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
Responding to the urban heat island: a policy and institutional analysis
Dealing with heat stress in Australian cities is of increasing concern to decisionmakers. Indeed, heat is already an issue affecting Melbourne with people, buildings, and infrastructure all evidenced as being vulnerable to episodes of extreme heat. It is likely that without deliberate interventions the urban heat island (UHI) will be further amplified by a combination...
Technical report
A multi-scale assessment of urban heating in Melbourne during an extreme heat event
Airborne thermal remote sensing can provide an excellent snapshot of spatial variability in land surface temperatures across the urban landscape. This can be used to broadly identify hot-spots across the landscape for prioritising the implementation of excess heat mitigation measures such as green infrastructure. Thermal mapping is an excellent tool for communicating the influence of...
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.
Case study
Implementing climate change adaptation in the Dame Pattie Menzies Centre
Five CSOs and PCPs participated in the tools-testing phase of the project. The Dame Pattie Menzies Centre was one of the five organisations which aimed to gain a better understanding of how identified climate change adaptation needs can best be met using existing decision-support tools.
Report
Governance arrangements for climate change adaptation and natural disaster risk management in Victoria
This report comprises an initial identification of relevant legal and regulatory frameworks in respect of selected climate risks and extreme events. It examines general legal, institutional and governance implications in terms of fostering effective adaptation to climate change impacts and for the management of natural disaster risk within Victoria.