Between 2008 and 2018, NCCARF commissioned and undertook widespread in-depth research into all aspects of climate change adaptation for Australia. This resulted in an extensive library of adaptation resources, including research reports, research summaries and syntheses, and policy guidance briefs to help support decision makers throughout Australia as they prepare for and manage the risks of climate change and sea-level rise. Resources are listed in alphabetical order by author below. Use the search bar to the right to find a specific topic, author or year of publication.


AECOM, 2013. Supporting evidence-based adaptation decision-making in New South Wales: A synthesis of climate change adaptation research, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

AECOM, 2013. Supporting evidence-based adaptation decision-making in Queensland: A synthesis of climate change adaptation research, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

AECOM, 2013. Supporting evidence-based adaptation decision-making in South Australia: A synthesis of climate change adaptation research, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

AECOM, 2013. Supporting evidence-based adaptation decision-making in the Australian Capital Territory: A synthesis of climate change adaptation research, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

AECOM, 2013. Supporting evidence-based adaptation decision-making in the Northern Territory: A synthesis of climate change adaptation research, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

AECOM, 2013. Supporting evidence-based adaptation decision-making in Victoria: A synthesis of climate change adaptation research, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

AECOM, 2013. Supporting evidence-based adaptation decision-making in Western Australia: A synthesis of climate change adaptation research, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Albrecht, G., Allison, H., Ellis, N. and Jaceglav, M., 2010. Resilience and water security in two outback cities, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Anon., 2014. NCCARF 2008-2013: The first five years, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Apan, A., Keogh, D.U., King, D., Thomas, M., Mushtaq, S. and Baddiley, P., 2010. The 2008 floods in Queensland: A case study of vulnerability, resilience and adaptive capacity, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Balston, J.M., Kellett, J., Wells, G., Li, S., Gray, A. and Iankov, I., 2013. Quantifying the cost of climate change impacts on local government assets An Addendum to the Final Report, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Balston, J.M., Li, S., Steel, M., Comrie, J. and Gray, A., 2012. Quantifying the costs of climate change on local government assets, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Barmuta, L., Davies, P., Watson, A., Lacey, M., Graham, B., Read, M., Carter, S. and Warfe, D., 2013. Joining the dots: Integrating climate and hydrological projections with freshwater ecosystem values to develop adaptation options for conserving freshwater biodiversity, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Barnett, J. , Waters, E., Pendergast, S. and Puleston, A., 2013. Pathways to climate adapted and healthy low income housing, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Barnett, G., Beaty, M., Chen, D., McFallan, S., Meyers, J., Nguyen, M., Ren, Z., Spinks, A. and Wang, X., 2013. Barriers to adaptation to sea-level rise: The legal, institutional and cultural barriers to adaptation to sea-level rise in Australia, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Beatty, S., Morgan, D., Keleher, J., Lymbery, A., Close, P., Speldewinde, P., Storer, T. and Kitsios, A., 2013. Adapting to climate change: A risk assessment and decision making framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems with declining water levels. Supporting document 4: Environmental variables in the habitats of south-western Australian freshwater fish, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Beatty, S., Allen, M., Lymbery, A., Storer, T., White, G., Morgan, D. and Ryan, T., 2013. Novel methods for managing freshwater refuges against climate change in southern Australia. Supporting Document 4: Evaluating small barrier removal to improve refuge connectivity – A global review of barrier decommissioning and a process for southern Australia in a drying climate, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Beer, A., Tually, S., Kroehn, M., Martin, J., Gerritsen, R., Taylor, M., Graymore, M. and Law, J. 2013. Australia’s country towns 2050: What will a climate adapted settlement pattern look like?, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Bino, G., Jenkins, K. and Kingsford, R., 2013. Adaptive management of Ramsar wetlands, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Bird, D., Govan, J., Murphy, H., Harwood, S., Haynes, K., Carson, D., Russell, S., King, D., Wensing, E., Tsakissiris, N. and Larkin, S., 2013. Future change in ancient worlds: Indigenous adaptation in northern Australia, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Bird, D., King, D., Haynes, K., Box, P., Okada, T. and Nairn, K., 2013. Impact of the 2010-11 floods and the factors that inhibit and enable household adaptation strategies, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Black, D.A., Veitch, C., Wilson, L.A. and Hansen, A., 2013. Heat-Ready: Heatwave awareness, preparedness and adaptive capacity in aged care facilities in three Australian states: New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Boon, H.J., Millar, J., Lake, D., Cottrell, A. and King, D., 2012. Recovery from disaster: Resilience, adaptability and perceptions of climate change. Its effect on perceptions of climate change risk and on adaptive behaviours to prevent, prepare, and respond to future climate contingencies, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Boulter, S.L., 2012. An assessment of the vulnerability of Australian forests to the impacts of climate change: Synthesis. Contribution of Work Package 5 to the Forest Vulnerability Assessment, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Burton, P., Lyons, K., Richards, C., Amati, M., Rose, N., Desfours, L., Pires, V. and Barclay, R., 2013. Urban food security, urban resilience and climate change, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Byrne M., Prober, S.M., McLean, E.H., Steane, D.A., Stock, W.D., Potts, B.M. and Vaillancourt, R.E., 2013. Adaptation to climate in widespread eucalypt species, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Chambers, J., Nugent, G., Sommer, B., Speldewinde, P., Neville, S., Beatty, S., Chilcott, S., Eberhard, S., Mitchell, N., D’Souza, F., Barron, O., McFarlane, D., Braimbridge, M., Robson, B., Close, P., Morgan, D., Pinder, A., Froend, R., Horwitz, P., Cook, B. and Davies, P., 2013. Adapting to climate change: A risk assessment and decision making framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems with declining water levels. Development and case studies, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Chambers, J., Nugent, G., Sommer, B., Speldewinde, P., Neville, S., Beatty, S., Chilcott, S., Eberhard, S., Mitchell, N., D’Souza, F., Barron, O., McFarlane, D., Braimbridge, M., Robson, B., Close, P., Morgan, D., Pinder, A., Froend, R., Horwitz, P., Cook, B. and Davies, P., 2013. Adapting to climate change: A risk assessment and decision making framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems with declining water levels. Guidelines for use, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Chester, E.T., Robson, B.J. and Chambers, J.M., 2013. Novel methods for managing freshwater refuges against climate change in southern Australia. Supporting Document 3: Anthropogenic refuges for freshwater biodiversity, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Chhetri, P., Corcoran, J., Gekara, V., Corbitt, B., Wickramasinghe, N., Jayatilleke, G., Basic, F., Scott, H., Manzoni, A. and Maddox, C., 2013. Functional resilience of port environs in a changing climate – Assets and operations. Work Package 2 of Enhancing the resilience of seaports to a changing climate report series, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Chilcott, S., 2013. Adapting to climate change: A risk assessment and decision making framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems with declining water levels. Supporting document 5: The impact of declining groundwater levels on stygofauna communities in the Leeuwin Naturaliste Ridge Cave systems, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Cockfield, G., Maraseni, T., Buys, L., Sommerfeld, J., Wilson, C. and Athukorala, W., 2011. Socioeconomic implications of climate change with regard to forests and forest management. Contribution of Work Package 3 to the Forest Vulnerability Assessment, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Cook, B.A., Close, P.G., Stock, M. and Davies, P.M., 2013. Novel methods for managing freshwater refuges against climate change in southern Australia. Supporting Document 2: Riparian replanting for temperature control in streams, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Cooper, B. and Crase, L., 2013. Leading gifted horses to water: The economics of climate adaptation in government-sponsored irrigation in Victoria, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Cummings, C.R., Matthews, T.G. and Lester, R.E., 2013. Novel methods for managing freshwater refuges against climate change in southern Australia. Supporting Document 1: Evaluating the utility of cold-water releases (“shandying”) for enhancing the resilience of riverine species, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Davis, J., Sunnucks, P., Thompson, R., Sim, L., Pavlova, A., Morán-Ordóñez, A., Brim-Box, J., McBurnie, G., Pinder, A., Choy, S., McNeil, D., Hughes, J., Sheldon, F. and Timms, B., 2013. Building the climate resilience of arid zone freshwater biota, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Davis, J., Sunnucks, P., Thompson, R., Sim, L., Pavlova, A., Morán-Ordóñez, A., Brim-Box, J., McBurnie, G., Pinder, A., Choy, S., McNeil, D., Hughes, J., Sheldon, F. and Timms, B., 2013. Climate change adaptation guidelines for arid zone aquatic ecosystems and freshwater biodiversity, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Dobes, L., Jotzo, F. and Doupé, P., 2013. Adaptor of last resort? An economic perspective on the Government’s role in adaptation to climate change, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Dobes, L., Scheufele, G. and Bennett, J., 2012. Benefits and costs of provision of post-cyclone emergency service in Cairns, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.


Doerr, V.A.J., Williams, K.J., Drielsma, M., Doerr, E.D., Davies, M.J., Love, J., Langston, A., Low Choy, S., Manion, G., Cawsey, E.M., McGinness, H.M., Jovanovic, T., Crawford, D., Austin, M. and Ferrier, S., 2013. Designing landscapes for biodiversity under climate change: A validation. The architecture of resilient landscapes: scenario modelling to reveal best-practice landscape design principles. Supplementary report to “Designing landscapes for biodiversity under climate change”, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.


Doerr, V.A.J., Williams, K.J., Drielsma, M., Doerr, E.D., Davies, M.J., Love, J., Langston, A., Low Choy, S., Manion, G., Cawsey, E.M., McGinness, H.M., Jovanovic, T., Crawford, D., Austin, M. and Ferrier, S., 2013. Designing landscapes for biodiversity under climate change: Final report, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.


Doerr, V.A.J., Williams, K.J., Drielsma, M., Doerr, E.D., Davies, M.J., Love, J., Langston, A., Low Choy, S., Manion, G., Cawsey, E.M., McGinness, H.M., Jovanovic, T., Crawford, D., Austin, M. and Ferrier, S., Designing landscapes for biodiversity under climate change: Summary for landscape managers and policy makers, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Dunlop, M., Parris, H., Ryan, P. and Kroon, F., 2013. Climate-ready conservation objectives: A scoping study, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Dyer, F.J., El Sawah, S., Lucena-Moya, P., Harrison, E.T., Croke, B.F.W., Tschierschke, A., Griffiths, R., Brawata, R.L., Kath, J., Reynoldson, T. and Jakeman, A.J., 2013. Predicting water quality and ecological responses, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Evans, L.S., Fidelman, P., Hicks, C., Morgan, C., Perry, A.L. and Tobin, R., 2012. Limits to climate change adaptation in the Great Barrier Reef: scoping ecological and social limits, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Farquharson, R., Abadi, A., Finlayson, J., Ramilan, T., Liu, D.L., Anwar, M.R., Clark, S., Robertson, S., Mendham, D., Thomas, Q. and McGrath, J., 2013. EverFarm® – Climate adapted perennial-based farming systems for dryland agriculture in southern Australia, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Fletcher, C.S., Taylor, B.M., Rambaldi, A.N., Harman, B.P., Heyenga, S., Ganegodage, K.R., Lipkin, F. and McAllister, R.R.J., 2013. Costs and coasts: An empirical assessment of physical and institutional climate adaptation pathways, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Foster, J., Bell, W.P., Wild, P., Sharma, D., Sandu, S., Froome, C., Wagner, L., Misra, S. and Bagia, R., 2013. Analysis of institutional adaptability to redress electricity infrastructure vulnerability due to climate change, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Fry, P.J. and Williams, S., 2013. Reforming planning processes: Rockhampton 2050 pilot. Local government climate hazard risk management toolkit study, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Garnett, S.T., Franklin, D.C., Ehmke, G., VanDerWal, J.J., Hodgson, L., Pavey, C., Reside, A.E., Welbergen, J.A., Butchart, S.H.M., Perkins, G.C. and Williams, S.E., 2013. Climate change adaptation strategies for Australian birds, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Gero, A., Fletcher, S.M., Rumsey, M., Thiessen, J., Kuruppu, N., Buchan, J., Daly, J. and Willetts, J., 2013. Disaster response and climate change in the Pacific, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Griggs, D.J., Lynch, A.H., Joachim, L., Zhu, X., Adler, C.E., Bischoff-Mattson, Z., Wang, P. and Kestin, T.S., 2013. Indigenous voices in climate change adaptation: Addressing the challenges of diverse knowledge systems in the Barmah-Millewa, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Gross, C., Pittock, J., Finlayson, M. and Ceddes, M.C., 2011. Climate change adaptation in the Coorong, Murray Mouth and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Guilding, C., Warnken, J., Andreone, F. and Lamminmaki, D., 2013. Adapting strata and community title buildings for climate change, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Guilding, C., Warnken, J., Andreone, F. and Lamminmaki, D., 2013. Adapting strata title communities for climate change: A stakeholder action list manual, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Hadwen, W.L., Capon, S.J., Kobashi, D., Poloczanska, E.S., Rochester, W., Martin, T.G., Bay, L.K., Pratchett, M.S., Green, J., Cook, B.D., Berry, A., Lalonde, A., Hall, A. and Fahey, S., 2011. Climate change responses and adaptation pathways in Australian coastal ecosystems: Synthesis report, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Hansen, A., Bi, P., Saniotis, A., Nitschke, M., Benson, J., Tan, Y., Smyth, V., Wilson, L. and Han, G-S., 2013. Extreme heat and climate change: Adaptation in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Hanson-Easey, S., Bi, P., Williams, S., Nitschke, M., Saniotis, A., Zhang, Y. and Hodgetts, K., 2013. Public understanding of climate change and adaptation in South Australia, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Haynes, K., Bird, D.K., Carson, D., Larkin, S. and Mason, M.S., 2011. Institutional response and Indigenous experiences of Cyclone Tracy, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Helman, P., Metusela, C., Thomella, F. and Tomlinson, R., 2010. Storm tides, coastal erosion and inundation, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Hertzler, G., Sanderson, T., Capon, T., Hayman, P., Kingwell, R., McClintock, A., Crean, J. and Randall, A., 2013. Will primary producers continue to adjust practices and technologies, change production systems or transform their industry? An application of real options, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Hine, D.W., Phillips, W.J., Reser, J.P., Cooksey, R.W., Marks, A.D.G., Nunn, P.D., Watt, S.E. and Ellul, M.C., 2013. Enhancing climate change communication: Strategies for profiling and targeting Australian interpretive communities, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Horne, R., Martel, A., Arcari, P., Foster, D. and McCormack, A., 2013. Living change: Adaptive housing responses to climate change in the town camps of Alice Springs, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Howes, M., Grant-Smith, D., Reis, K., Tangney, P., Bosomworth, K., Heazle, M., McEvoy, D. and Burton, P., 2013. Rethinking disaster risk management and climate change adaptation, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Hughes, L., Hobbs, R., Hopkins, A., McDonald, J., Stafford-Smith M., Steffen, W., Williams, S. and Stadler, F., 2010. National Climate Change Adaptation Research Plan for Terrestrial Biodiversity, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Hughes, L., Downey, P., Duursma, E., Gallagher, R., Johnson, S., Leishman, M., Roger, E., Smith, P. and Steel, J., 2013. Prioritising naturalised plant species for threat assessment: Developing a decision tool for managers, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Hussey, K., Price, R., Pittock, J., Livingstone, J., Dovers, S., Fisher, D. and Hatfield-Dodds, S., 2013. Statutory frameworks, institutions and policy processes for climate adaptation: Do Australia’s existing statutory frameworks, associated institutions and policy processes support or impede national adaptation planning and practice?, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Instone, L., Mee, K., Palmer, J., Williams, M. and Vaughan, N., 2013. Climate change adaptation and the rental sector, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

James, C.S., VanDerWal, J., Capon, S.J., Hodgson, L., Waltham, N., Ward, D.P., Anderson, B.J. and Pearson, R.G., 2013. Identifying climate refuges for freshwater biodiversity across Australia, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Jenkins, K.M., Kingsford, R.T., Wolfenden, B.J., Whitten, S., Parris, H., Sives, C., Rolls, R. and Hay, S., 2011. Limits to climate change adaptation in floodplain wetlands: The Macquarie Marshes, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Johnston, G.S., Burton, D.L. and Baker-Jones, M., 2013. Climate change adaptation in the boardroom, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.


Jones, R.N., Young, C.K., Handmer, J., Keating, A., Mekala, G.D. and Sheehan, P., 2013. Valuing adaptation under rapid change, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Kellett, J., Ness, D., Hamilton, C., Pullen, S. and Leditschke, A., 2011. Learning from regional climate analogues, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Kiem, A.S. and Austin, E.K., 2012. Limits and barriers to climate change adaptation for small inland communities affected by drought, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Kiem, A.S., Askew, L.E., Sherval, M., Verdon-Kidd, D.C., Clifton, C., Austin, E., McGuirk, P.M. and Berry, H., 2010. Drought and the future of rural communities: Drought impacts and adaptation in regional Victoria, Australia, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Kiem, A.S., Verdon-Kidd, D.C., Boulter, S.L. and Palutikof, J.P., 2010. Learning from experience: Historical case studies and climate change adaptation, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

King, D., Ginger, J., Williams, S., Cottrell, A., Gurtner, Y., Leitch, C., Henderson, D., Jayasinghe, N., Kim, P., Booth, K., Ewin, C., Innes, K., Jacobs, K., Jago-Bassingthwaighte, M. and Jackson, L., 2013. Planning, building and insuring: Adaptation of built environment to climate change induced increased intensity of natural hazards, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Kingwell, R., Anderton, L., Islam, N., Xayavong, V., Wardell-Johnson, A., Feldman, D. and Speijers, J., 2013. Broadacre farmers adapting to a changing climate, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Kinnear, S., Patison, K., Mann, J., Malone, E. and Ross, V., 2013. Network governance and climate change adaptation: Collaborative responses to the Queensland floods, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Kong, D., Setunge, S., Molyneaux, T., Zhang, G. and Law, D., 2013. Structural resilience of core port infrastructure in a changing climate. Work Package 3 of Enhancing the resilience of seaports to a changing climate report series, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Kuruppu, N., Murta, J., Mukheibir, P., Chong, J. and Brennan, T., 2013. Understanding the adaptive capacity of Australian small-to-medium enterprises to climate change and variability, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Leonard, S., Mackenzie, J., Kofod, F., Parsons, M., Langton, M., Russ, P., Ormond-Parker, L., Smith, K. and Smith, M., 2013. Indigenous climate change adaptation in the Kimberley region of North-western Australia. Learning from the past, adapting in the future: Identifying pathways to successful adaptation in Indigenous communities, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Loch, A., Wheeler, S., Bjornlund, H., Beecham, S., Edwards, J., Zuo, A. and Shanahan, M., 2013. The role of water markets in climate change adaptation, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Loughnan, M.E., Tapper, N.J., Phan, T., Lynch, K. and McInnes, J.A., 2013. A spatial vulnerability analysis of urban populations during extreme heat events in Australian capital cities, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Low-Choy, D., Clarke, P., Jones, D., Serrao-Neumann, S., Hales, R. and Koschade, O., 2013. Aboriginal reconnections: Understanding coastal urban and peri-urban Indigenous people’s vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Lukasiewicz, A., Finlayson, C.M. and Pittock, J., 2013. Identifying low risk climate change adaptation in catchment management while avoiding unintended consequences, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Maani, K., 2013. Decision-making for climate change adaptation: A systems thinking approach, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Macintosh, A., Foerster, A. and McDonald, J., 2013. Limp, leap or learn? Developing legal frameworks for climate change adaptation planning in Australia, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Macintosh, A., Foerster, A. and McDonald, J., 2013. Limp, leap or learn? Developing legal frameworks for climate change adaptation planning in Australia: Summary for policymakers, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Maggini, R., Kujala, H., Taylor, M.F.J., Lee, J.R., Possingham, H.P., Wintle, B.A. and Fuller, R.A., 2013. Protecting and restoring habitat to help Australia’s threatened species adapt to climate change, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Mallon, K., Hamilton, E., Black, M., Beem, B. and Abs, J., 2013. Adapting the community sector for climate extremes: Extreme weather, climate change and the community sector: Risks and adaptations, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Mason, L. and Giurco, D., 2013. Climate change adaptation for Australian minerals industry professionals, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Mason, L., Unger, C., Lederwasch, A., Razian, H., Wynne, L. and Giurco, D., 2013. Adapting to climate risks and extreme weather: A guide for mining and minerals industry professionals, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Mason, M. and Haynes, K., 2010. Adaptation lessons from Cyclone Tracy, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Mason, M.S., Phillips, E., Okada, T., O’Brien, J., 2012. Analysis of damage to buildings following the 2010-11 Eastern Australia floods, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

McAneney, J., Crompton, R., McAneney, D., Musulin, R., Walker, G., Pielke Jr., R., 2013. Market-based mechanisms for climate change adaptation: Assessing the potential for and limits to insurance and market based mechanisms for encouraging climate change adaptation, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

McDonald, J., Harkin, J., Harwood, A., Hobday, A., Lyth, A. and Meinke, H., 2013. Supporting evidence-based adaptation decision-making in Tasmania: A synthesis of climate change adaptation research, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

McEvoy, D. and Mullett, J., 2013. Enhancing the resilience of seaports to a changing climate: Research synthesis and implications for policy and practice. Work Package 4 of Enhancing the resilience of seaports to a changing climate report series, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

McEvoy, D., Mullett, J., Millin, S., Scott, H. and Trundle, A., 2013. Understanding future risks to ports in Australia. Work Package 1 of Enhancing the resilience of seaports to a changing climate report series, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

McNamara, K.E., Smithers, S.G., Westoby, R. and Parnell, K., 2011. Limits to climate change adaptation for low-lying communities in the Torres Strait, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Medlyn, B.E., Zeppel, M.S.J., Brouwers, N.C., Howard, K., O’Gara, E., Hardy, G., Lyons, T., Li, L. and Evans, B., 2011. Biophysical impacts of climate change on Australia’s forests. Contribution of Work Package 2 to the Forest Vulnerability Assessment, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Memmott, P., Reser, J., Head, B., Davidson, J., Nash, D., O’Rourke, T., Gamage, H., Suliman, S., Lowry, A. and Marshall, K., 2013. Aboriginal responses to climate change in arid zone Australia: Regional understandings and capacity building for adaptation, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Meyer, W., 2013. Adapted future landscapes – User guide, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Meyer, W., Bryan, B., Lyle, G., McLean, J., Moon, T., Siebentritt, M., Summers, D. and Wells, S., 2013. Adapted future landscapes: from aspiration to implementation, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Michael, D.T. and Crossley, R.L., 2012. Food security, risk management and climate change, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Mitchell, N., Sommer, B. and Speldewinde, P., 2013. Adapting to climate change: A risk assessment and decision making framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems with declining water levels. Supporting document 3: Identifying thresholds for responses of amphibians to groundwater and rainfall decline, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Moir, M.L. and Leng, M.C., 2013. Managing coextinction of insects in a changing climate: Developing management strategies to combat increased coextinction rates of plant dwelling insects through global climate change, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Morley, P., Trammell, J., Reeve, I., McNeill, J., Brunckhorst, D. and Bassett, S., 2013. Past, present and future landscapes: Understanding alternative futures for climate change adaptation of coastal settlements and communities, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Morrison, C. and Pickering, C.M., 2011. Climate change adaptation in the Australian Alps: Impacts, strategies, limits and management, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Mortazavi-Naeini, M., Kuczera, G., Kiem, A.S., Henley, B., Berghout, B. and Turner, E., 2013. Robust optimisation of urban drought security for an uncertain climate, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Mukheibir, P., Kuruppu, N., Gero, A. and Herriman, J., 2013. Cross-scale barriers to climate change adaptation in local government, Australia, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Neville, S., 2013. Adapting to climate change: A risk assessment and decision making framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems with declining water levels. Supporting Document 7: Spatially representing the impacts of falling groundwater due to climate change on groundwater dependent ecosystems, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Norman, B., Steffen, W., Webb, B., Capon, T., Maher, B., Woodroffe, C., Rogers, K., Tanton, R., Vidyattama, Y., Lavis, J., Sinclair, H. and Weir, B., 2013. South East Coastal Adaptation (SECA): Coastal urban climate futures in SE Australia from Wollongong to Lakes Entrance, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Nugent, G., Chambers, J. and Speldewinde, P., 2013. Adapting to climate change: A risk assessment and decision making framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems with declining water levels. Supporting document 1: Literature review, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Nursey-Bray, M., Fergie, D., Arbon, V., Rigney, L.I., Palmer, R., Tibby, J., Harvey, N. and Hackworth, L., 2013. Community based adaptation to climate change: The Arabana, South Australia, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Padgham, L., Hunter, S. and Singh, D., 2013. Exploring the adaptive capacity of emergency management using agent based modelling, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Petheram, L., Fleming, A., Stacey, N., Perry, A., 2013. Indigenous women’s preferences for climate change adaptation and aquaculture development to build capacity in the Northern Territory, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Pickering, C.M. and Venn, S.E., 2013. Increasing the resilience of the Australian alpine flora to climate change and associated threats: A plant functional traits approach, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Poloczanska, E., Booth, T., Carter, B., Dekeyser, S., Roiko, A., Wang, X., Wong, C. and Martin, T., 2012. iClimate, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

QUT, 2010. Impacts and adaptation response of infrastructure and communities to heatwaves: The southern Australian experience of 2009, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Randall, A., Capon, T., Sanderson, T., Merrett, D. and Hertzler, G., 2012. Choosing a decision-making framework to manage uncertainty in climate adaptation decision-making: A Practitioner’s Handbook, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Randall, A., Capon, T., Sanderson, T., Merrett, D. and Hertzler, G., 2012. Making decisions under the risks and uncertainties of future climates, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Reser, J.P., Pidgeon, N., Spence, A., Bradley, G.L., Glendon, A.I. and Ellul, M.C., 2010. Public risk perceptions, understandings, and responses to climate change and natural disasters in Australia and Great Britain: Interim report, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Reser, J.P., Bradley, G.L., Glendon, A.I., Ellul, M.C. and Callaghan, R., 2012. Public risk perceptions, understandings, and responses to climate change and natural disasters in Australia, 2010 and 2011, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Reser, J.P., Bradley, G.L., Glendon, A.I., Ellul, M.C. and Callaghan, R., 2012. Public risk perceptions, understandings, and responses to climate change and natural disasters in Australia and Great Britain, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Reside, A.E., VanDerWal, J., Phillips, B.L., Shoo, L.P., Rosauer, D.F., Anderson, B.J., Welbergen, J.A., Moritz, C., Ferrier, S., Harwood, T.D., Williams, K.J., Mackey, B., Hugh, S., Williams, Y.M. and Williams, S.E., 2013. Climate change refugia for terrestrial biodiversity: Defining areas that promote species persistence and ecosystem resilience in the face of global climate change, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Robson, B.J., Chester, E.T., Allen, M., Beatty, S., Chambers, J.M., Close, P., Cook, B., Cummings, C.R., Davies, P.M., Lester, R.E., Lymbery, A., Matthews, T.G., Morgan, D. and Stock, M., 2013. Novel methods for managing freshwater refuges against climate change in southern Australia. Final Report, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Saman, W., Boland, J., Pullen, S., Pocock, B., Belusko, M., Bruno, F., Whaley, D., Pockett, J., Bennetts, H., Ridley, B., Palmer, J., Zuo, J., Ma, T., Chileshe, N., Skinner, N., Chapman, J., Vujinovic, N., Walsh, M., Candido, C. and Deuble, M., 2013. A framework for adaptation of Australian households to heat waves, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Sanò, M., Richards, R., Sahin, O., Sherker, S., Ware, D. and Tomlinson, R., 2013. Adapt between the flags: Enhancing the capacity of Surf Life Saving Australia to cope with climate change and to leverage adaptation within coastal communities, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Scott, H., McEvoy, D., Chhetri, P., Basic, F. and Mullett, J., 2013. Climate change adaptation guidelines for ports. Enhancing the resilience of seaports to a changing climate report series, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Sevoyan, A., Hugo, G., Feist, H., Tan, G., McDougall, K., Tan, Y. and Spoehr, J., 2013. Impact of climate change on disadvantaged groups: Issues and interventions, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Sharma, V., van de Graaff, S., Loechel, B. and Franks, D.M., 2013. Extractive resource development in a changing climate: Learning the lessons from extreme weather events in Queensland, Australia, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Shearer, H., Taygfeld, P., Coiacetto, E., Dodson, J. and Banhalmi-Zakar, Z., 2013. The capacities of private developers in urban climate change adaptation, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Slade, C. and Wardell-Johnson, A., 2013. Creating a climate for food security: Governance and policy in Australia, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Smith, T.F., Carter, R.W., Daffara, P. and Keys, N., 2010. The nature and utility of adaptive capacity research, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Sommer, B., McGuinness, S., Froend, R. and Horwitz, P., 2013. Adapting to climate change: A risk assessment and decision making framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems with declining water levels. Supporting document 2: Assessing risks to groundwater dependent wetland ecosystems in a drying climate, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Speldewinde, P., 2013. Adapting to climate change: A risk assessment and decision making framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems with declining water levels. Supporting Document 6: Development of Bayesian Belief Networks for modelling the impacts of falling groundwater due to climate change on groundwater dependent ecosystems, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Stanley, J., Birrell, R., Brain, P., Carey, M., Duffy, M., Ferraro, S., Fisher, S., Griggs, D., Hall, A., Kestin, T., Macmillan, C., Manning, I., Martin, H., Rapson, V., Spencer, M., Stanley, C., Steffen, W., Symmons, M. and Wright, W., 2013. What would a climate-adapted settlement look like in 2030? A case study of Inverloch and Sandy Point, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.


Steele, W., Eslami-Andargoli, L., Crick, F., Serrao-Neumann, S., Singh-Peterson, L., Dale, P., Low-Choy, D., Sporne, I., Shearer, S. and Iotti, A., 2013. Learning from cross-border mechanisms to support climate change adaptation in Australia, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.


Thompson, R.M., Beardall, J., Beringer, J., Grace, M. and Sardina, P., 2013. Mitigating impacts of climate change on stream food webs, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Tran, T., Strelein, L.M., Weir, J.K., Stacey, C. and Dwyer, A., 2013. Native title and climate change. Changes to country and culture, changes to climate: Strengthening institutions for Indigenous resilience and adaptation, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Trück, S., Mathew, S., Henderson-Sellers, A., Taplin, R., Keighley, T. and Chin, W.C., 2013. Climate adaptation decision support tool for local governments: CATLoG. Developing an Excel spreadsheet tool for local governments to compare and prioritise investment in climate change adaptation, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Trück, S., Mathew, S., Henderson-Sellers, A., Taplin, R., Keighley, T. and Chin, W.C., 2013. Handbook CATLoG: Climate adaptation decision support tool for local governments. Prioritising climate change adaptation investments for local governments with particular focus on extreme events, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Unsworth, K.L., Russell, S.V., Lewandowsky, S., Lawrence, C., Fielding, K.S., Heath, J., Evans, A., Hurlstone, M.J. and McNeill, I., 2013. What about me? Factors affecting individual adaptive coping capacity across different populations, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Verdon-Kidd, D.C., Kiem, A.S. and Austin, E.K., 2012. Decision making under uncertainty: Bridging the gap between end user needs and climate science capability, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Verdon-Kidd, D., Kiem, A.S., Willgoose, G. and Haines, P., 2010. East Coast Lows and the Newcastle/Central Coast Pasha Bulker storm, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Wardell-Johnson, A., Uddin, N., Islam, N., Nath, T., Stockwell, B. and Slade, C., 2013. Creating a climate for food security: The businesses, people and landscapes in food production, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Webb, R. and Beh, J., 2013. Leading adaptation practices and support strategies for Australia: An international and Australian review of products and tools, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Wenger, C., 2013. Climate change adaptation and floods: Australia’s institutional arrangements, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Wenger, C., Hussey, K. and Pittock, J., 2013. Living with floods: Key lessons from Australia and abroad, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

West, J.M. and Brereton, D., 2013. Climate change adaptation in industry and business: A framework for best practice in financial risk assessment, governance and disclosure, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Wilson, R. and Turton, S., 2011. Climate change adaptation options, tools and vulnerability. Contribution of Work Package 4 to the Forest Vulnerability Assessment, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Wood, K., Roiko, A., Waterman, P., Wallace, H. and Warrick, R.A., 2011. Establishing the need and consultation with key stakeholders in forest policy and management under climate change. Contribution of Work Package 1 to the Forest Vulnerability Assessment, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Woodroffe, C.D., Cowell, P.J., Callaghan, D.P., Ranasinghe, R., Jongejan, R., Wainwright, D.J., Barry, S.J., Rogers, K. and Dougherty, A.J., 2012. Approaches to risk assessment on Australian coasts: A model framework for assessing risk and adaptation to climate change on Australian coasts, Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.