The document provides information about the Climate Change Adaptation Congress taking place on October 13-14, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia. The congress will focus on creating a climate resilient future for Australia through identifying ways to build adaptation into decisions and developing robust adaptation responses. The preliminary program outlines keynote speakers and sessions over the two days that will help participants understand climate change uncertainties and priorities, build adaptation into organizations, use scenarios to inform decisions, and develop business cases for adaptation.
Speaker: John Labadie
Emergency managers will have to deal with the impending, possibly extreme, and uncertain
effects of climate change. Yet, many emergency managers are not aware of the full range of
possible climate change effects, and they are unsure of their place in the effort to plan for, adapt
to, and cope with those effects. This may partly reflect emergency mangers‟ reluctance to get
caught up in the rancorous – and politically-charged – debate about climate change, but it mostly
is due to the worldview shared by most emergency managers. We focus on: extreme events;
acute vs. chronic hazards (floods vs. droughts); a shorter event horizon (5 years vs. 75-100
years); and a shorter planning and operational cycle. This presentation explores the important
intersection of emergency management, environmental management, and climate change
mitigation and adaptation. It examines the different definitions of terms common to all three
fields, the overlapping strategies used in all three fields, and the best means of collaboration and
mutual re-enforcement among the three to confront and solve the many possible futures that we
may face in the climate change world. Emergency managers must take a seat at the table and
involve themselves in all aspects of planning for and dealing with effects of climate change.
Developing adaptation strategies background training for adaptationVestlandsforsking WRNI
Identifying the Main Climate Change Adaptation Strategies
This module provides an general overview of the main strategies for climate change adaptation and includes more detailed definitions of
-adaptation
-vulnerability
-resilience
-exposure and sensitivity
The youth action programme is a guide for anyone working with youth and climate change in Namibia. It can also be translated into contexts in other African countries. Go to www.youthclimate-namibia.org for more information.
Speaker: John Labadie
Emergency managers will have to deal with the impending, possibly extreme, and uncertain
effects of climate change. Yet, many emergency managers are not aware of the full range of
possible climate change effects, and they are unsure of their place in the effort to plan for, adapt
to, and cope with those effects. This may partly reflect emergency mangers‟ reluctance to get
caught up in the rancorous – and politically-charged – debate about climate change, but it mostly
is due to the worldview shared by most emergency managers. We focus on: extreme events;
acute vs. chronic hazards (floods vs. droughts); a shorter event horizon (5 years vs. 75-100
years); and a shorter planning and operational cycle. This presentation explores the important
intersection of emergency management, environmental management, and climate change
mitigation and adaptation. It examines the different definitions of terms common to all three
fields, the overlapping strategies used in all three fields, and the best means of collaboration and
mutual re-enforcement among the three to confront and solve the many possible futures that we
may face in the climate change world. Emergency managers must take a seat at the table and
involve themselves in all aspects of planning for and dealing with effects of climate change.
Developing adaptation strategies background training for adaptationVestlandsforsking WRNI
Identifying the Main Climate Change Adaptation Strategies
This module provides an general overview of the main strategies for climate change adaptation and includes more detailed definitions of
-adaptation
-vulnerability
-resilience
-exposure and sensitivity
The youth action programme is a guide for anyone working with youth and climate change in Namibia. It can also be translated into contexts in other African countries. Go to www.youthclimate-namibia.org for more information.
This case study describes the work done to reduce waste of construction materials and to divert any waste generated away from landfill.- Published by WRAP March 2011
Online Training Resource for Climate Adaptation: Adaptation Strategies - Whic...Deborah Davies
Identifying the Main Climate Change Adaptation Strategies
This module provides an general overview of the main strategies for climate change adaptation and includes more detailed definitions of
-adaptation
-vulnerability
-resilience
-exposure and sensitivity
Dr Hilario Lamotte's presentation at Geomatics Atlantic 2012 (www.geomaticsatlantic.com) in Halifax, June 2012. More session details at http://lanyrd.com/2012/geomaticsatlantic2012/sryrw/ .
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for a
Proposed Federal Loan Guarantee To
Support Construction and Start-up of
the Taylorville Energy Center in
Taylorville, IL
This case study describes the work done to reduce waste of construction materials and to divert any waste generated away from landfill.- Published by WRAP March 2011
Online Training Resource for Climate Adaptation: Adaptation Strategies - Whic...Deborah Davies
Identifying the Main Climate Change Adaptation Strategies
This module provides an general overview of the main strategies for climate change adaptation and includes more detailed definitions of
-adaptation
-vulnerability
-resilience
-exposure and sensitivity
Dr Hilario Lamotte's presentation at Geomatics Atlantic 2012 (www.geomaticsatlantic.com) in Halifax, June 2012. More session details at http://lanyrd.com/2012/geomaticsatlantic2012/sryrw/ .
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for a
Proposed Federal Loan Guarantee To
Support Construction and Start-up of
the Taylorville Energy Center in
Taylorville, IL
National Sustainable Food Summit Conference Report 3 Pillars Network
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will be used as a catalyst for further discussion and may also be a useful input into the Federal Government’s National
Food Plan or other policy discussions.
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Creative and innovative packaging solutions are an integral part of positioning a sustainable brand and Australian companies are embracing the opportunities that this presents.
The recently introduced Australian Packaging Covenant (APC) mobilizes and cements our collective commitment to welcome innovation in design and move into an exciting new future.
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The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
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Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
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Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
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1. melbourne town hall
13 -14 October 2011
Climate Change
adaptation CongReSS
CReating a Climate ReSilient futuRe foR auStRalia
Structured Process Outcome Focused
Identify ways to acknowledge the
Identify and learn skills to face the
uncertainties surrounding the impact of challenges associated with building a
future climate change into today’s decisions business case for adaptation
Develop robust adaptation responses as part
Create a forum for practical knowledge
of your organisation’s strategic response sharing – drawing on the collective expertise
strategic planning of organisations already adapting
Emphasise the need to make adaptation
Evaluating and testing practical
planning a mainstream issue across adaptation responses and priorities
your organisation using scenarios
Event Partner
3pillarsnetwork.com.au
2. pRogRam deSign
We invite you to be part of an innovative process
which requires your full engagement and interaction
over the two days. the more you invest, the more you
will gain in terms of practical value and outcomes.
SeSSion deSign
1 leading expert presentations will be followed by facilitated group
activities involving all delegates.
2 each participatory activity is designed to build on those that preceded it
and integrate with the additional information provided by each opening
speaker. participants will stay in the same groups throughout the two
days to enable consistency and flow of work.
3 By the end of the day 2 groups will have created a narrative of their work.
Who Will attend?
Business managers – dealing with increasing
complexity and uncertainty and multiple shocks to
their business models
policy-makers – in finance, health, community
development, environment, primary industries,
planning and transport
ngos – working on climate and cross-cutting issues
Researchers – particularly those working on inter-
disciplinary themes relating to climate change
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13 october 2011
8:45am 10:20am
introduction by Congress Chair Coffee Break
Rob gell, master of Ceremonies
10:40am – 11:00am
9:00am – 9:40am
introducing the Congress process
opening address
From ‘climate sceptic’ to a leading voice on climate science, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Rear Admiral Titley will discuss climate change, and its adaptation and your organisation – where are you
impending implications on US national security. David is part
and where are you going?
of a special Task Force that has developed the Navy Arctic
Roadmap, a 5 year strategic plan designed to ensure the US This session allows participants to consider the keynote
Navy is ready and capable of contributing to a safe, stable, presentation in the context of their organisations’ own work.
and secure Arctic region throughout the 21st century. Roderick marsh, associate director, net Balance
Rear admiral david titley, director, task force Climate
Change and oceanographer for the uS navy (uS) 12:00pm – 1:15pm
practical priorities in adaptation planning
9:40m – 10:20am
Climate change compounds existing risks as well as
opening Keynote introducing new ones. Understanding the intersection
between adaptation and other shocks faced by organisations
using information about future climates in is a crucial element of adaptation planning.
adaptation decision-making: what works, what facilitated by Jenni metcalfe, director, econnect
doesn’t and what’s possible
Bill hartnett, Sustainability manager, local
Information about future climates is characterised by uncertainty. government Super
Planners and decision-makers need to understand where projec- final speaker (tbc)
tions and other accounts of climate futures are uncertain and how
this uncertainty should influence their decision-making.
SESSION OUTCOMES
followed by questions and discussion
dr graeme pearman, graeme pearman Consulting participants should leave this session understanding:
✔ The way that climate risk compounds existing
organisational risks as well as creates new ones.
SESSION OUTCOMES
✔ How this affects value (particularly financial) of
participants should leave this session understanding: adaptation actions – in single organisations as well as
across a community/class of organisation/nation etc.
✔ The uncertainty in climate projections and how levels
of uncertainty change with scale, timing and location of ✔ New hints/principles for prioritising adaptation actions
potential climate impacts from this perspective
✔ Which climatic changes might be ‘locked in’ by past
emissions, current emissions trajectories or might be
averted through strong mitigation efforts
✔ The importance of assessing climate futures using range
of future climate outcomes rather than point estimates
✔ The importance of considering low probability, high
consequence outcomes in adaptation planning.
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1:15pm 3:30pm
lunch Coffee Break
2:15pm – 3:30pm 3:45pm – 5:00pm
Building a business case for adaptation investment embedding climate adaptation: building robust
and organisational change decision-making capability
Adaptation planning needs to be integrated into almost There is no simple design for adaptation decision-making.
all elements of an organisation’s activities – strategic and The ‘best’ design, plan or strategy for adaptation may be
operational. This is challenging. Many characteristics of one that offers a satisfactory solution under a wide range
the adaptation problem do not integrate well with typical of possible futures. It may not be the cheapest, easiest to
approaches to decision-making in most organisation. implement or the one with the clearest long-term outcome.
facilitated by Jenni metcalfe, director, econnect Good adaptation decision-making responds to climate
Councillor Krista milne, Sustainability manager, change uncertainty by maintaining flexibility, testing options,
City of melbourne maintaining links with a wide range of stakeholders.
Adaptation requires a change from ‘predict-then-act’
dr Bruce taylor, CSiRo approaches to ‘explore-then-test’ ones.
david Rissik, deputy director, nCCaRf Roderick marsh, associate director, net Balance
Case Study tbc
SESSION OUTCOMES
participants will hear about: SESSION OUTCOMES
✔ Common pitfalls and challenges that arise when
participants should leave this session with an
addressing climate change adaptation in organisations
understanding of:
(e.g. perceptions of climate change, managing
uncertainty, relevance of adaptation spend in the context ✔ What makes decisions robust
of short-term priorities, cost). ✔ How to design decision-making processes so they are
✔ Ways to approach organisational inertia on climate most likely to deliver robust outcomes
change adaptation
✔ How to justify long-term climate change adaptation
expenditure, while managing the risks of over, under 5:00pm
and mal-adaptation.
✔ How to integrate existing knowledge across disciplines Closing Comments day one
and develop and communicate new knowledge. and networking drinks
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9:00am – 9.45am 11:15am – 12:30pm
Keynote address Working group Session 1:
the Risks of a Changing Climate Combining priorities for action with
Will Steffen provides a candid picture of the impacts of
organisationally-relevant scenarios
climate change on the earth systems. This session is Participants will use their work from the day 1 session
designed to help anchor the day’s discussions in physical ‘practical priorities in adaptation planning’ to develop three
realities of climate change. scenarios to provide context for future decision making.
professor Will Steffen, executive director and Climate
Commissioner, anu Climate Change institute and Climate SESSION OUTCOMES
Commissioner
participants will develop:
9:45am ✔ list of information requirements for prioritisation and
A
decision making
Scenario planning for adaptation: what works, ✔ Three possible scenarios that capture a range of future
what doesn’t, what’s promising outcomes against which adaptation decisions can be
evaluated
Scenario planning has a long history as a tool for dealing
with uncertain futures. It can be a controversial tool.
Some suggest detailed scenarios risk ‘locking-in’ thinking 12:30pm
about the future to a limited range of possibilities; others
emphasise the value of scenarios as a way of ‘stress- lunch
testing’ plans and informing discussions about policy and
governance in the context of uncertainty and complexity. 1:30pm – 2:45pm
followed by questions and discussion
Working group Session 2:
professor John Wiseman, university of melbourne
using scenarios to test adaptation responses
dr lauren Rickards, university of melbourne
SESSION OUTCOMES
SESSION OUTCOMES
participants will:
participants should gain an understanding of:
✔ Obtain hands-on experience evaluating and testing
✔ How scenarios can be incorporated into adaptation adaptation responses and priorities using scenarios
planning developed for that purpose
✔ How to develop useful scenarios ✔ Understand the value of scenarios as tools to explore
✔ How to best use them to improve decision-making uncertainty and complexity and test the robustness of
adaptation responses to a wide range of possible futures
10:15am – 10:45am led by ian dunlop (tbc)
Coffee Break
2:45pm
Coffee Break
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3:00pm – 4:15pm
Working group Session 3:
using scenarios and climate information in a
business case for action on adaptation
Including the results of work focused on exploring uncertainty
and complexity and generating robust solutions in a
traditional business case can be hard.
Many organisations demand more certainty (even if it is
illusory) in business cases than robust solutions can provide.
Robust solutions work best in situations where uncertainty
cannot be reduced.
SESSION OUTCOMES
participants should leave the session understanding:
✔ How scenarios and information about climate futures can
be incorporated in a business case
✔ How scenarios can be used to improve organisations'
decision-making
led by facilitator from net Balance (tbc)
4:15pm
Closing Remarks and Close of Congress
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to RegiSteR RegiSteR me foR the Climate adaptation CongReSS
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enquiRieS Bring your colleagues and save!
Contact Zaf Makdum 2 people from same organisation $1390+GST = $1529.00
Tel 02 9555 4203 3 people from same organisation $1935+GST = $2128.50
Email zaf@3pillarsnetwork.com.au
StandaRd RegiStRation Rate – Book & pay after 23 September 2011
dateS & venue Full 2-day conference $895+GST = $984.50
13-14 october 2011 Bring your colleagues and save!
melbourne town hall 2 people from same organisation $1590+GST = $1749.00
The Supper Room (3rd floor) 3 people from same organisation $2235+GST = $2458.50
Corner Swanston and Collins Streets
Melbourne VIC 3000 non memBeRS
Tel 03 9658 9779
Fax 03 9654 1427 eaRlY BiRd – Book & pay by 23 September 2011
Full 2-day conference $895+GST = $984.50
time Bring your colleagues and save!
Registration starts at 8.30am on 2 people from same organisation $1590+GST = $1749.00
13 October 2011 and conference 3 people from same organisation $2235+GST = $2458.50
ends 4.30pm on 14 October 2011.
StandaRd RegiStRation Rate – Book & pay after 23 September 2011
Cancellation policy: Full 2-day conference $995+GST = $1094.50
Should you be unable to attend, a Bring your colleagues and save!
substitute delegate is always welcome 2 people from same organisation $1790+GST = $1969.00
at no extra cost. Alternatively, a full 3 people from same organisation $2535+GST = $2788.50
refund, minus 50% (incl GST) service
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