Flagship - Enhancing the predictive modelling platform and scenarios to guide climate adaptation strategies
Project Lead: Justin Brookes (University of Adelaide)
Project Team: Matt Hipsey, Peisheng Huang, Sherry Zhai (University of Western Australia), Matt Gibbs (CSIRO), Luke Mosley and Chris Keneally (University of Adelaide), Sophie Leterme (Flinders University)
Project overview
The CLLMM region is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. These impacts will manifest by reducing freshwater inflows, warming the land and water and increasing sea level which will lead to a cascade of ecological, social, economic and cultural impacts.
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The Climate Adaptation flagship project will include a series of linked research sub-projects to guide adaptation planning across the region. It will provide the necessary science and modelling to understand future conditions (flow and sea level). This multi-faceted project has the objective of forecasting likely outcomes from climate change on hydrological and physical characteristics, nutrients and water quality, and harmful algal blooms. This knowledge will provide a basis for exploring climate change impacts and necessary adaptation pathways across other projects of the CLLMM Research Centre. This project will establish a platform to assess climate vulnerability of the region whilst informing pathways for adaption to future climates. The outcomes of this project will underpin modelling scenarios used in other CLLMM Research Centre projects to ensure consistency.
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The multi-faceted project will strongly engage and inform a wide range of stakeholders in the region, including First Nations, community, and commercial and recreational fishers, forming strong links with community, First Nations and research-users. There will be opportunities for key stakeholders to guide direction and delivery of the project.
The project will bring together linked research sub-projects to inform management and decision-making by forecasting the impacts of climate change on hydrological and physical characteristics, nutrient and water quality and algal blooms. This knowledge will assist with climate adaptation planning by community, First Nations and research-users.
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First Nations culture and traditions are rooted within an ancient historical connection with country and countless generations of studying their local environment as a way of life. First Nations traditional ways of life, including land and water management, sustainable harvesting, and the conservation of local species can provide vital perspectives into the ways we manage the lands and waters into the future.
This project serves to prepare First Nations people for the adaptation required under climate change. First Nations people have historically been people of change and adaptation. However, with advanced rates of change and modified system, it is necessary to help prepare First Nations people with future knowledge of the forecasted changes to the climate. This may include planning for and adapting to changes in cultural practices due to altered environments in new ways or new places.
Cultural significance
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