Anticipating climate change risks

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.