Scenario analysis is a process of analysing possible future events by considering alternative possible outcomes. Because the impacts of climate change are uncertain and the identification of future climate change impacts cannot be identified solely through an analysis of past change, scenario analysis is ideally suited for identifying potential climate change outcomes.
The webinar will explore the benefits to local government of climate scenario analysis. It will explain why climate scenario analysis is crucial to understanding how the risks and opportunities of climate change might impact on the business of local government.
The webinar will also consider the use of climate scenario analysis in disclosure of climate related risk and how as societal expectations about local government disclosure of climate risk changes, we will see an increasing onus on local governments to make disclosure of these matters. Finally, the webinar will look at what information is currently available to local governments to assist them in using climate scenario analysis to appropriately incorporate the potential effects of climate change into their planning processes, and the local government organisation as a whole.
PLEASE NOTE:
This webinar is being charged on a per council basis and is open to elected members and employees of a local authority. Others will be admitted by invitation only. We will send out a link with login instructions for the webinar the day before the webinar (Wednesday 29 August).
You'll have access to the webinar recording so you don't have to be available at the time of the live webinar.
Presenters
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Rachel Ward
Solicitor, Brookfields Lawyers
Rachel Ward is an environmental lawyer at Brookfields Lawyers. She assists local authorities and private sector clients on environmental, resource management, development and local government issues. Her background is in climate change, having previously worked for central government developing domestic and international climate change policy, and as a member of the New Zealand delegation to international climate change negotiations held under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as parties negotiated towards the Paris Agreement.