Professor Barbara Norman is Emeritus Professor of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Canberra and Honorary Professor, Australian National University, Australia. Barbara is a Director of the Urban Climate Change Research Network Oceania Hub (Columbia University, USA), co-chair of Planners for Climate Action (UN Habitat) and a member of the World Cities Knowledge Council (Singapore). Professor Norman is a global expert and adviser in sustainable cities and regions, smart infrastructure, coastal planning, climate change adaptation and urban governance. Professor Norman has a combined professional and academic background, having worked at all levels of government and run her own practice. She is a former national president of the Planning Institute of Australia, and an honorary member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (UK). Recent international research includes Sustainable Pathways for our Cities and Regions: planning within planetary boundaries (Routledge, 2018); Are autonomous cities our urban future? Comment in Nature Communications (Nature Communications, 2018) and Apocalypse Now: Australian Bushfires and the future of Urban Settlements (Nature Urban Sustainability). Professor Norman’s recent book is Urban Planning for Climate Change (Routledge, October 2022).