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Dr Veronica Doerr

Dr Veronica Doerr is the Research Program Manager for Climate Change. Her career has been characterised by integration of social and biophysical sciences to achieve sustainability goals, including research co-design with land managers and policymakers. Before joining ACIAR, Veronica spent 15 years at CSIRO researching multi-functional landscapes and how to support collaboration and learning in climate adaptation. She also managed research groups and external partnerships for climate adaptation and transition. She built and led the Climate Risks and Resilience Group, and was Research Director for the Sustainability Pathways Program and a core member of the Land and Water Leadership Team. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and a PhD from the University of Nevada – Reno.

Evaluating carbon markets as a pathway to establishing climate resilient coffee agroforestry systems in Papua New Guinea

Providing critical baseline information to identify best practice adoption approaches for carbon farming and resilient farm management practices for smallholder coffee farmers in Papua New Guinea.

Project code
CLIM/2024/101
Program
Climate change
Project start date
08 Apr 2024
Project end date
30 Jun 2025

Defining the potential for mangrove-based agribusiness transformation in the coastal Mekong Delta

This project aims to support the co-production, by multiple levels of Vietnamese decision-makers, of a realistic vision for mangroves and land-use transitions under climate change in the increasingly inundated coastal zone of the Mekong Delta.

Project code
CLIM/2023/190
Program
Climate change
Project start date
01 Mar 2024
Project end date
30 Sep 2025

Paribartan: Participatory action research on locally-led iterative learning and inclusive business models for adaptive transformation in Bangladesh Polders

Developing locally-led learning and adaptation processes in coastal Bangladesh, enabling farming communities to systematically choose agricultural adaptation options and system-level implications for climate change.

Project code
CLIM/2021/137
Program
Climate change
Project start date
21 Aug 2023
Project end date
31 Dec 2027

Supporting greenhouse gas inventories and targeted rice mitigation options for Vietnam

Developing robust and sustainable agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory systems that underpin effective mitigation policy and action, while safeguarding food security and the livelihoods of smallholders in Vietnam.

Project code
CLIM/2019/150
Program
Climate change
Project start date
01 Feb 2023
Project end date
30 Jun 2025

Scoping the governance and co-benefits of circular food-energy systems in Pacific Islands Countries

Identifying the structure of current circular biodigester systems and the potential climate co-benefits in Fiji and using the evidence, support a transdisciplinary research design approach for a multi-year project.

Project code
CLIM/2022/174
Program
Climate change
Project start date
01 Jun 2023
Project end date
06 Dec 2024

Transformation pathways for Pacific coastal food systems

Processes and tools to build capacity in the Solomon Islands, triggering a step-change in coastal food systems seen through improved diet, nutrition and community health; food self-sufficiency; better climate and disaster resilience, and diversified livelihoods.

Project code
CLIM/2020/178
Program
Climate change
Project start date
01 Feb 2023
Project end date
31 Mar 2026

Sustainable agricultural intensification systems for climate resilient development in Pacific island countries

Evaluating biophysical and economic benefits of multiple SI practices in crop-based farming systems in Samoa and Tonga, focusing on practices most likely to provide climate adaptation and mitigation benefits.

Project code
CLIM/2020/186
Program
Climate change
Project start date
01 Feb 2023
Project end date
31 Dec 2026

Institutional barriers to climate finance through a gendered lens in Fiji, Samoa, and Solomon Islands

Decision making processes underlying climate finance allocations and novel ways of managing climate finance flows to support gender equity, community-based goals and adaptive processes in the Pacific.

Project code
CLIM/2021/110
Program
Climate change
Project start date
06 Dec 2021
Project end date
31 Jan 2023

Defining greenhouse gas inventory system priorities for agriculture

Determining strategic gaps to fill in 4 developing country inventory systems and the detailed activities needed to do so for Fiji and Vietnam in ways that support long-term capacity-building in all countries involved as well as effective south-south collaboration and learning.

Project code
CLIM/2020/211
Program
Climate change
Project start date
10 Feb 2021
Project end date
31 Dec 2021

Conservation agriculture and sustainable intensification of smallholder farming systems in Pacific countries

This project aimed to undertake a targeted assessment to explore opportunities for the implementation of conservation agriculture and sustainable intensification of smallholder farming systems as a transformational adaptation to climate change in selected countries of the Pacific.

Project code
CROP/2020/185
Program
Climate change
Project start date
22 Jun 2020
Project end date
18 Jun 2021

Agriculture based emission-reduction options to support nationally determined contributions in Vietnam and Fiji

This project is identifying mitigation options and key capacity development needs in the agriculture sector to support both Vietnam and Fiji in meeting their international Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. This includes an assessment of the role of small landholders and potential impacts on food and income security.

Project code
LWR/2017/029
Program
Climate change
Project start date
01 Nov 2018
Project end date
31 Dec 2020