How do we transform our social and regulatory systems to enable adaptive climate-resilient water options to become mainstream?
This theme aims to transform and transition policy and regulatory systems, industry-processes and stakeholder engagement. It will advance the global move away from command-and-control consultation approaches – and low collaboration – to a new paradigm suited to the complex social-ecological-economic systems and multiple goals of water management. This theme builds on the clear need for adaptive decision-making in the face of uncertainty, as well as the imperative for increased stakeholder and community participation to define problems and formulate policy.
View all themesTheme A is expected to produce the following outcomes:
Research
Advances in the depth, breadth, and action-orientation of collaborative planning, data collection and information sharing across government, industry, stakeholders and community.
Industry
Frameworks and tools for adaptive planning, data for collaboration under uncertainty, participatory tools for social license, best practice regulation and policy to enable the introduction of climate-resilient water options.
Training
Adaptive planning and management for industry, participatory regulatory and policy development.