After the conclusion of the 22^nd Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Marrakech, Morocco on 18 November 2016, the University of Adelaide is now formally admitted as an observer organisation (NGO) to the UNFCCC. The official UNFCCC website http://unfccc.int/parties_and_observers/ngo/items/9411.php now lists the University of Adelaide as an admitted NGO.

Dr Manuel P. S. Solis of the Adelaide Law School is the University’s Designated Contact Point to the UNFCCC.