Mission

To enhance the adaptive capacity of Australia’s marine biodiversity and resources to climate change risks through the development of flexible climate change adaptation policy, management and governance strategies.Adaptation to projected and unexpected changes in marine systems requires science, policy and practice to be well understood and connected.  Connecting these domains means much more than ensuring policy-makers and practitioners have access to scientific information about potential direct and indirect impacts of climate change. It implies that the lines of communication between policy, practice and science are open, respectful and inclusive.  These qualities form the foundations of the methodology currently being developed within the Policy Theme, to contribute to adaptation.

Theme Leader
Associate Professor Marcus Haward holds a PhD in political science from the University of Tasmania and has a substantive appointment in the School of Government at UTas. He has held a number of appointments at UTas including Head of School and Deputy Dean. His research interests lie in Fisheries management, Ocean policy and governance, coastal zone management, Antarctic and Southern Ocean law and policy.