Mark New is Director of ACDI at UCT, and AXA Research Chair in African Climate Risk. His current research is focused on the attribution of the relative influence of climate change and ways impacted systems are managed, on the severity of environmental, social, and economic impacts of extreme climate events. He has over 80 peer-reviewed publications in climate science, impacts and adaptation, and has managed over thirty research and consulting projects. He has supervised 18 PhD, 15 Masters students, and 24 post-doctoral researchers.