National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility
NCCARF is hosted by Griffith University in Queensland and "leads the research community in a national interdisciplinary effort to generate the information needed by decision-makers in government and in vulnerable sectors and communities to manage the risks of climate change impacts.".
The key roles of NCCARF include:
- developing National Adaptation Research Plans to identify critical gaps in the information available to decision-makers
- synthesising existing and emerging national and international research on climate change impacts and adaptation and developing targeted communication products
- undertaking a program of Integrative Research to address national priorities, and
- establishing and maintaining Adaptation Research Networks to link together key researchers and assist them in focussing on national research priorities.
The Facility is a partnership between the Australian Government Department of Climate Change and Griffith University, with a consortium of funding partners drawn from across the country:
- Queensland Government
- Griffith University
- James Cook University
- Macquarie University
- Murdoch University
- Queensland University of Technology
- The University of Newcastle
- University of Southern Queensland
- University of the Sunshine Coast
The Facility is based at Griffith University’s Gold Coast campus, but works in close partnership with the wider Australian climate change adaptation research community.
Read more about this topic: Adaptation To Global Warming In Australia, Projects Concerning Adaptation To Climate Change in Australia
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