The role of water markets in climate change adaptation

The role of water markets in climate change adaptation

The role of water markets in climate change adaptation Authors: Adam Loch, Sarah Wheeler, Henning Bjornlund, Simon Beecham, Jane Edwards, Alec Zuo and Martin ShanahanYear: 2013 This report reviewed the available literature on the southern Murray-Darling Basin related to anticipated climate change effects, the economic, social and environmental impacts of water reallocation through markets, and… Read More

Indigenous women's preferences for climate change adaptation and aquaculture development to build capacity in the Northern Territory

Indigenous women’s preferences for climate change adaptation and aquaculture development to build capacity in the Northern Territory

Indigenous women’s preferences for climate change adaptation and aquaculture development to build capacity in the Northern Territory Authors: Lisa Petheram, Ann Fleming, Natasha Stacey and Anne PerryYear: 2013 In the Indigenous Australian community of South Goulburn Island in the Northern Territorys peoples preferences for adaptation usually concerned building general community capacity, drawing from customary knowledge,… Read More

Providing emergency supplies to flood prone areas�

Providing emergency supplies to flood prone areas

Providing emergency supplies to flood prone areas Author: NCCARFYear: 2013 Using a ‘willingness to pay’ approach, a value on improved emergency services following a cyclone was considered in a cost-benefit analysis. Using this approach, the study evaluated the feasibility of government subsidised private sector supply of these improved services. While there was a net economic… Read More

Supporting evidence-based adaptation decision-making in Victoria: A synthesis of climate change adaptation research

Supporting evidence-based adaptation decision-making in Victoria

Supporting evidence-based adaptation decision-making in Victoria: A synthesis of climate change adaptation research Year: 2013Author: AECOM (Jennifer Cane, Laura Cacho and Nicolas Dircks) Designed to inform policymakers and other interested parties of relevant climate adaptation research for Victoria, this report draws together and presents key findings and lessons from individual NCCARF research reports and a selection… Read More

Costs and coasts: An empirical assessment of physical and institutional climate adaptation pathways

An empirical assessment of physical and institutional climate adaptation pathways

Costs and coasts: An empirical assessment of physical and institutional climate adaptation pathways Authors: Cameron Fletcher, Bruce Taylor, Alicia Rambaldi, Ben Harman, Sonja Heyenga, Renuka Ganegodage, Felix Lipkin and Ryan McAllisterYear: 2013 While adaptation is more frequently coordinated and underwritten by policies, financing and responsibilities at state or national scales internationally, this analysis of six… Read More

Aboriginal reconnections: Understanding coastal urban and peri-urban Indigenous people's vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change

Aboriginal reconnections: Understanding coastal urban and peri-urban Indigenous people’s vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change

This study, consisting of a literature review and workshops, found that maintaining the cultural connections of Indigenous people to Aboriginal sites could improve adaptive capacity, not only for climate change adaptation, but also in the context of other cultural, social and economic issues. The impacts of peri-urban expansion on Indigenous people have been twofold –… Read More

Impact of climate change on disadvantaged groups: Issues and interventions

Impact of climate change on disadvantaged groups: Issues and interventions

Impact of climate change on disadvantaged groups: Issues and interventions Authors: Arusyak Sevoyan, Graeme Hugo, Helen Feist, George Tan, Kelly McDougall, Yan Tan and John SpoehrYear: 2013 This study determined that key climate-related issues faced by disadvantaged communities were heat, water shortages, and increasing utility prices (power and water). As socially excluded individuals have less… Read More

Policy Guidance Brief: Adapting ecosystems to climate change

Policy Guidance Brief: Adapting ecosystems to climate change

Policy Guidance Brief: Adapting ecosystems to climate change Author: NCCARF Year: 2013 Ecosystems are complex and highly interconnected. While they have a natural capacity to adapt to change, the ever-increasing rate of climate change means that ecosystems are expected to be fundamentally altered. This factsheet first describes the current and future effects, impacts and issues… Read More

Supporting evidence-based adaptation decision-making in Western Australia: A synthesis of climate change adaptation research

Supporting evidence-based adaptation decision-making in Western Australia

Supporting evidence-based adaptation decision-making in Western Australia: A synthesis of climate change adaptation research Year: 2013Author: AECOM (Jennifer Cane, Laura Cacho and Nicolas Dircks) Designed to inform policymakers and other interested parties of relevant climate adaptation research for Western Australia (WA), this report draws together and presents key findings and lessons from individual NCCARF research reports… Read More

Analysis of institutional adaptability to redress electricity infrastructure vulnerability due to climate change

Analysis of institutional adaptability to redress electricity infrastructure vulnerability due to climate change

Analysis of institutional adaptability to redress electricity infrastructure vulnerability due to climate change Authors: John Foster, William Paul Bell, Phillip Wild, Deepak Sharma, Suwin Sandu, Craig Froome, Liam Wagner, Suchi Misra and Ravindra BagiaYear: 2013 This project assessed the adaptive capacity of existing institutional arrangements in the National Electricity Market (NEM) to climate change and… Read More