Climate adaptation decision support tool for local governments: CATLoG. Developing an Excel spreadsheet tool for local governments to compare and prioritise investment in climate change adaptation

Climate adaptation decision support tool for local governments: CATLoG. Developing an Excel spreadsheet tool for local governments to compare and prioritise investment in climate change adaptation Authors: Stefan Trück, Supriya Mathew, Ann Henderson-Sellers, Ros Taplin, Tim Keighley and WoonChoo ChinYear: 2013 This report describes the development of an Excel-spreadsheet based tool for local governments to… 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 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

Climate-ready conservation objectives: A scoping study

Climate-ready conservation objectives: A scoping study Authors: Michael Dunlop, Hannah Parris, Paul Ryan and Frederieke KroonYear: 2013 Under significant levels of climate change many of the current approaches to conservation (such as maintaining community types in their current locations) will become increasingly difficult and ineffective. This project developed three adaptation propositions about managing biodiversity that… Read More

Prioritising naturalised plant species for threat assessment: Developing a decision tool for managers

Prioritising naturalised plant species for threat assessment: Developing a decision tool for managers Authors: Lesley Hughes, Paul Downey, Daisy Englert Duursma, Rachael Gallagher, Stephen Johnson, Michelle Leishman, Erin Roger, Peter Smith and Jackie SteelYear: 2013 This research project has produced a web-based decision-support tool (www.weedfutures.net) that provides end-users with the ability to interrogate individual profiles… Read More

Valuing adaptation under rapid change

Valuing adaptation under rapid change Authors: Roger Jones, Celeste Young, John Handmer, Adriana Keating, Gayathri Mekala and Peter SheehanYear: 2013 Orthodox economics is not well suited to the deep uncertainty faced under climate change as the models tend make the world (and outcomes) simpler than it is by smoothing over variations. In need of a… Read More