INSIGHTS SEMINAR: Adapting to Climate Change in the Great Barrier Reef

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Date:

Wednesday, 25 June 2014 - Wednesday, 25 June 2014

Time:

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Room:

Seminar Room 275

Location:

ST LUCIA Building 20 Global Change Institute, Staff House Road

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Full Description:: Presented by Dr Pedro Fidelman - CRN Research Fellow, Sustainability Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast

Adaptation is an important societal response to climate change, particularly in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) where climate change impacts are already being experienced, and predicted to undermine its ability to deliver ecosystem goods and services. Adapting to climate change involves efforts by multiple sectors, such as government, industry and community. In general, these sectors have different stakes, roles and capacities, and therefore are expected to be affected by and respond to the impacts from a changing climate differently.

In this seminar, Dr Fidelman explores how different sectors, namely federal, state and local governments, and the fishing and tourism industries pursue adaptation in the context of the GBR. He examines the types of strategies adopted and the different drivers and triggers of adaptation. Understanding the different motivations and responses of these multiple sectors is critical to improve adaptation outcomes
- See more at: http://www.gci.uq.edu.au/events/insights-seminar-climate-change-adaptation-strategies-and-scenarios-in-the#sthash.Lsq9wuLJ.dpuf