Scenarios for climate adaptation
Scenarios for climate adaptation
Building common understanding of scenario based strategies to inform climate change adaptation
The aim of the Scenarios for Climate Adaptation project was to strengthen knowledge about the most effective ways to develop and use scenario based strategies to improve climate change adaptation decision making.
Informed by recent Victorian and Australian experience, the Scenarios for Climate Adaptation project has produced a report and guidebook for Victorians involved in policy-making, engagement and planning for adaptation to climate change.
PROJECT – FINAL OUTPUTS
Scenarios for Climate Adaptation – Guidebook for Practitioners (June 2011)
Scenarios for Climate Adaptation – Policy Brief (July 2011)
Scenarios for Climate Adaptation – Full Report (June 2011)
- Scenarios for Climate Adaptation – Report: Executive Summary
- Scenarios for Climate Adaptation – Report: Appendix A - CASE STUDIES
- Scenarios for Climate Adaptation – Report: Appendix B – LINKS & RESOURCES
ADDITIONAL PROJECT RESOURCES
“From probability to possibility: Using scenarios to get our heads around climate change”
John Wiseman and Lauren Rickards, The Conversation, June 10, 2011
Critical Perspectives Working Papers (November 2010)
- Rickards, L. (2010) Governing the future under climate change: contested visions of climate change adaptation
- Jones, R. (2010) The use of scenarios in adaptation planning: managing risks in simple to complex settings
- Ison, R., Grant, A. and Bawden, R. (2010) Scenario praxis for systemic and adaptive governance: a critical review
Critical Perspectives Seminar presentations (November 2010)
- Dr Penny Whetton, CSIRO The evolving use of climate change scenarios at CSIRO
- Dr Lauren Rickards, University of Melbourne
What is adaptation? Implications of adaptation definitions for scenario strategies - Prof Roger Jones, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University
The use of scenarios in adaptation planning: Managing complex risks - Prof Ray Ison, Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University
Scenario praxis for systemic and adaptive governance: A critical review -
Presentations and videos from the Scenarios for Climate Adaptation project Critical Perspectives seminar available to view and download. Click here to go to the seminar page.
Videos
Stakeholder workshop presentations (November 2011)
- Re-calibrating the Climate Challenge: Learning from history, lessons for the future – Ian Dunlop, Australia21
- Scenarios for Climate Adaptation: An international perspective – Benjamin L. Preston, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Scenarios for Climate Adaptation – Initial Project Overview (July 2010)
Scenarios for Climate Adaptation - Project Overview
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Scenarios for Climate Adaptation was funded by the Victorian Government through the Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research (VCCCAR). It was undertaken by an interdisciplinary and multi-institutional team led by Professor John Wiseman at the University of Melbourne between June 2010 and July 2011.
Research Team
Project Leader: Prof. John Wiseman, University of Melbourne
Project Coordinator: Taegen Edwards, University of Melbourne
Che Biggs, University of Melbourne
Dr Lauren Rickards, University of Melbourne
Technical Reference Group
Prof. Darryn McEvoy and Harmut Fünfgeld , Climate Change Adaptation Program, Global Cities Research Institute, RMIT University
Dr Roger Jones, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University
Prof. Ray Ison and Andrea Grant, Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University
Dr Penny Whetton, Climate Variability and Change, CSIRO
Barry Warwick, Future Environments and Climate Change, Victorian EPA
