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.
Report
Use of climate science in adaptation planning and decision making
Collaborations were developed and research carried out that reveal that current state-of-the-art climate models and assessments all underestimate the risk of multidecadal “megadrought” in the State of Victoria, and that there is a substantial risk of future droughts much longer and more severe than any of the last 150 years.
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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.
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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.
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
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.