Adaptation Benefits and effectiveness: where we are at

Adaptation Benefits and effectiveness: where we are at.

This presentation looks at the concept of adaptation benefits and what adaptation is supposed to achieve. It also discusses the latest findings from the IPCC 6th Assessment on what effective adaptation looks like and which strategies seem feasible and effective and in which context. The presentation also unpacks the main ideas and heuristics around adaptation and explains how these implicit understandings of adaptation influence how adaptation decisions are made.

Presenter: Johanna Nalau

Dr Nalau is an award-winning climate adaptation scientist who thrives on finding clues how humans can better see into the future and make decisions how we adapt to climate change. Her Australian Research Council DECRA research focuses on understanding climate adaptation heuristics and the role these play in adaptation decision- and policy-making processes globally and nationally. Dr Nalau is Lead Author in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment report in Working Group II, Co-chair of the Science Committee of the World Adaptation Science Program at United Nations, and leads the Adaptation Science Research Theme at Cities Research Institute, Griffith University. She was awarded Griffith University Young Outstanding Alumni Award 2019 for the Sciences Group, and the Queensland Young Tall Poppy Science Award 2020. She is passionate about the role of innovation and foresight in enabling the building of better futures.

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