Project title: Incorporating climate change adaptation into South Australian Emergency Risk Management Programs.Global warming has resulted in a number of changes to extreme climate events in South Australia including an increase in very hot days and nights, the number of extreme fire danger days, sea level rise and an increase in the height of storm surge events. As greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase over the coming decades these trends are likely to continue with resulting changes to the return interval and/or intensity of severe climatic events that affect emergency management.Emergency management in South Australia is underpinned by the “PPRR” model Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Recovery, and the Zone Emergency Risk Management System (ZERMS) that incorporates processes defined in the National Emergency Risk Assessment Guidelines (NERAG). However, as yet neither the currently observed, nor the future impact of climate change on severe climatic events has been included in any detail in the ZERMS risk management and planning processes.As part of the State Climate Change Adaptation Framework, regional climate change adaptation planning based on integrated climate change vulnerability assessments (IVAs) have begun for all regions across South Australia. In collaboration with emergency risk management (ERM) practitioners and key stakeholders, this project reviewed the current ZERM and planning processes to assess how the outputs from the IVAs can provide ERM practitioners with the necessary information to ensure that actions to address climate change adaptation are incorporated into Emergency Management Plans. Outputs included a final project report, “How to Guide” and supporting material with details about the likely expected climate changes for the region.