Organisation
Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research
Acronym:
VCCCAR
The Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research was a multi-institutional research organisation whose focus was primarily action-based research. The purpose of their research was to assist the development of policy and build understanding and capacity in relation to adaptation across the private and public sectors in Victoria.
Victorian government funding for VCCCAR concluded in June 2014.
Briefing paper
Building common understanding of scenario based strategies to inform climate change adaptation
Scenario Planning for Climate Adaptation aims to strengthen knowledge about the use of scenarios and scenario planning as tools for climate change adaptation decisionmaking, drawing on the recent experience of Victorian climate adaptation policy-makers and practitioners.
Report
Scenarios for climate adaptation: final report
The aim of this report is to strengthen knowledge about the use of scenarios and scenario planning as tools for climate change adaptation decision making, drawing on the recent experience of Victorian climate adaptation policy makers and practitioners. Production of the report has been funded by the Victorian Government through the Victorian Centre for Climate...
Working paper
Framing climate change adaptation in policy and practice
This working paper described what ‘adapting’ to climate change means by clarifying commonly used terminology and how these different concepts are used in policy development in Australia, and other parts of the world.).
Report
Incorporating climate change impacts and adaptation into capital investment decision-making
Capital investment in transport, roads, health, water and electricity, amongst other sectors, is significant both in dollar terms and in its potential to interact with climate change adaptation strategies. The general lack of formalised approaches to assessing the social, environmental and economic impacts of capital investment projects is of particular concern.
Briefing paper
Assessing resilient urban systems to support long term adaptation to climate change
Assessing resilient urban systems examines some key findings arising from research on the resilience and adaptive capacity of energy and water infrastructure systems in two Melbourne housing developments – one in the city’s outer north and the other in a rapidly gentrifying inner suburb.