Organisation
Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research
Acronym:
VCCCAR
The Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research was a multi-institutional research organisation whose focus was primarily action-based research. The purpose of their research was to assist the development of policy and build understanding and capacity in relation to adaptation across the private and public sectors in Victoria.
Victorian government funding for VCCCAR concluded in June 2014.
Report
Legal tools and measures for adaptation and managing climate risk in Victoria
The project examines the way in which law and governance arrangements shape climate change adaptation in Victoria. This project focuses particularly on the legal, regulatory and institutional dimensions of managing the risks posed by extreme events such as floods and heatwaves (climate risks).
Report
Risk management and climate change: the role of the financial services sector
The Climate Change and Risk Management: The Role of the Financial Services Sector Think Tank held on 5 December 2012 brought together members representing the financial sector, government and policy makers, climate scientists and academics to discuss the role the financial sector can play in managing and adapting to a more volatile environment and to...
Working paper
Costing the impacts of current climate extremes for key vulnerable sectors in Victoria
The field of climate change adaptation economics is in its infancy and is currently grappling with the complex interactions and uncertainties that confound estimates about the probable costs, benefits and distribution of climate change impacts and adaptation options.
Report
A literature and practice review for the Research–Policy Project
The aims of this review are to examine the literature on research-into-policy and identify recent developments in research supply, policy demand and the research–policy environment overall; review best practice research-into-policy activities in a range of policy-influencing organisations; develop a work in progress to inform the next stages of the Research–Policy Project.
Report
Planning for a cooler future: green infrastructure to reduce urban heat
This guide focuses on the use of green infrastructure (GI) to mitigate urban heat. GI is an effective means to minimise heat accumulation in the urban environment as it shades hot surfaces, increases evapotranspirative cooling and modifies wind patterns The guide provides advice on spatially strategic ways to reduce urban surface temperatures across Greater Melbourne...