Climate change adaptation
Alternative labels
Climate resilience
Adaptive capacity
Report
Green shoots: opportunities to grow a sustainable WA economy
This report looks at the green economy, taking stock of the current environmental footprint and development of ‘green’ sectors, as well as identifying opportunities to grow a sustainable and diverse Western Australian economy.
Discussion paper
Preparing a regional climate change adaptation strategy for greater Melbourne
Climate projections for Greater Melbourne indicate that temperatures will continue to increase - there will be more frequent and longer heat waves, increased severity and duration of bushfires, worsening air pollution, less frosts and a decline in rainfall. This discussion paper has been released as the initial step toward developing a Regional Climate Change Adaptation...
Report
A new choice: Australia’s climate for growth
In this report, Deloitte Access Economics constructs a view of the Australian economy where the physical damages to the environment cause damage to the Australian economy if there is inaction, or mis-action, in preventing climate change.
Strategy
Department of Conservation climate change adaptation action plan
New Zealand’s changing climate is affecting nearly every aspect of the Department of Conservation’s (DOC’s) responsibilities. This Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan (CCAAP) outlines the actions DOC will take to reduce the risks posed by our changing climate between 2020/21 and 2024/25.
Report
Cooling common spaces in densifying urban environments
This research takes up the challenge of promoting a new approach to thinking about urban liveability in warming cities, with two principles at its core. First, asking how open space can be planned for ‘coolth’ defined as the experience of feeling manageably comfortable in a hot city; and second, how coolth can be connected with...