Living with Climate Change: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Factsheets for Australia: Emergency Management Author: NCCARF Year: 2012 Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of some extreme climatic events and natural disasters, including storms, droughts, heatwaves, bushfires and floods. Emergency management organisations are on society’s frontline in preparing for such events:… Read More
Living with Climate Change: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Factsheets for Australia: Water Resources and Freshwater Biodiversity Author: NCCARFYear: 2012 This factsheet provides a short summary of the potential climate change impacts on Australia’s water resources and freshwater biodiversity. Climate variability is a strong driver of water availability and freshwater biodiversity, with interdecadal ENSO patterns… Read More
Living with Climate Change: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Factsheets for Australia: Primary Industries Author: NCCARFYear: 2012 This factsheet provides a short summary of the potential climate change impacts on Australia’s primary industries sector. Climate is one of the fundamental factors that determine where different types of primary production can be successfully pursued. Climate change… Read More
Living with Climate Change: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Factsheets for Australia: Marine Biodiversity and Resources Author: NCCARFYear: 2012 This factsheet provides a short summary of the potential climate change impacts on Australia’s marine biodiversity and resources. Regional climate influences on marine diversity is strongly driven by the El NioSouthern Oscillation (ENSO) with ocean warming… Read More
Living with Climate Change: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Factsheets for Australia: Terrestrial Biodiversity Authors: NCCARFYear: 2012 This factsheet provides a short summary of the potential climate change impacts on Australia’s terrestrial biodiversity. The distribution and life cycle of all species have evolved to tolerate a specific climate window. Changes in local climate conditions can… Read More
Enhancing disaster resilience and adaptability Authors: Helen Boon, Joanne Millar, David Lake, Alison Cottrell and David KingYear: 2012 This factsheet describes the implementation and findings of a project that examined the community resilience of four disaster impacted communities: Beechworth (bushfire) and Bendigo (drought) in Victoria and Ingham (flood) and Innisfail (cyclone) in Queensland.The resilience of… Read More
Flood and drought resilience lessons for the mining industry Authors: Vigya Sharma, Shashi van de Graaff, Barton Loechel and Daniel FranksYear: 2012 This factsheet summarises key findings from a project that investigated coal mining operations in Queensland, and examined climate-influenced drought and flooding challenges relevant to the future viability of the industry and local communities.… Read More
Protecting structures from floodwater Authors: Matthew Mason, Emma Phillips, Tetsuya Okada & James O’BrienYear: 2012 This factsheet summarises the key findings from a project that analysed the damage to buildings in Queensland and Victoria following the 2010-11 eastern Australia floods. In the worst affected state, Queensland, 58 600 insurance claims accounted for $2.4 billion in… Read More
Adapting to Climate Change in the Coastal Zone – Factsheets. Seven Principles of Coastal Zone Climate Change Adaptation Authors: Wade Hadwen, Samantha Capon, Daijiro Kobashi, Joanne Green, Ben Cook, Shireen Fahey, Ashton Berry, Amy Lalonde, Aimee Hall, Morgan Pratchett, Line Bay, Elvira Polczanska, Tara Martin and Wayne RochesterYear: 2012 This factsheet presents a series of… Read More
Adapting to Climate Change in the Coastal Zone – Factsheets. Managed Adaptation Options Authors: Wade Hadwen, Samantha Capon, Daijiro Kobashi, Joanne Green, Ben Cook, Shireen Fahey, Ashton Berry, Amy Lalonde, Aimee Hall, Morgan Pratchett, Line Bay, Elvira Polczanska, Tara Martin and Wayne RochesterYear: 2012 This factsheet provides information on a range of managed adaptation options… Read More
