Researcher

Judy Lawrence

Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington

Dr Judy Lawrence is Adjunct Professor at the Antarctic Research Centre and the Climate Change Research Institute, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and Director of PS Consulting Ltd. Judy’s research and practice focus on climate change adaptation, sea-level rise, coastal hazards, and the use and further development of Dynamic Adaptive Pathways planning. She works with global researchers, regional and district councils, water, central government agencies and supervises post graduate students.

Judy was Co-Author of the MfE Coastal Hazards and Climate Change Guidance (2017), Co-Chaired the Climate Change Adaptation Technical Working Group (2018), Governance Domain Lead for the first NZ National Climate Change Risk Assessment (2020), Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Working Group II Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability Chapter 11 Australasia (2022). Judy was a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Science Prize 2019 Melting Ice and Rising Seas Team 2019. She has a Masters in Geomorphology, a PhD in Public Policy on the adequacy of institutions for climate change adaptation and is a New Zealand Climate Change Commissioner.