Seminar by Emeritus Professor Mark Howden AC

There is an urgent need for adaptation to climate change. The evidence is clear that climate change is already causing damage to our economies, homes, environments and productivity, and the trend is for a rapid increase in climate impacts. We are now in unchartered territory and everyone is affected.

It is not yet apparent that our increasing risks and the challenges of future climate are incorporated in policy and decision-making. It is also clear that adaptation is complex – it requires changing our current approaches to decisions and management, and to ensuring that equity implications are addressed. This seminar explores the leadership needed in Australia for effective climate change adaptation, and clarifies why it is urgently needed.

With a panel of expert adaptation discussants including;

• Prof Lauren Rickards (Latrobe Uni)
• Dr Jo Mummery (UC)
• Dr Jason Alexandra (ANU)
• Facilitated by Prof Jacki Schirmer (UC)

Emeritus Professor Mark Howden is a national and global leader in climate change and adaptation to this, with deep experience in research and science-policy roles to understand and address climate change impacts in multiple domains. He was Director of the Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions and its precursors, at The Australian National University from 2016-25. Mark is a Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and has been a major contributor to all IPCC global assessment reports since 1991.