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.
Case study
Implementing climate change adaptation in the Grampians Pyrenees Primary Care Partnership
Five CSOs and PCPs participated in the tools-testing phase of the project. The Grampians and Pyrenees Primary Care Partnership was one of the five organisations which aimed to gain a better understanding of how identified climate change adaptation needs can best be responded to using existing decision-support tools.
Report
Building bridges: supporting adaptation in industry
Victorian business and industry play an important part in the Australian economy, producing almost one quarter of the nation's GDP. Ensuring long-term economic sustainability requires that overall productivity is maintained and that key industry sectors continue to grow. Understanding how this can be achieved on a sector-by-sector basis, requires an appreciation of the changing threats...
Briefing paper
Framing climate change adaptation in policy development and implementation
The Framing Adaptation project explored different ways of describing and approaching climate change adaptation at the conceptual, theoretical and operational levels. Focusing on local government in Victoria, it investigated how organisations understand and interpret adaptation, how they conduct adaptation planning and make decisions in the face of uncertainty and complexity, and what guidance is required...
Literature review
Climate change adaptation in the natural resource management sector
This report is a major output of a research project entitled ‘Implementing tools to increase adaptive capacity in the community and natural resource management sectors’; funded by the Victorian Government through the Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research (VCCCAR). The project consists of several phases of desktop, empirical and action research.
Literature review
Climate change adaptation in the primary health and community welfare sectors in Victoria
This report is a major research output of a project entitled ‘Implementing tools to increase adaptive capacity in the community and natural resource management sectors’, funded by the Victorian Government through the Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research (VCCCAR). The project consists of several phases of desktop-based and empirical and action research.