Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
Ecologist, public health scientist
Environmental science
36%
Public Health
19%
Watching Erin speak about this work on information needs and best practice communication strategies for young peple following the bushfires at @healenviron.bsky.social
Amazing work led by her.
Amazing work led by her.
We developed a systematic and modular five phase methodology to identify, measure, and estimate the monetary value of co-benefits of climate action.
Opportunity for health and wellbeing co-benefits of climate adaptation policies and programs: a Delphi study in the Australian Capital Territory - IOPscience
Opportunity for health and wellbeing co-benefits of climate adaptation policies and programs: a Delphi study in the Australian Capital Territory, Lal, A, Becvarik, Z A, Sugiura, Tomoko, Miller, Daniel...
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We brought together policy experts to achieve formal consensus on the most important #cobenefits, which included: 🧠 Reduced mental health burden 🏠 Increased home comfort 🌪️ Improved disaster preparedness 💪 Better physical health 💰 Healthcare cost savings (2/3)
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The health and wellbeing co-benefits of policies and programs to address climate change in urban areas: a scoping review - IOPscience
The health and wellbeing co-benefits of policies and programs to address climate change in urban areas: a scoping review, Becvarik, Z A, White, L V, Lal, A
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2 year journey with government.
We reviewed global studies on #health and #wellbeing #cobenefits of urban #climate policies. Benefits included reduced illness, mortality, and social gains. Most research was based on hypothetical scenarios (1/3)
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We reviewed global studies on #health and #wellbeing #cobenefits of urban #climate policies. Benefits included reduced illness, mortality, and social gains. Most research was based on hypothetical scenarios (1/3)
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Focusing on the way forward at my favourite building in #Canberra the Shine Dome @science.org.au, having the courageous conversations on #climate, #environment and #health to protect this beautiful planet that heals us.
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· Oct 2
Jane Goodall is the reason I became a #wildlife ecologist and then went on to study our interactions with nature. She was inspirational and a trail blazing #womaninscience.
In a world full of optics, her quiet leadership, authenticity, and compassion continue to be aspirational.
#jane #goodall
In a world full of optics, her quiet leadership, authenticity, and compassion continue to be aspirational.
#jane #goodall
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· Sep 10
However, a long day teaching meant I missed out on my Schools Annual 'Soup Day'. I work with the best people. They saved me some yummy Laksa, and someone left me yeast flakes in my office and another team member a lovely post it note while I was gone.
#episky
#episky
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· Sep 10
Learnt the history of the building and some amazing pictures taken by students.
Absolutely loved my "thank you for teaching" penguin fridge magnet!
Absolutely loved my "thank you for teaching" penguin fridge magnet!
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· Sep 10
Doing #science on a beautiful campus, with a wonderful team. I crossed the divide (Sullivan's Creek) to teach postgraduate #environmental science students about #climate change #adaptation for #health. The beautiful Forestry building @anufennerschool.bsky.social (1/3)
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IPBES
@ipbes.net
· Sep 9
Baby elephant discovered in Elephant Species and Habitat Conservation Area
DNO - The Elephant Species and Habitat Conservation Area under the Da Nang Special-use Forest Management Board has recently recorded the appearance of another baby elephant through a camera trap system installed in the managed forest area.
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📸 Spotted! 🐘
A baby elephant in the Elephant Species and Habitat Conservation Reserve in Da Nang, Vietnam. The second elephant born to the herd since 2020.🧪
Habitat conservation = conservation of countless species 🌍
A baby elephant in the Elephant Species and Habitat Conservation Reserve in Da Nang, Vietnam. The second elephant born to the herd since 2020.🧪
Habitat conservation = conservation of countless species 🌍
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· Aug 26
Grace is an amazing biostatician and a wonderful colleague.
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· Aug 25
Geospatial patterns of multiple environmental exposures and socioeconomic status in Australian cities
The urban built environment influences population health. Environmental inequity occurs when features of the built environment are unequally distribut…
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Our Honours student looked at #spatial inequities in #environmental exposures across a #socio-economic gradient in 3 #Australian cities.
Urban planning can promote #health and well-being.
A collaborative effort with the University of Sydney
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Urban planning can promote #health and well-being.
A collaborative effort with the University of Sydney
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· Aug 25
Celebrating these amazing #science communicators. From fungi to gonorrhoea and building energy storage systems, their ability to communicate complex concepts was remarkable.
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· Jul 23
Evidence continues to show that implementation of the Montreal Protocol and its Amendments has mitigated the deleterious effects of high levels of UV radiation and global warming for both #environmental and human #health.
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· Jul 23
Environmental consequences of interacting effects of changes in stratospheric ozone, ultraviolet radiation, and climate: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, Update 2024 - Photochemical & Phot...
This Assessment Update by the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) addresses the interacting effects of changes in stratospheric ozone, sola...
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Our 2024 Assessment Update as part of the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel of the United Nations Environment Programme.
We briefly discuss the large uncertainties of #climate interventions like Stratospheric Aerosol Injection.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We briefly discuss the large uncertainties of #climate interventions like Stratospheric Aerosol Injection.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· Jul 11
Emerging Climate Champions Award - Lever for Change
On June 26, 2025, Enlight Foundation, The Patchwork Collective, and Lever for Change announced the launch of the Emerging Climate Champions Award, a $25 million…
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Opportunity for #youth led organisations driving global #climate solutions
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Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· Jun 17
Structural, foundational support will give them the security to be the creative powerhouses we need to protect our #planet and #communities
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· Jun 17
Our young people are inspirational, and they deserve long term investments in their future.
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· Jun 17
One message from two weeks of grant review and award selection panels culminating with the ACT roundtable on #gender, #climate, and #environmental justice (1/3)
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· Jun 6
Cold Friday afternoons working from home with our #Science buddies, old cozy jumpers, and socks.
Zoe, Skye and the blissfully asleep Soot.
Erin's Langley- a sleepy queen, moulting around the eyes, and my nowhere near asleep, extremely chatty, officemate
Zoe, Skye and the blissfully asleep Soot.
Erin's Langley- a sleepy queen, moulting around the eyes, and my nowhere near asleep, extremely chatty, officemate
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· May 12
Zoe and Erin at #PHAA2025. Zoe's PhD is looking at #community #resilience and Erin, a senior Research Fellow presented on how AI-driven analysis can help us make sense of the high volume of social media content to support preventative #health policy and governance
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· May 12
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· May 12
We have Steph, who has been with us for 2 years as a Research Associate, and just been awarded a Westpac Scholarship to do her Masters continuing her work in the NT.
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· May 12
Celebrating some of the best and brightest in #Science. Their collaboration, kindness and support make it an awesome team, doing brilliant work. Structural support will play an important role in building their careers (1/4)
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· Mar 28
Saving habitats protects entire ecosystems. Fieldwork observing monkeys led to an encounter with the now elusive tusker at the foothills of the Himalayas.
I am looking forward to inspired #intergenerational thinking on how to protect the #environment and #health at the Schools Climate Conference
I am looking forward to inspired #intergenerational thinking on how to protect the #environment and #health at the Schools Climate Conference
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· Mar 7
I also celebrate my very awesome maternal grandmother who brought me up for the first few years. As a result, I didn't know English when I started school and my dad taught me every evening (by candle light!) using the ENTIRE Oxford dictionary. He said 'Education was Freedom'. They were magic.
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· Mar 7
This #IWD, I celebrate my family in Myanmar. My dad has five sisters. In its most terrifying form, violence is always brutal. But it is also debilitatingly slow, with the delayed destruction of dreams and futures. My aunts’ strength, resilience and unwavering calm have been a powerful lesson for me
Aparna Lal
@aparna-lal.bsky.social
· Mar 7
Erin (who draws us all!): Feeling grateful for all my amazing colleagues this #IWD. So much to learn from these women! Too many to name and honour in one post, so let’s settle with a portrait of the research team from our paper (coming soon) on Culturally aware climate adaptation strategies.