Australia's first climate change adaptation conference opens next week

11:48 AM Fri 25 Jun 2010 GMT

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The first international conference held in Australia to discuss the science and options for adapting to climate change begins on the Gold Coast on Tuesday 29 June. Almost 1000 delegates from around the world are registered for the three-day Climate Adaptation Futures 2010 Conference, hosted by the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) and CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship. Conference chairs NCCARF Director Professor Jean Palutikof and CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship Director Dr Andrew Ash said the conference was the first to focus solely on practical 'adaptation' measures. 'The science tells us that climate change is happening faster than we ...

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by CSIRO