Courts’ views on climate change inundation risks for developments: Australian perspectives and considerations for valuers

Alternative Australian climate change plans: The public’s views

Climate change has come to the forefront of Australian politics and there is now an active on-going policy debate about how to best reach a commonly agreed long term goal. This paper looks at five major dimensions of this debate and constructs policy options based on them. A discrete choice experiment approach was used with a representative sample from a major internet panel provider. Survey re...

Developing Health-Related Indicators of Climate Change: Australian Stakeholder Perspectives

Climate-related health indicators are potentially useful for tracking and predicting the adverse public health effects of climate change, identifying vulnerable populations, and monitoring interventions. However, there is a need to understand stakeholders' perspectives on the identification, development, and utility of such indicators. A qualitative approach was used, comprising semi-structured...

Climate change risks for African agriculture.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment of major risks for African agriculture and food security caused by climate change during coming decades is confirmed by a review of more recent climate change impact assessments (14 quantitative, six qualitative). Projected impacts relative to current production levels range from -100% to +168% in econometric, from -84% to +62% in ...

Perspectives on climate change and sustainability

Perspectives on Beetles and Climate Change

The response of beetles to climate change during the Quaternary Period is reviewed for the purpose of evaluating their future response to global warming. Beetles responded to Quaternary climatic changes mostly by dispersal, which ultimately led to large scale changes in geographic distribution. Fragmentation and isolation of populations associated with climate change did not result in either hi...