Adaptive management of Ramsar wetlands Authors: Gilad Bino, Kim Jenkins and Richard KingsfordYear: 2013 This project applies an adaptive management planning approach to address climate change adaptation strategies in internationally significant wetlands and a set of indicators that could be monitored to promote increasingly informed decisions. It develops a strategic adaptive management framework (SAM) that… Read More
Climate change adaptation for Australian minerals industry professionals Authors: Leah Mason and Damien GiurcoYear: 2013 This report identifies mining-industry specific impacts and adaptation responses for climate-change related events including floods and storms, droughts, and higher temperatures. While extreme events may have been anticipated in the planning of case-study mines, the extent and costs of damage… Read More
Policy Guidance Brief: Building resilient coastal communities and ecosystems Author: NCCARF Year: 2013 Around 85% of the Australian population live within 50 km of the coast, which represents a great challenge for coastal managers. On the one hand, they have to deal with the impacts of future climate change and sea-level rise and, on the… Read More
Future change in ancient worlds: Indigenous adaptation in northern Australia Authors: Deanne Bird, Jeanie Govan, Helen Murphy, Sharon Harwood, Katharine Haynes, Dean Carson, Stephen Russell, David King, Ed Wensing, Nicole Tsakissiris and Steven LarkinYear: 2013 This report examines the underlying vulnerabilities, adaptive capacities and population movements of Indigenous people in four communities in northern Australia… Read More
Policy Guidance Brief: Policy and regulatory frameworks for adaptation Author: NCCARFYear: 2013 The primary role of policy and regulation in adaptation is to enable decision-makers at all levels of government and in the private sector to effectively adapt the nation to climate change and to ensure that policy and regulatory frameworks do not impede adaptation.… Read More
Impact of the 2010-11 floods and the factors that inhibit and enable household adaptation strategies Deanne Bird, David King, Katharine Haynes, Pamela Box, Tetsuya Okada and Kate NairnYear: 2013 Looking at three flood affected communities (Brisbane and Emerald, Queensland; and Donald, Victoria) a greater number of factors inhibit adaptation to flooding that enable adaptive behaviour.… Read More
Market-based mechanisms for climate change adaptation: Assessing the potential for and limits to insurance and market based mechanisms for encouraging climate change adaptation Authors: John McAneney, Ryan Crompton, Delphine McAneney, Rade Musulin, George Walker and Roger Pielke Jr.Year: 2013 This study on the potential of insurance companies to encourage risk reduction and resilience building found… Read More
Past, present and future landscapes: Understanding alternative futures for climate change adaptation of coastal settlements and communities Authors: Philip Morley, Jamie Trammell, Ian Reeve, Judith McNeil, David Brunckhorst and Scott BassettYear: 2013 A Scenario Analysis of the Northern Rivers Region of New South Wales was used to test the existing Regional Plan under predicted climate… Read More
Adaptor of last resort? An economic perspective on the Government’s role in adaptation to climate change Authors: Leo Dobes, Frank Jotzo and Patrick DoupéYear: 2013 The primary objective of this project was to investigate the issues associated with government assuming the role of insurer of last resort with respect to adaptation to climate change.The authors… Read More
South East Coastal Adaptation (SECA): Coastal urban climate futures in SE Australia from Wollongong to Lakes Entrance Authors: Barbara Norman, Will Steffen, Bob Webb, Tony Capon, Bill Maher, Colin Woodroffe, Kerrylee Rogers, Rob Tanton, Yogi Vidyattama, Jacqui Lavis, Hamish Sinclair and Brian WeirYear: 2013 This study focussed on coastal adaptation to climate change in terms… Read More
