This week, NCCARF visiting fellow from the University of Botswana, Pauline Dube will be hosted by the Emergency Management Adaptation Research Network and the Centre for Risk and Community Safety to present a talk at RMIT University on fire management perspectives. Read more>> NCCARF Director Jean Palutikof is participating in the IPCC WGII AR5 Third Lead Authors Meeting in Buenos Aires as a Review Editor. Read more>> NCCARF is launching a new suite of research portfolio fact sheets here>>
This Week in NCCARF
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Week startingMonday, October 22, 2012
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Week startingMonday, October 15, 2012
This week NCCARF highlights another Adaptation Action Story - Effective adaptation policy making: a case study from the Eyre Peninsula. NCCARF's Adaptation Action Stories are designed to show the actions and achievements of organisations that are working to adapt their sector, and to explore the challenges they face and their efforts to manage them. Learn more here.
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Week startingMonday, October 15, 2012
This week NCCARF highlights another Adaptation Action Story - Effective adaptation policy making: a case study from the Eyre Peninsula. NCCARF's Adaptation Action Stories are designed to show the actions and achievements of organisations that are working to adapt their sector, and to explore the challenges they face and their efforts to manage them. Learn more here.
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Week startingMonday, October 8, 2012
This week, NCCARF's Adaptation Conversation continues in Perth with Managing Water Resources in a Variable and Changing Climate.
The Convenors and Coordinators of the Adaptation Research Networks will meet in Brisbane. Two National Adaptation Research Plan updates are open for community comment: http://www.nccarf.edu.au/research/narps. -
Week startingMonday, October 1, 2012
The NCCARF national Adaptation Conversation begins this week in Northern NSW, drawing together coastal management professionals, researchers and planners to discuss climate change adaptation and the coast. More information>> On Wednesday, visiting fellow Pauline Dube will present a seminar in Brisbane: 'Global Environmental Change, Climate Change and Globalisation' RSVP Here.
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Week startingMonday, September 24, 2012
This week, the Update Report for the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Plan for Primary Industries is open for community comment until 26 October 2012. More information >> NCCARF's Director, Jean Palutikof, will meet with the Climate Commission at Griffith University's Nathan Campus.
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Week startingMonday, September 17, 2012
This week in NCCARF, the Director Jean Palutikof is visiting the Climate Change Research Institute at the Victoria University of Wellington to discuss NCCARF's work on adaptation. NCCARF is participating in Science meets Parliament in Canberra, with opportunities to discuss climate change adaptation with parliamentarians. NCCARF is also contributing strongly to the Coast to Coast Conference in Brisbane where there will be a number of climate change adaptation presentations. Visit our booth to find out about the work we are doing to support coastal adaptation.
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Week startingMonday, September 10, 2012
This week, research funded by NCCARF at the University of Adelaide is highlighted on SBS current affairs program "Living Black". See how Traditional Owners in central Australia are working with researchers to develop an adaptation plan for Arabunna Country.
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Week startingMonday, September 3, 2012
This week we will showcase climate change adaptation research occurring at Macquarie University, one of our partners. The event is being held in Sydney near Circular Quay. For more information please see our events page.
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Week startingMonday, August 27, 2012
This week, NCCARF's Director, Jean Palutikof will be a keynote speaker at the Australian Fire and Emergency Services Authority Council (AFAC)'s Annual Conference in Perth. She will address the topic "Managing Disasters and Adapting to Climate Change: What’s the Difference?". We will make the presentation available on the NCCARF website next week.
