Climate Change adaptation options, tools and vulnerability: Contribution of Work Package 4 to the Forest Vulnerability Assessment Authors: Robyn Wilson and Steve TurtonYear: 2011 Climate models generated in this study to investigate the impacts of future climate change on Australian forests showed that in 2030, climate change may stress some forests further than they have… Read More
An assessment of the vulnerability of Australian forests to the impacts of climate change: 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 Authors: Kathleen Wood, Anne Roiko, Peter Waterman, Helen Wallace and Richard WarrickYear: 2012 The first… Read More
iClimate Authors: Elvira Poloczanska, Trevor Booth, Bill Carter, Stijn Dekeyser, Anne Roiko, Xiaoming Wang, Cynthia Wong and Tara MartinYear: 2012 The iClimate project reviewed climate change impacts and adaptation literature for Australia during 2010-2011 (with additional discussion on New Zealand where relevant). The review encompassed research on a broad range of topics and areas within… Read More
Climate change adaptation in the Australian Alps: Impacts, strategies, limits and management Authors: C. Morrison and Catherine PickeringYear: 2011 A stong awareness of climatechange occurring and identifying its impacts exists among stakeholders within the Australian Alps due, primarily to the fairly direct links between increasing temperatures and decreasing precipitaiton and natural snow cover. Data also… Read More
Biophysical impacts of climate change on Australia’s forests. Contribution of Work Package 2 to the Forest Vulnerability Assessment Authors: Belinda Medlyn, Melanie Zeppel, Niels Brouwers, Kay Howard, Emer O’Gara, Giles Hardy, Thomas Lyons, Li Li and Bradley Evans Year: 2011 This report presents a review of the literature on climate change impacts on Australian forests;… Read More
Limits to climate change adaptation for low-lying communities in the Torres Strait Authors: KE McNamara, SG Smithers, R Westoby, K ParnellYear: 2011 This study explored adaptive capacity, adaptation limits/barriers and possible or existing maladaptation for communities on 2 morphologically different low lying islands in the Torres Straits. Although traditional resilience indicators such as income, access… Read More
Limits to Adaptation: Limits and barriers to climate change adaptation for small inland communities affected by drought Authors: Anthony S. Kiem and Emma K. AustinYear: 2012 This study found that on the whole, water trading has potential as a climate change adaptation strategy, with many benefits experienced in previous and current versions of water trading.… Read More
Limits to climate change adaptation in floodplain wetlands: The Macquarie Marshes Authors: K.M. Jenkins, R.T. Kingsford, B.J. Wolfenden, S. Whitten, H. Parris, C. Sives, R. Rolls, and S. HayYear: 2012 The primary adaptation that will transform the Macquarie Marshes ecosystem from its current state of decline is the return of adequate environmental water to restore… Read More
National Climate Change Adaptation Research Plan for Terrestrial Biodiversity Authors: Lesley Hughes, Richard Hobbs, Angas Hokpins, Jan McDonald, Mark Stafford Smith, Will Steffen, Stephen Williams and Frank StadlerYear: 2010 The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Plan (NARP) for Terrestrial Biodiversity outlines research priorities that would inform planned adaptation by the individuals, institutions and sectors that… Read More
Climate change responses and adaptation pathways in Australian coastal ecosystems Authors: Wade Hadwen, Samantha Capon, Daijiro Kobashi, Elvira Poloczanska, Wayne Rochester, Tara Martin, Line Bay, Morgan, Pratchett, Jo Green, Ben Cook, Ashton Berry, Amy Lalonde, Aimee Hall and Shireen FaheyYear: 2011 This report provides a broadscale synthesis of knowledge on Australian coastal processes, coastal ecosystems,… Read More
