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Australia and New Zealand
Developing a National Coastal Adaptation Agenda: A Report on the National Coastal Climate Change Forum
Submitted by andrea on Tue, 2011-02-08 20:01
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The National Climate Change Forum brought together around 200 key decision makers in early 2010 to discuss the latest science on climate risks for coastal communities and to inform development of a national strategy to prepare for these risks.
Local, state and federal decision makers discussed the latest science on climate risks for coastal communities and the key issues in developing a national coastal adaptation agenda, such as planning frameworks and building standards.
The report Developing a national coastal adaptation agenda, was released 23 November 2010 and identifies the nationa
Analysis of the January 2011 extreme precipitation event in the Brisbane River Basin
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2011-02-04 10:38Year:
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The Science of Climate Change: Questions and Answers
Submitted by andrea on Thu, 2010-08-19 04:06Year:
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This document aims to summarize and clarify the current understanding of the science of climate change for non-specialist readers. The document is structured around seven questions.
1 What is climate change?
Climate is a statistical description
of weather conditions and their variations,
including both averages and extremes.
Climate change is a change in the average
pattern of weather over a long period of
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Australia’s Fifth National Communication on Climate Change
Submitted by andrea on Tue, 2010-04-20 03:56Summary:
This is the latest in a series of reports that the Australian Government has submitted to the UNFCCC. It presents Australia’s comprehensive strategy to address the challenge of climate change and reflects the considerable progress made since the submission of its Fourth National Communication in 2005.
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The following country profile is found in the Meister Consultants Group study: Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World.
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One of the major challenges facing Australia is the rising number of droughts, which affect agriculture as well as the unique biodiversity of the country. Australia‘s vulnerability to the consequences of climate change was exposed when dramatic droughts in 2002 and 2003 hit large parts of the country. In response, the Australian government passed a National Climate Change Adaptation Framework in 2007. The framework includes a range of concrete measures, including training programs for those occupational groups most affected by climate change. The individual Australian states have also started to prepare for climate change (p. 56).
Australian Climate Change Science – A National Framework
Submitted by andrea on Wed, 2010-02-03 02:33Year:
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This framework (National Framework for Climate Change Science) focuses on the fundamental climate system science in Australia. It provides essential system knowledge to understand climate change impacts, develop adaptation strategies, and manage carbon emissions. The framework identifies Australian national climate change science priorities for the coming decade and sets out ways to harness the scientific capacity to address them.
Climate Change and Social Justice
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2009-12-11 04:17Year:
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Climate Change and Social Justice is available as both an e-book with downloadable PDF files or a d-book (print-on-demand). Both versions are available for online purchase at the MUP e-store.
This edited volume (published by the Melbourne University Press) covers many issues, including: responsibility for climate change; intergenerational equity; health; environmental refugees; adaptation and equity in climate policy.
The Copenhagen Diagnosis - Updating the World on the Latest Climate Science
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2009-12-11 03:44Year:
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The report synthesizes some of the policy-relevant climate science published since the close-off of material for the last IPCC report (AR4). It serves as a handbook of science updates that supplements the AR4 in time for Copenhagen in December 2009, and any national or international climate change policy negotiations that follow.
The report covers the range of topics evaluated by Working Group I of the IPCC, namely the Physical Science Basis.
Norfolk Island
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Norfolk Island is an island in the South Pacific Ocean (CIA 2009). It is a self-governing territory of Australia (CIA 2009). Currently, there is no clear data indicating the impacts of climate change on Norfolk Island. As such, Norfolk Island does not have a climate change adaptation strategy.
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Local Government Climate Change Adaptation Toolkit - ICLEI Oceania
Submitted by h5geld on Mon, 2009-09-21 11:22Summary:
ICLEI Oceania has been working with councils across Australia to build capacity in climate change adaptation through the delivery of its Cities for Climate Protection (CCP) Adaptation Initiative. The result of the first year's work on adaptation planning and resilience building is the Local Government Climate Change Adaptation Toolkit.
