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.
Literature review
Decision taking in times of uncertainty
This literature review constitutes the conceptual basis for the research project Decision Taking in Times of Uncertainty: Towards an Efficient Strategy to Manage Risk and Uncertainty in Climate Change Adaptation, funded by the Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research (VCCCAR). The project seeks to improve our understanding of how complex decision-making processes deal with...
Briefing paper
Adaptation planning for community service organisations and primary care partnerships
This policy brief is for Victorian State Government departments. It aims to inform state-level policy and programs that could support climate change adaptation (CCA) planning by community service organisations (CSOs) and primary care partnerships (PCPs).
Report
Climate change adaptations: Fisheries, estuaries and knowledge exchange
A think tank of 25 representatives from research organisations, management agencies and industry met for a day and a half in September 2013 at Deakin University’s Warrnambool City Centre to address fisheries and climate issues.
Report
Toward resilient regional city centres
This Think Tank explored the potential to build economic, social and environmental resilience across regional cities and their hinterlands, specifically investigating strong city centres’ capacity to adapt to climate change impacts and their consequences.
Report
Research to action: a multi-institutional synthesis of the Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research
Given VCCCAR represents a partnership between Victoria’s universities and the Victorian government, a key focus of this analysis is on the manner in which these two institutions have interacted as VCCCAR has worked toward achieving its objectives.