Find out how the Our Changing Coast team have been engaging with the public and relevant communities.
- Workshop: Challenges for adaptationDecision makers need actionable climate risk knowledge based on robust science to inform their decisions to reduce exposure of coastal communities, long-lived assets and infrastructure in order to avoid maladaptation, and promote climate resilient development. Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University hosted this Masterclass at AF2025 to set the scene for their post conference workshop…
- Workshop: Managed Retreat, Coastal Cities and Settlements Following Adaptation Futures 2025 conference a workshop was hosted by Our Changing Coast. The objective was knowledge sharing on managed retreat for SLR and enablers for accelerating appropriate, equitable and effective adaptation solutions for sea-level rise in coastal cities and settlements that are inclusive, and not maladaptive. Presentations were made by a range of experts…
- Adaptation Futures 2025The 8th international Adaptation Futures Conference (AF2025) was held in Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand from 13 to 16 October, 2025. It was hosted by the University of Canterbury Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha with regional Oceania and international partners. Our Changing Coast had a strong presence at the conference, including hosting a post conference workshop…
- Accelerating climate adaptation in an uncertain worldOn 21 October 2025 Professor Marjolijn Haasnoot delivered a public lecture on Accelerating climate adaptation in an uncertain world. Presented by Te Puna Pātiotio—Antarctic Research Centre and Our Changing Coast programme, the lecture was followed by a panel discussion. Deltas and coasts are attractive places to live but face growing challenges due to climate change and human pressures.…
- Sync or swim: saving an atomized society from the polycrisisProfessor Nick Golledge presented the Sir Holmes Miller Memorial Lecture 2024
- 60 years since the great 1964 Alaska earthquakeTalk provided by Dr. Chris Rollins from GNS Science on November 14, 2024 as part of the SZ4D International Webinar Series. March 27 marked 60 years since the great 1964 M=9.2 Alaska subduction earthquake, the second largest ever recorded. The 1964 earthquake was hugely important for many reasons, including as a live illustration of the…
- Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR): reports from meetings in Chile 19-25 August, 2024Includes Professor Tim Naish, Professor in Earth Sciences, VUW, and co-chair of SCAR’s programme on Antarctic instabilities and thresholds (INSTANT) with the latest on responding to a warming ice sheet.
- Argentina & New Zealand in Antarctica Multilateral Diplomacy & Scientific CollaborationThe Argentina & New Zealand in Antarctica Multilateral Diplomacy & Scientific Collaboration panel was part of a programme to celebrate the 60 years of friendship and diplomatic relations between Aotearoa New Zealand and the Republic or Argentina.
- Climate warriorsTim Naish facilitated a climate change adaptation workshop “Climate Change: What it means for Aotearoa”, for 4th Year University of Auckland, School of Architecture Students including two who’s work is spotlighted in a Māori television series on climate change. Find out more here and here.
- Rangatahi explore coastal hazards and climate change science at Whakatāne workshopsWhakatāne students got to grips with earthquake resilient design, melting ice sheets, and climate modelling, as part of a series of coastal resilience workshops run by scientists from GNS Science, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, and the University of Canterbury, supported by the Our Changing Coast research programme. Read the full story on GNS…
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