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
Extractive resource development in a changing climate: Learning the lessons from extreme weather events in Queensland, Australia Authors: Vigya Sharma, Shashi van de Graaff, Barton Loechel and Daniel FranksYear: 2013 In this study, a number of lessons for improving adaptation to extreme climatic events within the resources sector were identified, including: methodical learning and timely… Read More
Policy Guidance Brief: Adaptation and First Australians: lessons and challenges Author: NCCARFYear: 2013 This factsheet addresses the challenges of adapting to climate change for Indigenous communities and associated agencies. It acknowledges that there is an adaptation policy deficit amongst some First Australian communities, especially in remote locations, and amongst the authorities responsible for provision of… Read More
Barriers to adaptation to sea level rise: The legal, institutional and cultural barriers to adaptation to sea-level rise in Australia Authors: Jon Barnett, Elissa Waters, Sam Pendergast and Aedan PulestonYear: 2013 This report identified five key kinds of barriers to adaptation: governance, policy, uncertainty, resources, and psychosocial factors. It emphasizes that adaptation to sea-level rise… Read More
Climate-ready conservation objectives: A scoping study Authors: Michael Dunlop, Hannah Parris, Paul Ryan and Frederieke KroonYear: 2013 Under significant levels of climate change many of the current approaches to conservation (such as maintaining community types in their current locations) will become increasingly difficult and ineffective. This project developed three adaptation propositions about managing biodiversity that… Read More
Supporting evidence-based adaptation decision-making in Tasmania: A synthesis of climate change adaptation research Authors: Jan McDonald, John Harkin, Andrew Harwood, Alistair Hobday, Anna Lyth and Holger MeinkeYear: 2013 This report provides an evaluation of the current state of adaptation knowledge in Tasmania, based on a literature review of published and on-going research, as well as… Read More
The capacities of private developers in urban climate change adaptation Authors: Heather Shearer, Pazit Taygfeld, Eddo Coiacetto, Jago Dodson and Zsuzsa Banhalmi-ZakarYear: 2013 Using the South-East Queensland development industry as a case study, this report investigates (1) the institutional capacity of the private urban development sector to respond to climate change, and (2) the role… Read More
Community adaptation strategies to floods Authors: Deanne Bird, David King, Katherine Haynes, Pamela Box, Tetsuya Okado and Kate NairnYear: 2013 This factsheet summarises the key findings from a project that looked at the factors inhibiting and enabling household adaptation strategies in the flood-affected communities of Brisbane, Emerald (QLD) and Donald (VIC) in the aftermath of… Read More
Policy Guidance Brief: Climate proofing Australia’s infrastructure Author: NCCARFYear: 2013 Infrastructure has a critical role in Australia. It supports economic activities, provides services to communities, contributes to productivity and enhances our lives. In addition, it is often long-lived, which poses a particular set of challenges with respect to climate change infrastructure designed today must withstand… Read More
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
