What, how and why do Adaptation practitioners want to be informed? — YRD
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What, how and why do Adaptation practitioners want to be informed? (2852)

Heather Stevens 1 , Kate Nairn 1
  1. Office of Environment and Heritage, Sydney South, NSW, Australia

Are you trying to put out a message about climate adaptation? If so, do you know what your audience wants? Do they really know they want? How do they want to hear it?

The NSW Office of Environment and Heritage recently hosted over 300 participants in workshops across NSW to talk about the AdaptNSW climate portal, and how people could be better supported to use the information.  The workshops teased out from participants:

  • How is climate change relevant to your work?
  • Who are you working with and why?
  • What types of information do you want? And,
  • How can we better support you?

This presentation will go through some of the more surprising findings, and discuss how the Office of Environment and Heritage are now addressing these needs. 

This presentation will be of interest to anyone who wants to improve how and why they are communicating research, programs or ideas in climate adaptation and science.  It will also be of interest to those who want to better understand how to incorporate climate change into their work program.