This pilot study reviewed factors that combine to produce urban heating in Sydney’s rapidly developing urban fringe and key socio-environmental issues such as the health effects of periods of extreme heat and the loss of shading and cooling effects as the tree canopy is further degraded. The changing built environment is shaping new forms of...

This report defines resilience as a process that enables individuals to bounce back after adverse events and experiences, adapt to changing circumstances, and deal with environmental stress'. The report defines financial resilience as the ability to access and draw on internal capabilities and appropriate, acceptable and accessible external resources and supports in a time of...

This directions paper has been prepared by the Victorian government, following extensive consultation with key stakeholders and the community. It will enable all Victorians to have their say on how we adapt to climate change. It outlines: the goals we are working towards to achieve a climate-ready Victoria. the principles that will guide decisions in...

Just months after chief executive, Larry Marshall, shocked the global scientific community by changing the CSIRO's focus from climate change research to climate change mitigation, Federal Science Minister, Greg Hunt, has ordered the national science body to re-instate climate science as a core priority. He says the move represents the direction and priorities of the...

This document provides a standardised classification scheme (conventions and protocols) to estimate the vegetation cover of large areas with high resolution and accuracy, which has potential use to inform and propose climate change adaptation/mitigation strategies.