Professor Jan McDonald
University of Tasmania
Professor Jan McDonald is Professor of Environmental and Climate Law at the University of Tasmania. She has taught and researched environmental and climate law for over three decades. Her current research examines how the law can promote adaptation to the impacts of climate change and the responsible use of climate intervention technologies.
Jan is a Lead Councillor with the Biodiversity Council, serves on the Board of the Tasmanian Land Conservancy, is a former past President of the National Environmental Law Association and a former member of the Australian Panel of Experts on Environmental Law.
Jan has consulted to local, state and national governments and UN agencies on environmental and climate change adaptation issues.
“I joined the Biodiversity Council to help ensure that our laws and policies actually reflect what the science tells us is needed to reverse biodiversity decline.” - Professor Jan McDonald
