Adaptation in Australia

Efforts towards sustainability in any field are built on processes for communicating, learning, and sharing knowledge, engaging people in their multiple roles as individuals, and as members of communities and organizations. This portal (formerly NRM-changelinks) is designed for those wanting to improve collaboration within a range of governance initiatives. It is aimed at supporting adaptation and resilience within a decision-making environment characterised by change, complexity and uncertainty.

The climate change research program at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

Department of Climate Change Australia's information on adaptation actions for local government in Australia.

Australian Federal Government website on impacts and adaptation. The early impacts of climate change have already appeared and scientists believe that further impacts are inevitable, no matter what happens to future global greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the decisions we make today about infrastructure, health, water management, agriculture, biodiversity and housing will have lasting consequences. It is therefore important to begin planning now for the impacts of climate change in the future

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Welcome to the Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary - various documents and websites on climate change

Community based adaptation recognises that environmental knowledge, vulnerability and resilience to climate impacts are embedded in societies and cultures. This means the focus is on empowering communities to themselves take action based on their own decision-making processes.

The Heinz Center's "A Survey of Climate Change Adaptation Planning" examines worldwide adaptation planning resources, looking at eight adaptation plans and 18 adaptation planning efforts. The report says adaptation planning will be critical as city, state and regional planners face challenges, such as sea-level rise, caused by climate change.

Climate Change is a global issue and the Met Office Hadley Centre is leading international research into what could happen under climate change, and the impacts on current and future generations.

Australian Bureau of Meteorology's pages on climate change in Australia.

Environmentalists have long said the world should concentrate on preventing climate change, not adapting to it. That is changing

Funded by the European Commission and co-ordinated by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in the UK, ADAM (Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies: supporting European climate policy) is an integrated research project running from 2006 to 2009 that will lead to a better understanding of the trade-offs and conflicts that exist between adaptation and mitigation policies. ADAM will support EU policy development in the next stage of the development of the Kyoto Protocol and will inform the emergence of new adaptation strategies for Europe

2008 the Federal Cabinet adopted the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change. This creates a framework for adapting to the impacts of climate change in Germany. It primarily describes the contribution of the Federation, thus acting as a guide for other actors. The strategy lays the foundation for a medium-term, step-by-step process undertaken in cooperation with the federal Länder and other civil groups and aimed at assessing the risks of climate change, identifying the possible need for action, defining appropriate goals and developing and implementing options for adaptation measures.

The National Climate Centre is a 'virtual' centre whose scientists work at NIWA sites throughout the country. The NCC maintains a national environmental observing network, and archives climate data.

The Cities for Climate Protection (CCP) Adaptation Initiative has been established to assist councils that are already pursing strategies to reduce their corporate and community greenhouse gas emissions to plan and prepare for the projected impacts of climate change.

ECF is a platform for joint studies and science-based stakeholder dialogue on climatic change. ECF brings together representatives of different parties concerned with the climate problem.

The Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) was initiated by Munich Re in April 2005 in response to the growing realization that insurance solutions can play a role in adaptation to climate change

Yesterday, I saw a fascinating presentation by Dianne Saxe: a lawyer who explained the legal liabilities that could arise as the result of climate change. The particular focus was on the government, and ways in which failure to effectively adapt to climate change could produce a legal risk.

More storms, less predictable weather, and higher temperatures - climate change creates new risks. Martin Gansneder from the Allianz Center of Competence for Climate Change explains how individuals and companies can protect themselves.

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