Transforming planning for climate change in NRM

Transforming planning for climate
change in natural resource
management
Dr Philip Wallis
Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University
Dr Karyn Bosomworth
Centre for Risk and Community Safety &
Climate Change Adaptation Program, RMIT University
2014 Victorian Adaptation Forum, 20 March 2014, Melbourne
Context – funding streams
Land Sector Package
(from the program formerly known as Clean Energy Futures)
Regional NRM Planning for Climate Change Fund
Stream 1
Stream 2
Regional NRM
Organisations
Element 1:
National CC Projections
CSIRO & BoM
Element 2:
NRM CC Impacts &
Adaptation Research
Program
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Regional
Clusters
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Context - partners
Stream 1 Participants
Stream 2 Participants
Victoria
1. Glenelg-Hopkins CMA
2. Corangamite CMA
3. Port Phillip and Westernport CMA
4. West Gippsland CMA
5. East Gippsland CMA
New South Wales
6. South East LLS
Tasmania
7. NRM North
8. NRM South
9. Cradle Coast NRM
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Project Participants
The SCARP Project Team:
Victoria:
Dr Philip Wallis (Monash)
Dr Karyn Bosomworth (RMIT)
Nooshin Torabi (RMIT)
Liz Hamilton (DEPI)
Sophie Millin (Monash)
Tasmania:
Dr Peat Leith (UTas)
Dr Andrew Harwood (UTas)
Dr Kerry Bridle (UTas)
Bec Harris (UTas)
Our Steering Committee:
Christine Forster (Chair)
Kevin Wood (Glenelg Hopkins CMA)
James McKee (NRM North)
Kirsti Sampson (South East LLS)
A/Prof Rohan Nelson (UTas)
Prof Rod Keenan (VCCCAR)
Christopher Lee (NSW OEH)
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Purpose and research design
• Collaborative ‘demand driven’, participatory action research
• Working with NRM organisations to:
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Access useful CC research and adaptation information
Support translation and application of this
Identify collective and individual CC information needs
Share information and lessons across clusters
Build on existing capacities and develop new skills
Manage engagement (linking Stream 1 and 2)
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Activities to date
Scoping
meetings
Build relationships
Define scope
Focus groups
and interviews
Understand context
Support planners
Engage partners
Planning
workshops
Generate ideas
Identify projects
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Using the VCCCAR Adaptation Navigator
 Used Navigator
with CMAs to
establish
current capacity
and needs
 Helped to guide
areas of further
research and
prioritise areas
for action
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Sub-project 1: adaptation pathways
Source: UK Environment Agency
Source: Jones, R. 2010. A risk management approach to climate change adaptation, in Nottage,
et al. (eds.), Climate change adaptation in New Zealand: Future scenarios and some sectoral
perspectives. New Zealand Climate Change Centre, Wellington, 10–25.
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Sub-project 2: supporting spatial analysis
Spatial Analysis
Consultants
Terrestrial
Biodiversity
Climate
Change
CMAs
Sustainability
Freshwater
Systems
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Sub-project 3: synthesis and assessment
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Sub-project 4: knowledge exchange
 Southern Slopes NRM agencies are spread across a wide
area
 This sub-project is designed around two events to foster
cross-agency learning
– 20 March 2014 in Launceston (today!)
– June 2014 in Melbourne
 Drawing on experts through workshops and webinars
– Climate-ready biodiversity objectives (Mike Dunlop &
Paul Ryan)
– Climate Futures projections team (CSIRO)
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