%T Legal tools for adaptation %A Rachel Anne Carter %A Lee Godden %A John Handmer %A et al. %I Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research %D 2014 %K Law, %K Climate change, %K Climate change mitigation, %K Climate risk, %K Risk assessment, %K Emergency services %U https://apo.org.au/node/237461 %X The VCCCAR funded project, Governance Models for Adaptation and Natural Disaster Risk Management, is investigating Victorian legal, financial and institutional frameworks for managing the risks of extreme events and natural disasters. It will identify specific risk management mechanisms in land use planning, catchment management, natural resource management and infrastructure development and make recommendations for incorporating decision-making under the uncertainty introduced by climate risk. %9 Briefing paper