Team presents work to Christchurch City Council employees for lunch seminar series
- Post by: Logan Brunner
- May 20, 2025
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Last week, members of our climate adaptation research group had the opportunity to present our work to employees at the Christchurch City Council as part of their seminar series Risk and Resilience Conversations: Exploring Climate Change and Hazard Management in Practice and Research. This series aims to connect practitioners and researchers working on climate change adaptation to provide a platform for knowledge exchange and collaboration.
Dr Tom Logan opened the session with an overview of our research programme, highlighting the interdependencies and cross-disciplinary work we are undertaking. We then shared snapshots of our current work through a series of short presentations, which covered:
- Cascading impacts across infrastructure networks, using damage functions to understand vulnerability and inform recovery (Logan Brunner)
- Wildfire risk at the wildland-urban interface, and how communities can prepare for a growing hazard (Rosie Matthews)
- Access to medical care with increasing hazard events, and the systemic risks that can emerge (Darcy Glenn)
- Māori perspectives on risk, emphasising the importance of Indigenous worldviews in shaping adaptation responses (Marcelle Scadden)
- Planning for an uncertain future, using adaptive tools based on decision-making under deep uncertainty (Patrick Curran)
- Communicating risk effectively, bridging science and public understanding across projects (Nohah Forde)
The audience included council staff with varied backgrounds and interests. The feedback was positive, and the session sparked potential for future engagement. We look forward to continuing this connection, sharing insights from our research, supporting Council initiatives, and exploring opportunities for collaboration to help Christchurch become more resilient to a changing climate.
