Program

• Welcome to Country, Mr Graham Dillon, Kombumerri elder
• Welcome by conference convenors Jean Palutikof, NCCARF and Andrew Ash, CSIRO
• Welcome: Hon. Penny Wong, Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water
• Professor Joseph Alcamo, Chief Scientist, UNEP
• Dr R.K. Pachauri, Chair, IPCC and Dr Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Vice Chair, IPCC: Climate Change, Adaptation, and IPCC
• Professor Martin Parry, Imperial College, UK, The challenge for adaptation: the legacy from Copenhagen
• Johanna Mustelin and Laura Canevari Youth perspectives on climate change adaptation

• Uncertainty/limits to adaptation/adapting to +4oC: Steve Schneider, Stanford University, USA
• Food security/natural environments: Mark Howden, CSIRO, Australia
• Sustainability and adaptation: Atiq Rahman, BCAS, Bangladesh

A Climate of Uncertainty: Indigenous Land Managers, vulnerabilities and adaptation to climate change

Marcia Langton (University of Melbourne)

The economics and costs of adaptation

Convenor:

Frank Jotzo (Australian National University)

Coasts, deltas and small islands (session 1 of 2)

Convenors:

Robert Nicholls (University of Southampton), Jon Barnett (University of Melbourne), Tim Smith (USC)

Adaptation and the community (session 1 of 2)

Convenors:

Coleen Vogel (University of Witwatersrand), Lisa Schipper (Stockholm Environment Institute)

Arena 1

Financing Adaptation: International transfers and global geopolitics

Organiser: Saleemul Huq, (International Institute for Environment and Development)

Panel members: Ian Noble (World Bank), Jean-Bernard Carrasco (AusAID), Emma Tompkins (University of Leeds), Saleemul Huq (IIED)

Room 5-6

Is building resilience the answer?

Organiser: Terry Hughes, (James Cook University)

Panel members: Chris Cocklin (JCU), Eddie Allison (WorldFish Center), Joshua Cinner (JCU), Nick Graham (JCU), Louisa Evans (WorldFish Center)

Room 7-8

Measuring the effectiveness of adaptation

Organiser: Rob Kay, (Coastal Zone Management)

Panel members: Cynthia Rosenzweig (GISS), Will Steffen (Australian National University), Andrew Haines (LSHTM), Bruce Thom (University of Sydney)

Tim Flannery, Macquarie University, Australia

• Adapting agriculture to climate change
• Scenarios for the future of adaptation
• Coasts, deltas and small islands
• The economics and costs of climate change
• Research meets business and industry

Poster Session
Foyer

• Climate information for users
• National and sub-national case studies of adaptation
• The interface of adaptation and mitigation
• Human security, social and equity issues
• Engineering and technology solutions for adaptation
• Risk communication and behavioural change
• Climate extremes and disaster management

Arena 1

Chair: Andrew Haines, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

• Equity and the economic impacts of adaptation: Neil Adger, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, UK
• Climate change adaptation in a post-Copenhagen world: the view from Japan: Nobuo Mimura, Ibaraki University, Japan
• Bridging the science policy interface: Diana Liverman, University of Arizona, USA
• New scenarios for adaptation: Mark Stafford Smith, CSIRO, Australia

Understanding and communicating adaptation

Adaptation by sectors

Adapting from the grass roots

Frameworks for adaptation

Adaptation at the edge

Human welfare and adaptation

Climate Information for users

Convenors:

Chris West and Roger Street (UK CIP), Andrew Watkins (Bureau of Meteorology)

Adapting agriculture to climate change (session 2 of 2)

Convenors:

Mark Howden (CSIRO), Cynthia Rosenzweig (GISS)

National and sub-national case studies of adaptation (session 1 of 2)

Convenors:

Emma L. Tompkins (University of Leeds), Heather McGray (World Resources Institute)

The interface of adaptation and mitigation

Convenors:

Kathy Hibbard (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Andrew Ash (CSIRO)

Coasts, deltas and small islands (session 2 of 2)

Convenors:

Robert Nicholls (University of Southampton), Jon Barnett (University of Melbourne), Tim Smith (USC)

Human security, social and equity issues

Convenors:

Neil Adger (University of East Anglia), Karen O’Brien (University of Oslo)

Understanding and communicating adaptation

Adaptation by sectors

Adapting from the grass roots

Frameworks for adaptation

Adaptation at the edge

Human welfare and adaptation

Risk communication and behavioural change

Convenors:

Jan McDonald (Griffith University), Susanne Moser (Susanne Moser Research and Consulting)

Water sector adaptation: innovations

Convenors:

Kathy Jacobs (Arizona Water Institute), Bryson Bates (CSIRO), Stuart Bunn (Griffith University)

National and sub-national case studies of adaptation (session 2 of 2)

Convenors:

Emma L. Tompkins (University of Leeds), Heather McGray (World Resources Institute)

Research meets business and industry

Convenors:

Sandra Schuster (Munich RE), Allen Kearns (CSIRO)

Impacts and adaptation in the tropics

Convenor:

Suzanne Long (Reef and Rainforest Research Centre)

Engineering and technology solutions for adaptation

Convenors:

Ron Cox (UNSW), Xiaoming Wang (CSIRO)

Providing the essential information, knowledge and skills for adaptation

Organiser: Kathy Jacobs, (OTSP, Executive Office of the President, USA)

Panel members: Chris West (UK CIP), Susanne Moser (Susanne Moser Research and Consulting), Jean Palutikof (NCCARF), Saleemul Huq (IIED)

Vulnerability/risk assessment for extreme events

Organiser: John Schneider (Geoscience Australia)

Panel members: Arthur Webb (SOPAC) Jennifer Rigby (Victorian Government), Roger Jones (Victoria University), Suraje Dessai (University of Exeter)

Australian Case Studies: practical adaptation – making it happen on the ground

Organiser: Jon Barnett, (University of Melbourne)

Panel members: Scott Smithers (JCU), Steve Dovers (ANU), John Handmer (RMIT), Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (UQ)

First Assessment Report on climate change and cities (ARC3)

Convenor: Cynthia Rosenzweig (GISS)

• Water sector adaptation: innovations
• Ecosystems
• Adaptation and the community
• New concepts in adaptation
• Impacts and adaptation in the tropics
• Constructing and enabling local knowledge

Poster Session
Foyer

• Communication of information for adaptation
• National and international adaptation activities
• Adaptation and development
• Adapting to climate change in cities
• Public health adaptation to climate variability and
  change

Chair: Lesley Hughes, Macquarie University, Australia

• Drought proofing rural economies in semi-arid areas: lessons from NE Brazil: Antonio Magalhães, Esquel Brazil Foundation, Brazil
• The urban poor in developing countries: the biggest adaptation challenge: David Dodman, International Institute for Environment and Development, UK
• The challenge of coastal erosion in West Africa: Isabelle Niang, University of Dakar, Senegal
• Towards better water security in China: the challenge of climate change: Jun Xia, Centre for Water Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Understanding and communicating adaptation

Adaptation by sectors

Adapting from the grass roots

Frameworks for adaptation

Adaptation at the edge

Human welfare and adaptation

Communication of information for adaptation

Convenors:

Marie Waschka (NCCARF), Simon Torok (CSIRO)

Ecosystems (session 1 of 2)

Convenors:

Rik Leemans (Wageningen University), Guy Midgley (South African National Biodiversity Institute), Alistair Hobday (CSIRO)

Constructing and enabling local knowledge

Convenors: Donovan Burton (NCCARF), Opha Pauline

Dube (University of Botswana)

Room 8

National and international adaptation activities

Convenors:

Joseph Alcamo (UNEP), Youssef Nassef (UNFCCC)

Climate extremes and disaster management (session 1 of 2)

Convenors:

Jean Palutikof (NCCARF), John Handmer (RMIT), Reid Basher (UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction)

Adaptation and the community (session 2 of 2)

Convenors:

Coleen Vogel (University of Witwatersrand), Lisa Schipper (Stockholm Environment Institute)

Understanding and communicating adaptation

Adaptation by sectors

Adapting from the grass roots

Frameworks for adaptation

Adaptation at the edge

Human welfare and adaptation

New concepts in adaptation

Convenors:

Ben Preston (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Roger Jones (Victoria University of Technology)

Ecosystems (session 2 of 2)

Convenors:

Rik Leemans (Wageningen University), Guy Midgley (South African National Biodiversity Institute), Alistair Hobday (CSIRO)

Adaptation and development

Convenors:

Saleem ul Huq (IIED), Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (Universite catholique de Louvain)

Adaptating to climate change in cities

Convenors:

Shagun Mehrotra (Columbia University), Cynthia Rosenzweig (GISS),

Climate extremes and disaster management (session 2 of 2)

Convenors:

Jean Palutikof (NCCARF), John Handmer (RMIT),Reid Basher (UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction)

Public health adaptation to variability and change

Convenors:

Tony McMichael (ANU), Kris Ebi (IPCC)

Chairs: Rik Leemans, Earth System Science Partnership and Wageningen University

• Towards IPCC AR5: Chris Field, Co-Chair, Working Group II, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Reflection on conference: Tony McMichael, ANU
• Panel discussion: Future directions in adaptation: needs, barriers and actions– Chris Field Carnegie Institute for Science, USA

  – Jean Palutikof, Director, NCCARF, Australia

  – Andrew Ash, Director, Climate Adaptation Flagship, CSIRO, Australia

  – Martin Parry, Imperial College, London, UK

  – Youth Representatives, Johanna Mustelin and Laura Canevari

• Closing remarks: Jean Palutikof (NCCARF) and Andrew Ash (CSIRO)