KAUST researchers are leading discoveries and science-based solutions for addressing climate change issues and developing innovative, energy-efficient, and cost-effective solutions to enable real climate action. Read the stories below to learn more.
05 June, 2023
H.H. Princess Mashael Saud AlShalan joins the CLI Advisory BoardPrincess Mashael is co-founder of Aeon Strategy, where she advises on climate change policy, socioeconomic development and sustainability, and works with government entities and the private sector as an advocate for sustainable and equitable development.
16 February, 2023
Latest Publication - Nature Climate Change - Yoshihide WadaClosing the loop of reflexivity
16 February, 2023
Latest Publication - Water Resources Research - Hylke E. BeckUse of Hydrological Models in Global Stochastic Flood Modeling
16 February, 2023
Latest Publication - Nature water - Hylke E. BeckFuture global streamflow declines are probably more severe than previously estimated
16 February, 2023
Hylke E. Beck - Latest Publication - Remote Sensing of EnvironmentInversion of river discharge from remotely sensed river widths: A critical assessment at three-thousand global river gauges
15 February, 2023
Sami Al-Ghamdi joins KAUST Climate Science teamThe main objectives of Al-Ghamdi’s research group are to reduce the contribution to global climate change, to enhance individual human health, to promote local sustainable and regenerative material cycles, to protect and restore water resources, to build a domestic green economy through technology entrepreneurship, to enhance community quality of life; and to protect and enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services.
07 February, 2023
Ansir Ilysa joins KAUST Climate Science team.Ilysa will be working in Prof. Wada’s team with a specific focus on integrating water-food-energy nexus dynamic modeling with biodiversity and economical systems to produce more sustainable conservation, while at the same time contributing towards more robust policy mechanisms.
16 January, 2023
Kaoru Kakinuma joins KAUST Climate Science teamKakinuma will be working in Prof. Wada’s team with a specific focus on climate and environmental changes, and the impact it has on societies.
10 January, 2023
Julian Hunt joins KAUST Climate Science teamHunt will be working in Prof. Wada’s team with a specific focus on providing sustainable cooling systems within desert agriculture to help mitigate climate change.
09 January, 2023
Mengjie Yang joins KAUST Climate Science teamYang will continue his PhD. studies with a specific focus on the water-food-energy nexus, system dynamics modeling and water resource management.
09 January, 2023
Abhishek Abhishek joins KAUST Climate Science teamAbhishek will be working in Prof. Wada’s team with a specific focus on the Water-food-energy nexus.
05 December, 2022
Fernando Maestre visits KAUST for the Climate and Livability Lecture SeriesProf. Maestre visits KAUST to give a seminar on the structure and functioning of global drylands in a changing world
19 December, 2022
Yoshihide Wada joins KAUST Climate Science teamProf. Wada will be focussing on exploring innovative developments for integrated bio-economic and water-food-energy modeling, network modeling, forward looking scenario development, risk and vulnerability assessment, dynamic systems modeling and analyzing extreme destabilizing events and tipping points in society and nature, from local to global levels.
22 June, 2022
Hylke Beck joins KAUST Climate Science teamBeck will focus on building preparedness and resilience for future climate challenges in the region.
03 March, 2022
Coproducing water and electricity powers crop growthA solar-driven system to generate electricity and produce water for crops in arid areas may help a decentralized approach to food, water and energy security.
17 March, 2022
Drones shed light on coastal water flowsUnmanned aerial vehicles show promise for monitoring coastal water flows over large areas.
25 January, 2022
Tackling climate and sustainability challenges as a global brandEugene Willemsen, PepsiCo's CEO of the AMESA division, joined the annual Winter Enrichment Program (WEP)
09 January, 2022
Making light work of emerging micropollutantsPulses of intense light could clean organic pollutants from wastewater.
27 October, 2021
Agreements support two new centers aimed to mitigate climate impacts in Middle EastKAUST and NCM sign agreements in support of the creation of two new climate centers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
08 February, 2021
Monitoring precious groundwater resources for arid agricultural regionsA pioneering framework will monitor groundwater use for agricultural irrigation across Saudi Arabia.