The impacts of climate change are being felt across Australia causing significant disruption, risk and added costs.

Outdoor education & recreation practitioners provide, for many, a safe place to learn about, & experience the outdoors which empowers them to explore the environment themselves.

These practitioners are generally located near their local outdoor environment and draw heavily on their knowledge of that location. 

Consequently, they are dispersed. Additionally, the non-profit nature of most of the sector means there are limited resources to support research, capacity and skills development. This inhibits the ability to predict, prepare, respond, learn and adapt to be more resilient and safer in the face of a changing climate.