Abstract.
Climate adaptation is still a relatively new discipline that focuses on improving present day decision-making for thriving futures in a changing climate. This presentation will unpack key research questions and directions in the field of climate adaptation science including what ’successful’ adaptation is, the importance of adaptation benefits, and how knowledge about futures is being co-produced and what this means for more effective decision-making.
BIO:
I am an adaptation scientist with a PhD in climate change adaptation at Griffith University based on the Gold Coast, Australia. My research is focused on understanding how, why and when people make decisions to adapt to climate change, and what role science can and should play in that process. That includes issues such as decision-making, policy development and implementation, limits to adaptation, and the gap that we often see between academic theory and real-world practical actions.
I am a Coordinating Lead Author for Chapter 4 in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 7th Assessment report in Working Group II (Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability). I was also Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment report in Working Group II Chapter 15 Small Islands and the Summary for Policymakers, and Contributing Author in the IPCC 5th Assessment. I l was an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow (2019-2022), and I am Science Committee Co-chair of the World Adaptation Science Program at United Nations. I also teach Climate Adaptation Theory and Practice course that is part of the world's first Master's Degree on Climate Change Adaptation. I am also an Advisor to Resilience Frontiers, which is the United Nation's key initiative to bring in foresight and frontier technologies to re-imagine sustainable futures. All of my roles focus on understanding the core principles of climate change adaptation, and how adaptation science can play a positive role in evidence-based decision-making.
