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Box BIO16 National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility
2016 Case Study The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) was established in 2008 with a grant from ... including 1 international and 3 national conferences for adaptation researchers and practitioners. Three of the networks were ... are to: deliver effective knowledge transfer from the adaptation research community to policy agencies and decision-makers to build ...
Climate-resilient pathways are needed to protect society
2016 Key Finding... are the most sensitive to climate change. Resilience through adaptation may involve significant transformations in political, economic and ...
In general, the outlook for Australia’s environment depends on our ability to effectively address the complex mix of drivers, pressures and risks. This includes decoupling the economy from environmental harm...
2016 Key Finding2016In general, the outlook for Australia’s environment depends on our ability to effectively address the complex mix of drivers, pressures and risks. This includes decoupling the economy from environmental harm, and mitigating and adapting to climate change.
Some government initiatives for biodiversity discovery and management have ceased, while new activities have begun, but they have not been able to halt overall decline
2016 Key Finding... and the Biodiversity Fund introduced. Funding for climate adaptation research has declined significantly since 2011. ...
Resilience of the marine environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceResilience can be considered to be the capacity of a system to keep functioning even when disturbed. Current understanding of the resilience of Australia’s marine environment is limited because of the vast spatial extent of Australia’s marine ecosystems, their complexity, the many...
Overview of resilience of the atmosphere
2016 Report Content... Panel on Climate Change ( Field et al. 2014 ) considers adaptation as a means to build resilience within society and adjust to climate ... Government released a National Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy ( Australian Government 2015d ), which outlines how ...
Role and coordination of different levels of government
2016 , Report Content... public infrastructure, state and territory governments lead adaptation actions. They ensure that regulatory and market frameworks are in ... and regionally appropriate information, and delivery of adaptation responses within their jurisdiction. This includes delivery of ...
Figure ANT8 Annual average estimated cumulative ice mass loss and sea level equivalent
2016 GraphGt = gigatonne; mm = millimetreSource: Adapted from Figure 4.16 of Vaughan et al. (2013) Figure ANT8 Annual average estimated cumulative ice mass loss and sea level equivalent, 1992–2012 The physical environment: The cryosphere
The nature of impacts of climate change on biodiversity is becoming better understood
2016 Key Finding... strategies or have significantly advanced planning for adaptation. However, the level of detail underpinning these strategies is often ...
Figure BIO34 Expenditure by the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy on climate change research programs, 2012–13 to 2015–16, plus forward estimates
2016 Graph... research programmes (2012/13 to 2015/16) 2012-13 National Adaptation Programme NRM Planning for Climate Change Fund, Stream 2: Element 2 - NRM Impacts and Adaptation Grants Programme Pacific-Australia Climate Change Science Adaptation ...
Figure BIO11 (a) Total loss of extent of vegetation communities in Australia from pre-1750 extents; (b) a fragmentation measure reflecting the change in proportion of vegetation patches made up of less than 5000 hectares
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Adapted from Tulloch et al. 2015, used under CC BY NC ND 4.0 Figure BIO11 (a) Total loss of extent of vegetation communities in Australia from pre-1750 extents; (b) a fragmentation measure reflecting the change in...
Executive Summary - Antarctic environment
2016 Executive SummaryAntarctic environment 2016This report mainly focuses on the environment of areas administered by Australia (the Australian Antarctic Territory, and the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands), subantarctic Macquarie Island (which is part of Tasmania)...
In this report
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Introduction This report describes the current pressures on biodiversity, and the state and trends of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and organisms in 2016. We describe how biodiversity is managed...
Resistance to change
2016 Report Content... genotypes, or by maximising genetic diversity to allow adaptation to the widest range of environmental conditions (see Box COA12 ). ... benefit restoration projects targeting climate change adaptation of coastal ecosystems. The researchers manipulated temperature ...
Box WAT6 Groundwater-dependent ecosystem risk assessment for declining groundwater levels
2016 Case Study The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility has developed a risk assessment framework for ... for declining groundwater levels The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility has developed a risk assessment framework for ...
Outlook under an 'improved future' scenario
2016 Report Content... To address pressures
Clear climate change mitigation and adaptation plans to protect natural capital, economic infrastructure and ... and riparian ecosystems. For
coasts
: effective adaptation strategies to address sea level rise. For the
marine environment ...
Resilience
2016 At a glanceResilience is the ability of the environment to withstand or recover from a shock or disturbance. Although the concept of resilience was developed and is mainly used in relation to ecosystems, it is a valuable concept across the environment and in environmental management. Effective...
Outlook for the Antarctic environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceCurrently, the Antarctic environment is still in a comparatively good condition. However, the pressures on the continent and the surrounding ocean will increase. For example, the extraction of marine resources is not only going to continue but will intensify in the future. Most...
Resilience of Australia’s climate 2016
2016 , At a glance... rely on natural resources for their livelihoods. However, adaptation and mitigation to climate change may offer opportunities for ...
Resilience of biodiversity 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceResilience is a key underpinning principle of Australia’s Biodiversity Conservation Strategy 2010–2030, as well as state and territory, and regional biodiversity strategies. The definition of resilience in biodiversity strategies and policies is still relatively ambiguous, and...
Water abstraction and interception
2016 Report Content... for declining groundwater levels The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility has developed a risk assessment framework for ... water levels. Guidelines for use, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Gold Coast. ...
Evidence of past resilience
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Resilience South West Coast Much of Australia’s biodiversity is renowned for its ability to deal with massive ecosystem shocks (e.g. fire, extended periods of dry or wet,...
Despite continued improvement, a number of key constraints on management effectiveness in Australia remain, including...
2016 Key Finding2016Despite continued improvement, a number of key constraints on management effectiveness in Australia remain, including: lack of an overarching national policy that establishes a clear vision for the protection and sustainable management of Australia’s environment to the year 2050, which...
Overview of resilience of the antarctic environment
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Resilience Antarctica Natural disturbances are part of life in Antarctic ecosystems, and the native species can generally survive shock events because they have...
Assessing the effectiveness of biodiversity management
2016 Report Content... actions, there is also a need to plan for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Assessing the effectiveness of biodiversity ... actions, there is also a need to plan for climate change adaptation and mitigation . During the past 5 years, the Australian Government ...
Overview of effectiveness of management of coasts
2016 Report Content... tool for local government—by the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. The 2015 National Marine Science Plan outlined ...
Effectiveness of coastal management 2016
2016 At a glance... Increasingly, coastal managers must also integrate climate adaptation and mitigation into their management plans. Cumulative impact ...
Approaches to resilience
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage Resilience The concept of resilience has not been widely applied in Australian heritage management (see ‘Resilience’ in the SoE 2011 'Heritage' chapter; SoE Committee 2011). However, a range of approaches...
Box MAR11 National Marine Science Plan
2016 Case Study... sustainable urban coastal development, climate change adaptation and resource allocation. The steps to success are decision-support ...
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