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12/05/2016 1 Growing with your users. Demand driven tools to support adaptation. Dave Rissik (NCCARF) Bob Webb (ANU) Picture from: The Walking Dead “The Road to Effective Adaptation” No funding for maintenance and update No training Tool doesn’t address user needs 15 th time that tool has been developed (to the same stage!!) Tool published – little appetite for outreach by developers Lack of capacity of users User consultation after tool developed
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Growing with your users. Demand driven tools to support adaptation.
Dave Rissik (NCCARF)
Bob Webb (ANU)
Picture from: The Walking Dead
“The Road to Effective Adaptation”
No funding for maintenance and update
No training
Tool doesn’t address user needs
15th time that tool has been developed (to the same stage!!)
Tool published – little appetite for outreach by developers
Lack of capacity of users
User consultation after tool developed
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Its not all bad: we have learned a lot
• The same underlying cyclical and iterative ‘risk management’ (or equivalent) adaptation process underpins nearly all adaptation planning, decision support and assurance products
• common leading practices are emerging such as decision-centred assessments, flexible pathways and uncertainty management, stakeholder engagement approaches
• There are also common climate scenario/projections and risk/hazard mapping data sets
• Too much effort goes into rediscovering and reinventing these for each product; leaving little resource to address the genuine differentiated needs
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Strategic Planning
Social, Economic
and Environmental
Plans Land Use Planning
Development Decisions
Asset Management
Decisions
Natural Hazard
Planning and
Decisions Infrastructure/
Services Planning
and Decisions
Climate Change Risk and
Vulnerability Assessment ;
Adaptation Planning
We know more about users needs.
Business processes and adaptation decision entry points:
Local government
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1. Adaptation
Process
Guidance
Products
2. Data and
Information
Products
3. Knowledge
Portal Products
Enablers
Governance
Communities
of practice
Knowledge
brokering
Skilling
Communication & Engagement
Leadership
Learning
processes
Enablers just as important as products
We are better equipped to work with users to develop products that suits
their needs
• NRM Planners
• Coastal decision makers
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• NRM groups involved in planning for long periods.
• A range of approaches with different levels of sophistication.
• Generally are based around adaptive management, risk frameworks, resilience frameworks.
• Many of the actions are appropriate for climate change. BUT there is a need for assessing plans and approaches with a climate adaptation lens.
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• Approach that can enable NRM groups to assess “where they are” in climate adaptation planning.
• Enable self assessment, reflection and improvement.
• Take an enabling approach. Cannot solve all issues immediately and in one guide. Assist groups to start the (long) journey.
Approach
• Outlines 4 challenges associated with adaptation planning
• Advice on uncertainty (types and how do we deal with it)
• A generic framework consistent with most/all planning frameworks used by NRM
• Key questions associated with each component of the framework.
• Guidance about each question, links to case studies, useful material to support NRMs.
• Web delivery and Guide.
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CoastAdapt: A framework to support climate change adaptation on the Australian coast NCCARF team
National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility
Demand driven: understanding user needs through consultation
• 700 stakeholders around Australia (all states and territories) – 400 face to face (3-5 hour workshops) – 300 online survey
• Broad ranging – Government (Local, State, Commonwealth) – Business and Industry – NRM – Community groups – Academics
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Challenge
• Range of different interests/capacities amongst users
• Different needs
• Different stages in adaptation journey
• Different jurisdictional requirements
CoastAdapt - Overview
Learn
Act
Connect
Present climate
Future climate
Understand impacts
Take action
Community of adaptors
Case studies
Fact sheets
Information elements
Methodology elements
Worked examples
Tools to support action
Information manuals
Case studies
Stakeholder needs Entry points Delivery
Online forum
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Coastal Climate Adaptation Decision Support (C-CADS)
www.connect.coastadapt.com.au
