- Title
- Bridging the gap between climate science capability and water resource management
- Creator
- Austin, Emma K.; Kiem, Anthony S.; Verdon-Kidd D. C.
- Relation
- 34th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium. Proceedings of the 34th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium (Sydney 19-22 November, 2012) p. 1492-1499
- Publisher
- Engineers Australia
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2012
- Description
- Currently a fundamental barrier exists to successful climate change adaptation, namely the disconnect between information that climate science can currently provide and the information that is practically useful for decision makers. This disconnect is particularly prevalent within the water resource management sector due to the high level of uncertainty surrounding precipitation projections. Further, the disconnect has been identified as a major barrier preventing well documented facts, themes and recommendations from being translated into successful climate change adaptation outcomes. It is not currently clear whether this disconnect is a communication issue, an education issue, a technological issue, or a fundamental philosophical issue (i.e. that scientists think about things differently to practitioners, decision makers and/or end users). This paper summarises the findings from a recent project aimed at bridging the gap between climate science information providers and water resource managers. The aim of the study was to give both groups (i.e. climate scientists and end users) a chance to raise and discuss long held concerns, issues and beliefs. The project included an online survey aimed at investigating opinions on what climate science can currently provide and what is needed by decision makers. This paper presents some important findings from that survey and provides insights aimed at helping focus research efforts such that research outputs are of maximum relevance and usefulness to water resource management decision makers - hence increasing the chance that insights emerging from climate science will be translated into positive climate change adaptation strategies.
- Subject
- climate change; water resources; water resource management; climate change adaptation
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1327849
- Identifier
- uon:25760
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781922107626
- Language
- eng
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