities ofÌýUNSW EngineeringÌýandÌýUNSW Medicine & Health. Powered by collaboration, Tyree IHealthE is an engine of discovery and research translation.Ìý

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Water Research Centre

The WRC is an international leading university centre that provides multidisciplinary research in water resources, engineering, management and the development of tools for environmental management and sustainability for improving aquatic and atmospheric environments.

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The UNSW WRL will lead the hydrologic aspects of the Commonwealth Clean Energy Regulator's 'Blue Carbon Method'. The federal government has approved the first blue carbon method under the Emissions Reduction Fund that generates Australian Carbon Credits when restoring tidal flows to blue carbon ecosystems.

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World Harbour Project

The World Harbour Project, in which UNSW is a key partner, can restore water quality and marine life in urban harbours that are heavily developed and polluted, enhancing human interaction with the water and encouraging economic development surrounding it.

UNSW Medicine & Health worked with The George Institute in the establishment of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Injury Prevention and Trauma Care, generating and implementing evidence-based interventions for universal injury prevention.Ìý

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