PROGRAMME COMING SOON!
AF2025 is a unique opportunity to share new ideas, network with 1500 people from around the world and online and inspire action to accelerate climate adaptation!
AF2025 will recognise the vital role of Indigenous and local knowledges and insights from Oceania.
AF2025 aims to support Global South, Indigenous and youth leadership at this global event.
AF2025 will offer innovative, inclusive and interactive discussion formats, face to face and online. Alongside welcoming traditional papers/panels and posters to ignite action and share new insights we encourage ‘co-creation’ sessions including workshops/talanoa-wānanga opportunities for rich discussion, feedback and new knowledge creation.
AF2025 will intentionally stimulate inclusive, disruptive and challenging conversations to accelerate adaptation.
Co-designed by experts from around the globe the conference programme will feature:
- Pre-events on 12 October: a formal Pōwhiri a traditional welcome and other events including a talanoa (discussion) for early career scientists, a wānanga/ networking event for Indigenous Peoples from around the world and an opening event for the Climate Arts Outreach Programme.
- Four Pavilions where regional and sector experts can gather and network and feature innovative, relevant insights including: an Oceania Pavilion in consultation with SPREP; a Cities pavilion supported by IHS; an Africa Pavilion supported by CGIAR and a Latin American pavilion.
- Field learning: a day of Living Labs including experiences based on conference themes across the Canterbury region.
- Public Outreach: Innovation Days events, an Arts Programme and Adaptation Science Fair bring new climate adaptation ideas to the local community through a variety of accessible formats, including talks, exhibitions, and performances.
- Post-conference workshops on 17 October. After the conference you are invited to stay on to join one of several workshops including “Effective Communication in an era of Climate Denial?” hosted by the University of Canterbury (in Christchurch), “Navigating Pacific Ways of Responding to Climate Change” a workshop hosted by the University of Auckland (in Christchurch) and “Managed Retreat and Coastal Cities and Settlements” a workshop hosted by Victoria University Wellington (in Wellington) and Accelerating climate resilient development practice hosted by the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (in Christchurch).
| Sunday 12 October | Monday 13 October | Tuesday 14 October | Wednesday 15 October | Thursday 16 October | Friday 17 October |
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Pre conference Early Career Talanoa (discussion) Indigenous peoples' wananga/network Climate Adaptation Arts Outreach opening | (media briefing)
| Thirteen concurrent breakouts (three blocks)
| Thirteen concurrent breakouts (three blocks)
| Ten morning Living Lab events across the city and region
| Post conference workshops
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| Climate Adaptation Arts and Public Outreach events continue all week | |||||