Policy Guidance Brief: Ensuring Australia's urban water supplies under climate change

Policy Guidance Brief: Ensuring Australia’s water supplies under climate change

Policy Guidance Brief: Ensuring Australia’s urban water supplies under climate change Author: NCCARFYear: 2013 South-west Western Australia (SWWA) is experiencing a long-term drying trend linked to climate change which is likely to persist. This factsheet describes the water management response to this issue, providing lessons for a nation likely to experience similar conditions in the… 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

Living change: Adaptive housing responses to climate change in the town camps of Alice Springs

Living change: Adaptive housing responses to climate change in the town camps of Alice Springs

Living change: Adaptive housing responses to climate change in the town camps of Alice Springs Authors: Ralph Horne, Andrew Martel, Paula Arcari, Denise Foster and Audrey McCormackYear: 2013 Since recent government-funded refurbishments and provision of new housing, Aboriginal residents in Alice Springs’ town camps have changed their heating and cooling practices to include both passive… Read More

Handbook CATLoG: Climate adaptation decision support tool for local governments. Prioritising climate change adaptation investments for local governments with particular focus on extreme events

Handbook CATLoG: Climate adaptation decision support tool for local governments. Prioritising climate change adaptation investments for local governments with particular focus on extreme events

Handbook CATLoG: Climate adaptation decision support tool for local governments. Prioritising climate change adaptation investments for local governments with particular focus on extreme events Authors: Stefan Trück, Supriya Mathew, Ann Henderson-Sellers, Ros Taplin, Tim Keighley and WoonChoo ChinYear: 2013 This handbook was developed to assist users of an Excel-spreadsheet based tool (CATLoG) developed for local… Read More

Policy Guidance Brief: Supporting decision-making for effective adaptation

Policy Guidance Brief: Supporting decision-making for effective adaptation

Policy Guidance Brief: Supporting decision-making for effective adaptation Author: NCCARFYear: 2013 Effective adaptation to climate change requires complex decision-making, taking into account not only the impacts of climate change but also the social, economic and technological context within which these changes take place. This factsheet explores the support of decision-making for adaptation, through provision of… 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

Rethinking disaster risk management and climate change adaptation

Rethinking disaster risk management and climate change adaptation

Rethinking disaster risk management and climate change adaptation Authors: Michael Howes, Deanna Grant-Smith, Kim Reis, Karyn Bosomworth, Peter Tangney, Michael Heazle, Darryn McEvoy and Paul BurtonYear: 2013 A more iterative approach to policymaking and planning and reconceptualizing terms such as community and resilience may be necessary to allow for more tailored responses to varying circumstances… Read More

Policy Guidance Brief: Adapting agriculture to climate change

Policy Guidance Brief: Adapting agriculture to climate change

Policy Guidance Brief: Adapting agriculture to climate change Author: NCCARFYear: 2013 Agriculture, in its business-as-usual mode, is by its nature very adaptive. Therefore, climate change presents both challenges (biosecurity threats, reduced productivity) and opportunities (business diversity, new crop types and varieties) for the industry. This factsheet deals with adapting Australias agriculture to climate change, especially… Read More

Cross-scale barriers to climate change adaptation in local government, Australia

Cross-scale barriers to climate change adaptation in local government, Australia

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

Policy Guidance Brief: Challenges of adaptation for local governments

Policy Guidance Brief: Challenges of adaptation for local governments

Policy Guidance Brief: Challenges of adaptation for local governments Author: NCCARFYear: 2013 Local governments play a critical role in Australias response to the impacts of climate change and sea-level rise, as they are at the forefront of managing the impacts of climate change through land-use planning, development consent and asset management and protection. This factsheet… Read More