Supporting evidence-based adaptation decision-making in the Northern Territory: A synthesis of climate change adaptation research Year: 2013Author: AECOM (Jennifer Cane, Laura Cacho, Nicolas Dircks and Peter Steele) Designed to inform policymakers and other interested parties of relevant climate adaptation research for the Northern Territory, this report draws together and presents key findings and lessons from individual… Read More
Limp, leap or learn? Developing legal frameworks for climate change adaptation planning in Australia Authors: Andrew Macintosh, Anita Foerster and Jan McDonaldYear: 2013 There is a range of legal tools and instruments that can be used to influence the spatial distribution and nature of land use and development, and hence the exposure and vulnerability 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
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
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
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
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
Cross-scale barriers to climate change adaptation in local government, Australia Authors: Pierre Mukheiber, Natasha Kuruppu, Anna Gero and Jade HerrimanYear: 2013 A synthesis of the common barriers to adaptation in Australia and internationally revealed that the cross-scale barriers faced by local government in relation to climate change adaptation are similar to barriers experienced in other… 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
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
