Meaningful community engagement is critical to achieving a high level of support and participation regarding climate change. Community engagement can also provide communities with resources and confidence to respond to extreme events. It is important that the impacts of climate change are addressed at regional and local levels since local attributes, including socio-economic characteristics and the physical environment, will significantly determine the extent of the issues and opportunities as well as the nature of community responses.

Identifying climate related conditions that are relevant to people, how they affect communities, the management strategies employed and how climate change might affect future activities, can only be achieved through engaging communities directly, documenting their knowledge and building their capacity.

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