Panel sessions – Climate Adaptation 2018
1.Climate change and legal risks in land-use planning decisions
Sponsored by: The Victorian Government, Department of Environment, Water, Land and Planning.
Addressing risks in the planning stage is more cost-effective than repairing damage, retrofitting or losing assets in extreme weather – but what happens when planning does not effectively address these risks?
The Victorian Government will sponsor a panel discussion about legal risks in land-use planning decisions in the context of climate change. The panel will explore the barriers to understanding and managing legal risks in land-use planning decisions in the context of climate change, and discuss practical approaches to minimising legal risk.
Chair: Michael Wheelahan (DELWP)
Panel: Tayanah O'Donnell (Future Earth), Mark Baker-Jones (CDP), Sarah Barker (MinterEllison)
2.Indigenous communities adapting
Quietly, quietly, Indigenous communities around Australia are building adaptation plans and taking actions to reduce climate risks on country and maintain a tradition of sustainable custodianship. In this session we hear from some of those programs and Traditional Owners and talk about lessons learnt and going forward.
Chair: Cara Beal (Griffith University)
Panel: Robyn Grey-Gardner (NT Government), Eileen Deemal-Hall (Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council, John Rainbird (TSRA) and Hilda Mosby (Torres Strait Islander)
3.What we need to talk about: Communicating around adaptation
What are the messages we need to get out about adapting to climate change?
Is our communication effective? What are we doing well, what are we not doing well?
What is the key to good communication on climate change adaptation?
Join these experienced communicators to talk about the challenge of getting the adaptation message out and heared.
Chair: Johanna Nalau (Griffith University)
Panel: Doug Parsons (America Adapts), Karl Braganza (Bureau of Meteorology) and Merryn McKinnon (Australian National University)
4.Climate change risk and the changing insurance landscape
Sponsored by: The Victorian Government, Department of Environment, Water, Land and Planning.
Climate change is increasing the scale, intensity and frequency of risks that have until now, been managed and transferred to the private sector through insurance. But what happens when this is no longer an option? What can the insurance industry, governments and private citizens do to minimise exposure to climate change risks?
This panel will explore how the insurance industry is responding to climate change, what is needed from the industry, government and others to effectively manage risk into the future, and alternative approaches to insurance and risk transfer.
Chair: Ian Edwards (Griffith University)
Panel: Sharanjit Paddam (Deloitte), Kate Simmonds (Willis Re), Joel Pridmore (Munich Re) and Gabby Fennessy (Victorian Management Insurance Authority)
5.Local adaptation – stories from practitioners
On-ground adaptation and adaptation planning is happening in all corners of Australia. In this panel, practitioners will share their experiences – the successes and failures – and will open the dialogue between delegates on what we are doing well, what we aren’t, and what we need going forward.
Chair: Jean Palutikof (NCCARF)
Panel: Jon Doole (Kingborough Council), Marisa O’Halloran (Goulbourn Greenhouse Gas Alliance), Travis Sydes (FNQROC), and Robert Gibson (Moyne Shire Council)
6.Working ethically across knowledge and action for climate change adaptation
Sponsored by: ANU Climate Change Institute
This panel session will explore the ethical dimensions of working across knowledge and action in climate adaptation. Whose research is the right research to inform decision-making? Is there such thing as too much trust between researchers and decision-makers? Where is the line for ethical conduct in evidence-informed climate adaptation? How can researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners ethically navigate the competing demands of their respective domains, while building bridges to with others? The panel represents key insights from research, policy, and practice to illuminate the complexity of, and way through, these ethical challenges.
Chair: Professor Kate Auty (ACT Commissioner for Sustainability)
Panel: Mark Howden (ANU Climate Change Institute), Mark Crosweller (Emergency Management Australia) and Judy Lawrence (New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute)
7.Climate adaptation for Queensland - Where are we now?
Sponsored by: Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ)
The Queensland Climate Adaptation Strategy (Q-CAS) was released in 2017 and sets out a coordinated approach to ensure that Queensland understands and prepares for climate change. The Local Government Association Queensland (LGAQ) is a member of the Queensland Government’s Q-CAS Partners group formed to support development and implementation of the strategy. Through its partnership with the State, the LGAQ is involved in a number of initiatives under the Q-CAS. These initiatives include:
- The Queensland Climate Resilient Councils (Q CRC) program;
- The Queensland QCoast2100 program; and
- Participating in the preparation of industry-led Sector Adaptation Plans
At the NCCARF conference in Adelaide in 2016 the Queensland Government ran a panel session about the Queensland Climate Change Directions Statement that informed the Q-CAS, where proposed adaptation initiatives were discussed. This session will provide an opportunity for the Queensland Government and the LGAQ to return to the NCCARF conference to discuss the initiatives designed under the Q-CAS and what the partnership approach has meant for each stakeholder.
Chair: Kirsten Lovejoy (Department of Environment and Science)
Panel: Dorean Erhart (LGAQ), Donovan Burton (Climate Planning), Sel Sultman (Department of Environment and Science) and Catie Dunbar (Department of Environment and Science)
