As part of the ‘Coastal Futures – Planning and Adaptation in a Changing Climate’ event series this session will focus on regional responses, local solutions and community resilience in the face of climate change. Hear from our experts about how coastal communities can prepare for and adapt to the challenges brought on by global warming.

Professor Fiona Haslam McKenzie will explain how policies in the Western Australian context are responding to environmental and societal drivers, interrogate adaptive capacities at the local level and provide insights to measuring local communities’ levels of resilience.

Dr Karen Paiva Henrique will discuss how climate change is putting at risk the things that people value in their everyday lives in Western Australia. Drawing on participatory activities with urban and rural residents, she will discuss opportunities to engage local communities, identify common ground, and negotiate difficult trade-offs to build community resilience and achieve just climate futures.

Join us for this interactive lunchtime seminar to gain a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities for WA, and in particular regional coastal communities, in terms of preparedness for a future dominated by the effects of climate change.

Free event.