Robert Palmer is a media and communications professional who has run his own consultancy firm auc for over ten years. He is presently a PhD student in the discipline of media at the University of Adelaide. His thesis is provisionally titled 'Adapting communication conventions: Communicating climate change adaptation to Australia's urban poor'. Robert has worked in the climate change communications field providing expert communications support for NGOs, research and academic institutions. His work with vulnerable Australians has been influenced by his experiences of working on climate change adaptation projects with Indigenous Australians in remote and regional areas of the country.