Listen
Understand what's happening and what communities need.
We meet dive operators and local dive community members face-to-face to hear their experiences, concerns and priorities.
Supporting dive communities in the wake of local climate impacts
What is a (Not So) Rapid Response?
Dive communities are increasingly experiencing the impacts of climate change, including coral bleaching, harmful algal blooms and floods. But they often lack the knowledge, skills and tools needed to respond effectively, document impacts and lead local resilience efforts.
Divers for Climate works alongside dive operators and local dive communities in the wake of these impacts. We meet people face to face, gather local observations and stories, and document impacts on communities in order to connect frontline experiences of climate change with policymakers and opportunities for action.
How we work
Listen. Document. Support. Advocate.
Document
Make frontline experiences visible and useful.
We document local observations and impacts on livelihoods, businesses and wellbeing, sharing stories and connecting lived experience with evidence.
Support
Strengthen connections, confidence and local capacity.
We help communities connect, share knowledge and identify practical ways forward, supporting local leaders to build confidence and coordinate ongoing resilience efforts.
Advocate
Help local experiences shape the decisions that matter.
We bring help decision-makers understand local impacts and priorities, and support communities to use their own experiences to inform decisions, strengthen their voices and influence the issues affecting their future.
Our current responses
See the approach in action.
Photo: Becky Evers
Approach in practice · Ongoing response
South Australia's harmful algal bloom
Listening to affected dive communities, documenting impacts and bringing frontline experience into reports, national briefings and the Senate inquiry — with engagement continuing beyond the initial event.
Explore the South Australian response
Forward-looking summer plan
El Niño Summer 2026–27
A plan to strengthen local hub connections, document experiences of environmental change and take community priorities into policy conversations as dive communities navigate potential summer impacts.
Explore the El Niño Summer Plan