Climate Adaptation Mission: Trial Report: DJAARA-led Adaptation Forum for Local Governments

This report describes the design, delivery, and evaluation of a behaviour change intervention intended to help Victorian regional local government climate adaptation planners build adaptive capacity, improve adaptation planning and response through integration of Traditional Owner values and knowledge, and establish partnerships between local governments and Traditional Owners in working together to address impacts of climate change.

The behaviour change intervention was an Adaptation Forum, led and delivered by the Dja Dja Wurrung Aboriginal Clans Corporation (DJAARA). Staff from 11 local governments in central Victoria, and other land governance bodies were brought together on Dja Dja Wurrung Country (Djandak) to build cultural awareness of Dja Dja Wurrung climate resilience strategies and promote the formation of partnerships for climate adaptation planning in the region.

The Adaptation Forum and its evaluation form a behaviour change trial, part of the Climate Adaptation Mission. The Mission is a research collaboration between BehaviourWorks Australia at Monash Sustainable Development Institute, and government and non-government organisations in Australia.