This group is designed to share information on climate change adaptation in Australia. It is managed by Dr Stephen Swabey of Umwelt (Australia) Pty Ltd based in Toronto, NSW.
"The Ashton Coal Project is a coalmine located 14 km northwest of Singleton in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales. The project includes an open cut coal mine, an underground coal mine, a Coal Handling and Preparation Plant and a rail siding."
The National Risk Assessment Framework was designed to improve collective knowledge about natural hazard risk in Australia so that support can be provided to emergency risk management and natural hazard mitigation. The natural hazards covered in the framework are bushfires, earthquakes, floods, storms, tropical cyclones, storm surges, landslides, tsunami, tornados and meteorite strikes