Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in the Southern Grampians and Glenelg Primary Care Partnership

Our organisation has been involved in a project funded by the Victorian Government through the Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research (VCCCAR).The project entitled `Implementing tools to increase adaptive capacity in the community and natural resources management sectors? (Implementing Adaptation in the following) has been conducted to gain a better understanding of the adaptation capabilities and needs of three types of government service providers and funded agencies. These were catchment management authorities (CMAs), community service organisations (CSOs), and primary care partnerships (PCPs), and the purpose of the project was to facilitate the implementation and testing of tools and methodologies for climate change adaptation planning. Five CSOs and PCPs participated in the tools-testing phase of the project. Southern Grampians and Glenelg Primary Care Partnership was one of the five organisations, which aimed to gain a better understanding of how identified climate change adaptation needs can best be met using existing decision-support tools.