We're excited to share some highlights from the Adaptation Futures 2025 pre-conference Indigenous Forum! 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ5u... #AF2025 #IndigenousLeadership

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Did you miss some of the events at Adaptation Futures 2025? Recordings of them are now available to the public on our website. Thanks to our Foundation Sponsor, @adaptationfund.bsky.social, you can watch recordings from the Innovation Spotlight series too. 👉 adaptationfutures2025.com/outreach

Calling all early-career climate adaptation researchers! ChristchurchNZ and the #AF2025 Science Committee are excited to invite proposals from teams of early career researchers that tackle the city’s most pressing adaptation challenges.

Wool - a renewable fibre with a range of health benefits and natural performance features, was part of the conversation at Adaptation Futures 2025 recently thanks to The New Zealand Merino Company, which kindly provided the rugs used in our staging displays.

As the world’s fastest-warming region, Asia has no time to wait. At #AF2025 in Christchurch, scientists and leaders spotlighted how local knowledge, innovation, and cross-border cooperation are reshaping the region’s response to climate change. www.asiamediacentre.org.nz/af2025-asia-...

AF2025: Asia at the Frontlines of Climate Adaptation

At Adaptation Futures 2025, Asia’s climate crisis met its innovators. From Bangladesh to Japan, local solutions are inspiring global action.

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A message from #AF2025 Co-Convenor Professor Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social, thanking everyone who came together in person and online for Adaptation Futures 2025. Ngā mihi/Thank you - we look forward to seeing you in Cancún, Mexico for Adaptation Futures 2027!

#AF2025 Patron Lisa Tumahai, a Ngāi Tahu leader and Deputy Chair He Pou a Rangi Climate Change Commission, shares her thoughts on some of the key messages to come from the Adaptation Futures 2025 Indigenous Forum.

Adaptation Futures 2025 is grateful for the support of our event partners, including the University of Auckland. "The University of Auckland, Aotearoa’s leading university for sustainability, is proud to support Adaptation Futures 2025." Ngā mihi nui/thank you very much for supporting #AF2025 🌱

I have been letting the closing of @adaptationfutures.bsky.social simmer in my mind for the last day. What did we learn - what do we know about adaptation and what are the big questions? A brief thread to summarise what jumped out at me. 🧵 1/4

Today, hundreds of #AF2025 delegates have been exploring Ōtautahi Christchurch during a series of Living Labs field trips. We hope you all enjoyed this opportunity to engage with individuals and groups tackling climate change challenges in their local communities!

Hon. Dr Maina Talia, Minister of Climate Change, Tuvalu, shares his hopes for the outcomes of Adaptation Futures 2025, and the importance of involving youth in the adaptation conversation. #AF2025 #ClimateAction #Adaptation

The ClimateREEFS team has had a wonderful time at #AF2025 showcasing our research on small scale fishery sustainability. Similar challenges but many solutions in climate adaptation. We are in this together. #CLimateAdaptationREsilience @adaptationfutures.bsky.social @priestleycentre.bsky.social

Mōrena/Good morning and welcome to day four of #AF2025 Reminder: You can watch a livestream of the closing session of Adaptation Futures 2025 today at 4.30pm NZST! ➡️ View here: adaptationfutures2025.com/outreach #ClimateAction #ClimateLeadership

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Publicly Streamed Events There are a number of publicly streamed events, which can be viewed here and the Urban Climate Adaptation Discussion at the Piano can be viewed…

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“Risk comes about when people and ecosystems and infrastructure are exposed to those hazards… when it has underlying weaknesses… so we need to think about what we can do to reduce that risk.” David Dodman at #ChristchurchConversations @adaptationfutures.bsky.social #AF2025

It was a privilege to share my research at the @adaptationfutures.bsky.social conference on #BeyondAdaptation—#Justice and #Maladaptation. Key message: Need to examine the power and knowledge underpinning the scalar dimension of maladaptation. @ritodhi.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social

And we’re underway @adaptationfutures.bsky.social !

“As Ngāi Tahu we migrated south to Te Waipounamu… We have been adapting all our lives. I think it’s really inspiring as a young person to think back to our ancestors and how they have succeeded because we are all here today.” The awesome Thomas Blakie at #AF2025 @adaptationfutures.bsky.social

Happening today at #AF2025 Strengthening Adaptation in Aotearoa: The role of the Aotearoa Society of Adaptation Professionals in supporting communities and practitioners at 3.45pm - 4.45pm NZST. 🔵 Watch the public livestream here: adaptationfutures2025.com/outreach

Public Outreach

Publicly Streamed Events There are a number of publicly streamed events, which can be viewed here and the Urban Climate Adaptation Discussion at the Piano can be viewed…

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Happening today at #AF2025 Innovation Spotlight with @adaptationfund.bsky.social : A closing showcase of outcomes, blending Pacific song, art, and innovative communication methods to share messages of hope and inspire collective action, at 1.45pm - 3.15pm NZST. adaptationfutures2025.com/outreach

Public Outreach

Publicly Streamed Events There are a number of publicly streamed events, which can be viewed here and the Urban Climate Adaptation Discussion at the Piano can be viewed…

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Adaptation Futures 2025 is grateful for the support of our event partners, who have helped make this important gathering for accelerating adaptation action possible. Ngā mihi nui/thank you very much for supporting #AF2025 🌱

One of the wonderful things about @adaptationfutures.bsky.social 2025 is the number of breakout sessions & peer learning opportunities that have been built into the programming.

🌏 LAST DAY at @adaptationfutures.bsky.social! Explore Spotlight on Innovation — a virtual photo exhibit showcasing real stories of climate innovation & resilience from around the world. 🌿💧🌊 📍 Dobson 3, Te Pae Christchurch 🤝 With @undp.org, @unep.org & CTCN

How can we measure climate adaptation? New research presented by Sarah Connors at @adaptationfutures.bsky.social shows: Earth observation can improve risk assessment & make climate resilience measurable worldwide. A monitoring system for the Global Goal on Adaptation. adaptationfutures2025.com

TODAY at @adaptationfutures.bsky.social! Innovation Spotlight 4: Regeneration for Resilience 10:45–12:15 NZST | Exhibition Hall 4, Te Pae Christchurch Reimagining adaptation through Indigenous knowledge, Pacific voices & community-led innovation. 🎥 Watch live: bit.ly/4n4ZPBa

Many exciting things are happening at #AF2025 today, along with the science meetings and presentations. If you're here, check out the poster displays in the Exhibition Hall, or stop by the booths and lounges around the venue to connect with some of the organisations attending.

...But @adaptationfutures.bsky.social, there is so much more depth to the research and thinking presented at AF2025 compared with past AFs and indeed many presentations, policies & plans out there. Intersectional perspectives, recognition of knowledge plurality, all of which are critical.

Are you at @adaptationfutures.bsky.social 2025? Join us tomorrow 📅 Tuesday 14 Oct ⏰️1545 for a session on Insights on the Global Goal on Adaptation, at the Piano. Or catch it on the live feed. adaptationfutures2025.com/programme

Programme

The premier international climate change adaptation conference series enabling practitioners, policymakers, researchers and academics from across the world gather to…

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🌍 Reminder! Don’t miss Spotlight on Innovation at @adaptationfutures.bsky.social — a virtual photo exhibit capturing real-world climate solutions from across the globe. 📅 Oct 13–15 | Te Pae Christchurch (Dobson 3) Co-hosted by AF, @undp.org, @unep.org-CTCN

At the @adaptationfutures.bsky.social in Ōtautahi Christchurch and there is so much going on here! I'm mostly here to attend anything about sea level rise, sea walls, coastal adaptation – especially in the Pacific – but having massive FOMO about everything I'm not managing to get to! 🏝️🌊

Happening in 1 hour! Join Innovation Spotlight 1: Currents of Change – From the Pacific to the World at @AdaptFutures. 🎙️ Hear from Indigenous leaders on what innovation means to their communities & the future of #ClimateAdaptation. Watch live. www.adaptation-fund.org/adaptation-f... #AF2025