Anticipating climate change risks

Friday, 15 June, 2007

An Australian in-depth symposium "Anticipating climate change risks, costs and opportunities for infrastructure: A conference for asset owners and investors' will be held at the University of Melbourne on 21 June 2007.

As there is more than $400 billion of infrastructure assets in Australia with over $30 million currently being planned, the threat that climate change poses to these assets requires careful impact analysis and mitigation strategies.

Climate change is posing a massive risk for infrastructure and this symposium is designed to allow infrastructure owners and investors:

To identify the climate change risks in a rigorous way
To plan for the probable changes
To identify upside risk of climate change
To understand the looming pressures from different groups on infrastructure owners

Topics include:

A finance sectors perspective on assessing climate change risks for infrastructure
Undertaking climate change impact and risk management analysis
Lessons learned from the climate change risk assessment of Victoria's infrastructure
Developments in contracts, compensation and development approvals
Identifying upside risks

It is supported by Research Network for a Secure Australia, funded by the Australian Research Council and Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE).

The full program is available at www.homelandsecurity.org.au/climate.