Aims of Adaptation Futures 2018, Dialogues for Solutions

• Facilitate dialogue between research and government, civil society, international agencies and business
• Continue the shift from problem diagnosis to solutions and innovations
• Link adaptation action to sustainable development, investment and planning
• Have a strong focus on Africa and the Global South
• Provide attendance grants for delegates from developing countries
• Encourage the participation of early career researchers and practitioners
• Offer a variety of plenary and parallel sessions, round tables and side events
• Offer a vibrant Adaptation Expo

The conference will bring together diverse actors working in climate adaptation to learn from and stimulate each other in what they do and how they do it: academic and applied researchers, professionals in consulting and other roles, policymakers and managers, civil society, business, those working in international bodies and multilateral bodies.

Conference themes

• Adaptation and development
• South-South and South-North knowledge and learning
• Interaction of climate adaptation with 21st century challenges
• Modes of collaboration, knowledge co-production and research into use
• Financing of adaptation and climate resilient development
• Learning from doing