Jacqueline Balston IPWEA International Public Works Conference 2025

Jacqueline Balston

Director of Sustainability, IPWEA Dr Balston has been an applied climate and environmental scientist for the past 25 years, during which time she has research the impacts of climate variability, climate change, and environmental degradation on agriculture, natural resources, ecosystems, emergency management and the built environment across Australia. She currently works as Director of Sustainability for the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA), as a member of the South Australian Government Climate Science Advisory Committee, and as a private consultant to local, state, and federal governments and other organisations nationally.