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
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 strategies for Australian birds Authors: Stephen Garnett, Donald Franklin, Glenn Ehmke, Jeremy VanDerWal, Lauren Hodgson, Chris Pavey, April Reside, Justin Welbergen, Stuart Butchart, Genevieve Perkins and Stephen WilliamsYear: 2013 This report contains comprehensive findings on Australian water birds that are likely to face strong challenges or extinction from climate change and recommends… Read More
Limp, leap or learn? Developing legal frameworks for climate change adaptation planning in Australia: Summary for policymakers Authors: Andrew Macintosh, Anita Foerster and Jan McDonaldYear: 2013 A summary for policymakers – this report identifies potential benefits and challenges associated with different legal tools and instruments and makes a number of recommendations regarding the way in… Read More
Creating a climate for food security: Governance and policy in Australia Authors: Christine Slade and Angela Wardell-JohnsonYear: 2013 Agricultural production, together with biodiversity and ecosystems, land use, resilience to natural disasters, water security and biosecurity are the six main food areas in Australia expected to be significantly impacted by climate change. While there is progress… Read More
Policy Guidance Brief: Ensuring business and industry are ready for climate change Author: NCCARFYear: 2013 The Australian private sector is not at present well engaged with climate change risks and adaptation, although exemplars exist, especially in the resource and agriculture sectors. Government has a role to play by building engagement through education and recognising and… 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
Indigenous voices in climate change adaptation: Addressing the challenges of diverse knowledge systems in the Barmah-Millewa Authors: Dave Griggs, Amanda Lynch, Lee J oachim, Xuan Zhu, Carolina Adler, Zac Bischoff-Mattson, Pan Wang and Tahl KestinYear: 2013 The Barmah-Millewa region on the floodplain of the Murray is the heart of Indigenous Yorta Yorta Traditional Tribal Lands,… Read More
Protecting and restoring habitat to help Australia’s threatened species adapt to climate change Authors: Ramona Maggini, Heini Kujala, Martin Taylor, Jasmine Lee, Hugh Possingham, Brendan Wintle and Richard FullerYear: 2013 This project predicted the impacts of climate change on the distribution of 504 threatened species listed on the EPBC Act and found the best options… Read More
Learning from cross-border mechanisms to support climate change adaptation in Australia Authors: Wendy Steele, Leila Eslami-Andargoli, Florence Crick, Silvia Serrao-Neumann, Lila Singh-Peterson, Pat Dale, Darryl Low Choy, Ilva Sporne, Scott Shearer and Anne-Sophie IottiYear: 2013 This study concluded that climate change adaptation is not being sufficiently addressed as a cross-border issue within the 3-tier Australian… Read More
