Building adaptive capability - opportunity and investment
Wednesday 25 November, Melbourne
Friday 27 November, Sydney
09:00am - 12:30pm
Climate change presents major risks and adaptation challenges. Climate impacts are also combining with other shocks such as peak oil and economic contraction. This presents compound risks, which increase the complexity and uncertainty for decision-makers.
Organisations need to develop strategy and business models that are adaptive and resilient. A resilient organisation will be less vulnerable to shocks, and being more adaptive will also help identify and embrace opportunities.
Why Attend?
- This workshop is a must-attend for organisations seeking to build adaptive capability and invest in business resilience.
- It will present a framework that helps bring clarity to a complex issue, along with practical approaches and tools that participants can apply.
- It will also provide a deeper understanding of how adaptation can deliver multiple benefits - competitive advantage, innovation, market positioning and business resilience.
Workshop sessions will cover:
1. How do you build adaptive capability?
- Adaptive capability - the key components.
- What innovation and learning is required for adaptation?
2. Investing in adaptation
- How much will adaptation cost, and who pays?
- How will the finance sector invest in adaptation and avoid risk, and the implications for access to capital?
- Integrating adaptive capability into investment decision-making.
- Robust investment decisions using stakeholder-based approaches.
The workshop will be presented by leading investment decision-makers and adaptation strategists.
- Liam Egerton, Senior Associate, Net Balance
- Bob Welsh, CEO VicSuper
- Andrew Barr, Policy and Research Manager, AIST
- Dr Stefan Hajkowicz, CSIRO