The Implementing Adaptation project produced an extensive review of relevant literature on the impacts of climate change on the primary health and community services sector. The review found that the impacts of climate change for primary health care and community welfare sectors will mainly be the consequence of the interaction between human systems (including health...

This paper presents findings of a current research project conducted in Victoria that explored the notion of climate change vulnerability through the prism of community sector organisations. Drawing on primary interview data, the paper provides an account of how community service organisations perceived climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation.

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.

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.

Executive summary: The focus of this VCCCAR Visiting Fellowship was participation in the project ‘Implementing tools to increase adaptive capacity in the community and natural resources management sectors’. This project aimed to improve understanding of the adaptation capabilities and needs of three types of government service providers and funded agencies (catchment management authorities, community sector...