Australia’s National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) is holding its annual national conference in Melbourne from the 26-28 June, 2012. This year’s conference focuses on the information needed to ensure Australia is adapting well to climate change.
Over three days NCCARF will bring together researchers, practitioners and decision makers to share knowledge and research approaches that inform policy and practice in planning for climate change in Australia.

The 2012 Climate Adaptation in Action Conference will showcase the contribution of adaptation science to planning and policy making across Australia. It will explore how robust adaptation decisions can be made in the face of uncertainty.

Further information about the conference can be found here:

http://www.nccarf.edu.au/conference2012/

Submitting an abstract

The call for abstracts is now open and will close on 17 February 2012. Abstracts can be submitted via the conference website.

Abstracts are invited that address these topics

• Adaptation for coastal systems
• Adaptation in the Pacific Basin
• Adapting agriculture to climate change
• Adapting cities for future climate change
• Barriers and limits to adaptation
• Business opportunities in adaptation
• Climate change adaptation and Indigenous communities
• Climate extremes and disaster management
• Climate smart and resilient communities
• Communication of information for adaptation
• Constructing and enabling local knowledge
• Decision support tools for adaptation
• Education and training for adaptation
• Engineering and technology solutions for adaptation
• Financial instruments for climate change adaptation
• Freshwater biodiversity and resources under climate change
• Human impacts and health adaptation to climate change
• Managing Australia’s marine ecosystems and resources for a warmer climate
• Managing terrestrial ecosystems for resilience under climate change
• Measuring the success of adaptation
• Regional case studies of adaptation
• Regulatory and legal implications of climate change adaptation
• Scenarios for the future of adaptation
• Social and equity issues in climate change adaptation
• The economics and costs of adaptation
• The interface between adaptation and mitigation
• Turning science into policy for adaptation
• Adapting critical infrastructure
• Climate adaptive built environment
• Ecosystem services
• Other topic