More research needed on climate adaptation, university event hears

Australia is “grossly underinvesting in adaptation research” as it focuses on reducing carbon

Efforts in Australia to combat climate change need to put more focus on adaptation, a top researcher has said.

Mark Howden told the Australian National University’s annual climate update conference on 6 February that there was a global imbalance in research and spending between reducing carbon and coping with the consequences. Howden is director of the ANU Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions and a vice-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.