About conference
The 2011 NCCARF Conference will be a one day event held in conjunction with Greenhouse 2011, on Wednesday 6 April, Cairns Convention Centre.
There is no charge to attend this one-day event.
The aim of the NCCARF Conference is to bring researchers and end users together, to provide an update on NCCARF activities and advances in knowledge across NCCARF’s priority sectors, and to discuss a number of cross cutting challenges and themes in a series of half-day workshops. These workshops will focus on topics such as:
- Climate change adaptation action in local government: an opportunity for Australian local governments to showcase and share their experiences of on-ground climate change adaptation activities
- Climate change adaptation knowledge/action interface
- Urbanisation, food security, climate change and public health
- Uncertainty in the science and implications for climate change adaptation
- Australasia in the IPCC 5th Assessment (convened by Roger Kitching and Andy Reisinger)
An agenda for the NCCARF Conference, including confirmation of these workshop topics and of key speakers will be available in late January. Attendance at the NCCARF Conference will be free of charge, however numbers will be limited, Please register below to confirm your attendance at this event, and to receive information updates.
REGISTER for the 2011 NCCARF Conference
Workshop Programme (or download a printable pdf of the Programme):
| Time |
Session |
| 8:30am |
Opening welcome and presentation Adaptation in Australia: an NCCARF update, Professor Jean Palutikof (Director, NCCARF) |
| 8:45am |
‘Developing government adaptation policy in the national and international context’
Ms Harinder Sidhu, Australian Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency |
| 9:00am |
Keynote presentation Looking to the future: climate change adaptation challenges and opportunities, Antony Funnell, Walkley Award Winning Journalist and Broadcaster |
| 9:30am |
Morning tea |
| 10:00am |
Advances and key issues in climate change adaptation in Australia NCCARF Adaptation Research Network Convenors, Panel discussion |
| 12pm |
Lunch |
| Concurrent Workshops |
| 1-3pm |
Adaptation by Local Government: new modes of communication for climate change – Convenors: Melanie Bainbridge, Kim Byrnes, local government Western Australia |
Uncertainty in the science and the implications for climate change adaptation – Convenor: Jean Palutikof, NCCARF |
Urbanisation, human health and climate change adaptation – Convenor: Tony Capon, Australian National University |
Australasia in the IPCC 5th Assessment – Convenors: Roger Kitching, Griffith University, Andy Reisinger, New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre |
| 3pm |
Afternoon tea |
| 3:30-5:30pm |
Adaptation by Local Government: new modes of communication for climate change – Convenors: Melanie Bainbridge, Kim Byrnes, local government Western Australia |
Science, policy, people – Convenor: Kate Auty, Commisioner for Environmental Sustainability, Victoria |
Urbanisation, human health and climate change adaptation – Convenor: Tony Capon, Australian National University |
|
| 5:30pm-6:15pm |
Summary session (facilitated by Jean Palutikof)
- Report back from workshops
- Closing remarks
|
| 6:15pm-7:30pm |
Evening reception: Drinks, nibbles and networking |
Further information about the Greenhouse 2011 Conference is available at http://www.greenhouse2011.com. Please note that the call for abstracts for Greenhouse 2011 closed on 19 November, 2010.
