Promoting Excellence in Adaptation: The Forum for NCCARF, States and Territories (FORNSAT) Author: NCCARFYear: 2012 This factsheet provides an introduction to FORNSAT – the Forum for NCCARF States and Territories. To address the need for engagement, in 2008 NCCARF established FORNSAT as a mechanism for all Australian state and territory governments to interact with the… Read More
Promoting Excellence in Adaptation: Learning from Experience: A Synthesis of Historical Case Studies Author: NCCARFYear: 2012 Under Phase 1 of the NCCARF Synthesis and Integrative Research Program, NCCARF conducted a suite of Historical Case Studies of Extreme Events to better understand the requirements of successful adaptation to future climate change. Each of the case studies… Read More
Promoting Excellence in Adaptation: Climate Adaptation Futures: The 2010 International Climate Change Adaptation Conference Author: NCCARFYear: 2012 This factsheet describes the “Climate Adaptation Futures Preparing for the unavoidable impacts of climate change” Conference (co-hosted by NCCARF and the CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship). As one of the first international meetings focusing solely on climate impacts and… Read More
The nature and utility of adaptive capacity research Authors: Timothy F. Smith, R.W. Carter, Phillip Daffara and Noni KeysYear: 2010 Adaptive capacity research has enhanced the knowledge base of decison makers for effectively devising policy, planning and implementing adaptation strategies according to the results of this study. An online survey of adaptation e-network members, key… Read More
Choosing a decision-making framework to manage uncertainty in climate adaptation decision making: A Practitioner’s Handbook Authors: Alan Randall , Tim Capon, Todd Sanderson, Danielle Merrett and Greg HertzlerYear: 2012 This handbook is intended to help people choose a decision-making framework to manage the uncertainty inherent in climate change adaptation decision-making. The decision-making process is more… Read More
Making decisions under the risks and uncertainties of future climates Authors: Alan Randall, Tim Capon, Todd Sanderson, Danielle Merrett and Greg HertzlerYear: 2012 This study reviewed a number of decision tools for their potential in helping end users to address decision problems where climate is a relevant consideration. End users engaged in this study showed… 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
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
Adaptation lessons from Cyclone Tracy Authors: Matthew Mason, and Katharine HaynesYear: 2010 Cyclone Tracy was a Category 4 cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory on Christmas morning, 1974. The direct hit by the cyclone resulted in particularly damaging impacts, including 71 deaths, 650 injuries and left 40,000 people homeless. 94%… Read More
Learning from experience: Historical case studies and climate change adaptation Authors: Anthony S. Kiem, Danielle C. Verdon-Kidd, Sarah L. Boulter and Jean P. PalutikofYear: 2010 Changes of policy, actions and/or infrastructure commonly occur following extreme events. These actions are targeted at reducing the impact of any future, similar extreme event. Thus, there are parallels between… Read More
