AdaptNet Bulletin for 2008

AdaptNet (ISSN: 1836-2478) is a free weekly report on climate change adaptation issues produced by RMIT University Global Cities Institute's Climate Change Adaptation Program. Each edition of AdaptNet contains links to 5 reports, information on 1 conference or event and occasional policy forum essays.

AdaptNet for 16 December 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 14-Dec-2008 10:03

Climate Change Implications for Australia’s Police Forces; Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Transportation Infrastructure; The Bali Action Plan: Key Issues in the Climate Negotiations; The Economics of Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change; Climate Adaptation, DRETs and Developing Countries; Congress: Ecology in a Changing Climate; Policy Forum: Integrating Climate Risks into Development - Darshani de Silva.

AdaptNet for 9 December 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 07-Dec-2008 10:34

Climate Change - Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture; Urban Challenges of Asian Cities – Risks and Opportunities; Towards A New Post-2012 Climate Change Agreement; The Economic Impact of Climate Change; Setting Priorities in Energy Innovation Policy; Conference: Global Environmental Change and Human Security.

AdaptNet for 2 December 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 30-Nov-2008 12:10

Estimating Changes in Sea-Level Extremes; Cities, Innovation and Built Environment; Impacts of Europe’s Changing Climate: New Assessment; Policies for Funding a Response to Climate Change; Integrating DRR into Climate Adaptation: Gender Perspectives; Conference on Energy and Sustainability – Bologna, Italy.

AdaptNet for 18 November 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 16-Nov-2008 15:12

Sea Level Rise in NSW, Australia – Adaptation Strategies; Role of Cities in Climate Governance – The Case of Los Angeles; Adaptation Strategy and Measures for Germany; Climate Wrongs and Human Rights; Climate Change and Displacement; Vulnerabilities of Urban Africa – Call for Proposals.

AdaptNet for 11 November 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 09-Nov-2008 13:13

Climate Change in Queensland: What the Science is Telling Us? Role of Cities in Climate Governance – The Case of London; Confronting Climate Change: A Strategy for United States; Financing the Global Climate Change Response: Suggestions; Pastoral Land Rights, Livelihoods and Climate Adaptation; GREENHOUSE 2009: Climate Change and Responses; Policy Forum: Climate Change, Vulnerability and Adaptation for South West Western Australia from 1975 to the Present - Luke Morgan

AdaptNet for 28 October 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 26-Oct-2008 14:02

Adaptation Research Plan for Human Health - Australia; Roots of Resilience – Growing the Wealth of the Poor; Science Brief: The Causes of Global Climate Change; The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity; Indigenous Peoples, Climate Adaptation and International Fora; Conference: EnviroEnergy 2009 - India.

AdaptNet for 21 October 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 26-Oct-2008 14:01

Future Map: Melbourne 2030; Adaptation Quick Guide: City of Chicago; Maintaining Future Insurability in Coastal Communities; How ICTs Help Adapting to the Climate Change? Protecting Health from Climate Change - Europe; The World Bank's Film Competition on Climate Change.

AdaptNet for 14 October 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 12-Oct-2008 17:24

The Garnaut Climate Change Review Releases Final Report; Chicago Climate Action Plan: Our City – Our Future; Bali Roadmap – New Horizons and Old Pitfalls; Adaptation Strategies for Tolerant Hardwood Forests - Canada; Vulnerability - Post 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami; Climate Change as a Security Threat - Conference; Policy Forum: Resilience as Emergent Behavior - Peter Hayes.

AdaptNet for 7 October 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 05-Oct-2008 15:01

Calendar of Global Climate Negotiations and Australia; Energy, Climate and National Security – United States; Climate Prediction: A Limit to Adaptation? Humanitarian Implications under Changing Climate - GIS; Older People’s Vulnerability to Climate Change; CSE Media Fellowship for the South Asian Region.

AdaptNet for 30 September 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 28-Sep-2008 18:38

Australian Research about Climate Change and Waves; Strategies to Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Maryland Releases Climate Change Action Plan; Climate Change Risks and Opportunities – A Toolkit; ORCHID: Piloting Climate Risk Screening - Bangladesh; 2nd Training Course on Climate Risk Management - Bangkok; Policy Forum: The Role of Local Government Units in Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation in the Philippines - Dr. Rodel D. Lasco, Rafaela Jane Delfino, Dr. Florencia B. Pulhin, and Manuel Rangasa.

AdaptNet for 23 September 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 25-Aug-2009 01:37

Adaptation Options for Australian Primary Industries; Environmental Management, Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Adaptation; A Consultation to Inform Scotland’s Adaptation Framework; Sustainable Future through Science and Technology - Africa; ORCHID: Climate Risk Screening – Technical Appendix; 5th Urban Research Symposium – France.

AdaptNet for 16 September 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 14-Sep-2008 16:06

Climate Change Implications for Australian Agriculture Sector; Climate Change, Human Vulnerability, and Social Risk Management; London Releases Strategy to Prepare for Climate Change; Climate Change, Food Security, and Nutrition; Climate Adaptation, Local Institutions, and Rural Livelihoods; Climate Change Adaptation Policy Workshop - California.

AdaptNet for 9 September 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 07-Sep-2008 17:06

Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Melbourne; Adaptation in Urban Areas of Low and Middle-Income Countries; Building Capacity for Energy, Food and Climate Security; Climate Change and Economic Impact Analysis - Namibia; ORCHID: Climate Risk Screening – Research Report; International Population Conference – Marrakech, Morocco; Policy forum: The Scope for Enhancing Public Transport in Australian Capital Cities – Dr. Garry Glazebrook.

AdaptNet for 2 September 2008 — by Peter Batchelor — last modified 31-Aug-2008 16:44

Climate Change – A Guide for the Australian Government; Climate Change Adaptation and Business; New York City Releases Climate Assessment and Action Plan; Human Rights – Policy Guidance for Adaptation and Mitigation; Opportunities and Risks of Climate Change and Disasters (ORCHID); Policies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings - Workshop

AdaptNet for 26 August 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 24-Aug-2008 17:23

Climate Change Law, Policy and Australian Institutions; Climate Resilient Primer for East Asian Cities; Potential Climate Change Impacts on United States; Adaptation in Development Projects – A Screening Framework; Determinants of African Farmer's Strategies for Adaptation; Urban Air Pollution and Climate Change – Young Voices Award; Special Report: Considerations for Developing Monitoring and Evaluation Approaches for Climate Change Adaptation – Jennifer Frankel-Reed.

AdaptNet for 19 August 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 17-Aug-2008 14:00

Actions by Victorian (Australia) Local Governments; Climate Change, Energy Security and a Third Industrial Revolution; India Releases First National Plan on Climate Change; Adaptation and Development – A Continuum of Approaches; Natural Disasters and Children; Consultancy Position – Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network.

AdaptNet for 12 August 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 10-Aug-2008 15:18

Energy and Equity – Preparing Households for Climate Change; Key Challenges Facing China - Urbanization; Methods and Tools - Uncertainties for Adaptation Planning; Development Futures in the Light of Climate Change; Food Security, Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction; Climate Risk Case Studies – Expression of Interest (EOI).

AdaptNet for 5 August 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 03-Aug-2008 16:47

Health Impacts and Adaptation Strategies - Western Australia; Urban Growth Management – Quito, Xi’an and Hyderabad; Architectural Principles for International Transport; Climate Change and Sustainable Development – Asia Pacific; Community Based Technology Solutions; Climate Risk Management for Energy Sector - Workshop; Policy Forum: Mainstreaming Biodiversity within Climate Change Adaptation.

AdaptNet for 29 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 30-Jul-2008 17:37

Impact Assessment for Exceptional Climatic Events - Drought; Lessons Learned from the UK 2007 Floods; Is the Climate Sensitivity Even More Uncertain? Women Pay the Price of Climate Change; Human Adaptation to Climate Change in the Amazon; Global Commerce, Energy, Minerals and Environment Conference.

AdaptNet for 22 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 20-Jul-2008 15:39

Impacts on Settlements in Western Port, Australia; Strategic Environmental Assessment in Germany; China's Climate Change Policy; Adaptation, Adaptive Capacity and Development Policy and Practice; Empowering Children to Act on Climate Change; Workshop on Climate Change in South-Eastern European Countries.

AdaptNet for 15 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Jul-2008 16:33

Australian Energy Policy; Urban Health Vulnerabilities; Core Elements for a Future Climate Regime; Gender, Climate Change and Human Security; Adaptive Responses in the Arctic; Post-2012 Burden Sharing Symposium: New Zealand

AdaptNet for 8 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 09-Jul-2008 14:30

Climate Change and Regional NRM Bodies - Australia; Sustainable Urban Infrastructure - A View to 2025; Post-2012 Climate Regime: Canadian Perspectives; Estimating the Economic Cost of Sea-Level Rise; Children’s Role in Climate Change Adaptation; Symposium on Food and Water Sustainability in Asia 2008; Policy Forum: How to Create Exponential Decline in Car Use in Australian Cities.

AdaptNet for 1 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 29-Jun-2008 14:13

Climate Change in the Northern Territory of Australia; A Three-Pronged Approach for Climate Change Adaptation; Climate Change and Forced Migration; Economic Models and Climate Change Policy Debate; Rising Oil Prices: Options for Asia-Pacific Region; UK Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Conference.

AdaptNet for 24 June 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 22-Jun-2008 18:16

A More Resilient Australia; Adaptation in Sweden; Addressing Climate Change in Oregon, USA; Asia Pacific Energy Security; Integrating Adaptation into Local Government; Special Paper Competition - Harvard University Project; Policy Forum: Effective Use of Climate Science to Improve Adaptation in Africa

AdaptNet for 17 June 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 15-Jun-2008 21:25

Australia in 2020; Climate Change Impacts on US Transportation; Key Elements of a Global Climate Policy; Security Implications of Climate Change for West Africa; Adaptation in India; Climate Change and Global Warming Conference in Germany.

AdaptNet for 10 June 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 09-Jun-2008 02:36

Climate Risk and Industry Adaptation - Murray Darling Basin; Climate Change Best Practices Framework - California; Climate Change Adaptation - Where Do We Go from Bali? Social-Ecological Change: Transitions and Resilience Approaches; Oxfam Warns of Worsening Livelihoods; Call for Book Chapters: Climate Change Adaptation.

AdaptNet for 3 June 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 01-Jun-2008 17:30

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Change; Climate Change and Urban Children; Role of Adaptation in Climate Change Policy; Tropical Forestry and Climate Change; Climate Change Adaptation and Poverty Reduction; Coastal Zone Asia Pacific Conference - 2008; The Copenhagen Legal Instrument for Adaptation

AdaptNet for 27 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 25-May-2008 15:35

Professional development in Australia; Adapting uncertainty-management methods; Future planning in Canada; Global crop genetic resources; Climate mapping tool for SERVIR; International Conference on EcoBalance; AdaptNet Policy Forum: Science Drowns at Land's End.

AdaptNet for 20 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 18-May-2008 15:16

Australia’s Human Rights Obligations in Climate Change Responses; Climate Change and Coastal Cities - Mombasa, Kenya; Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment - India; Socioeconomic Adaptation Strategies to Extreme Events in Europe; Climate Change Impacts - Indigenous and Traditional Peoples; Adaptation to Climate Change in Water Sector - Workshop; The Resilience of Indigenous Australians to Climate Change.

AdaptNet for 13 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 18-May-2008 14:34

Human Health Impacts of Climate Change for Australia; Philanthropy's Role in the Fight against Global Warming; Climate Change Adaptation in Post-2012 Architecture; Nuclear Power and Energy Security; Mainstreaming Adaptation into Official Development Assistance; Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands; Systems Approach to Regional Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Australian Metropolises

AdaptNet for 6 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 04-May-2008 19:19

Climate change policy in Victoria, Australia; Retrofitting homes for climate change impacts; Towards a meaningful treaty on climate change; The case for business adaptation; Community vulnerability assessment of Taber, Alberta; International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses.

AdaptNet for 29 April 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 27-Apr-2008 15:37

Climate change implications for Australian protected areas; Interdependencies of urban impacts and adaptation actions in Boston; Significance of the 2007 Bali Conference; UK Government’s position on the economics of nuclear power; Indian multi-tiered governance and climate change adaptation; Applied Energy Conference (ICAE 09) - Hong Kong.

AdaptNet for 22 April 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 20-Apr-2008 16:29

Adapting health facilities to climate change – NSW, Australia; What the design industry can do; Flood management in Thailand; Perceptions of environmental risks in Mozambique; Handbook of vulnerability and adaptation assessment tools; A Changing Coast: Challenge the Environmental Policies (LITTORAL 2008).

AdaptNet for 15 April 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 15:06

Climate change implications for Australia's National Reserves; Visualization of climate change effects on urban areas; Mainstreaming adaptation into Indian Disaster Management; Organic Agriculture as an adaptation and mitigation strategy; UK logal government track record; Interdisciplinary Climate Change Symposium.

AdaptNet for 8 April 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 06-Apr-2008 16:03

Adapting agriculture to climate change; Health, environmental challenges and urban development; Impressions from the Bali Climate Change Conference 2007; Climate impacts, vulnerability and adaptation assessment in China; Community-based disaster management in Bangladesh; Adaptation of forests to changing climate

AdaptNet for 1 April 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 30-Mar-2008 19:30

Climate Change and Public Policy; Implications for Urban Transport Systems; India's Vulnerability to Climate Hazards; Adaptation in the Water Sector; Impact on International Security; All Our Futures conference

AdaptNet for 18 March 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 16-Mar-2008 13:24

Reduced water availability in Australian Murray Darling Basin; ADAPT – a screening and design tool; Reconciling Asian developmental priorities and global climate interests; Forest ecosystems; Drought risks in Vietnam; Coastal Cities Summit.

AdaptNet for 11 March 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 09-Mar-2008 13:54

Australia’s emissions trading scheme; Urban resilience research; Scenarios for energy demand; Economic assessment of adaptation strategies in Italy; Practical steps and strategies for local communities; Digital Earth Summit on Geoinformatics.

AdaptNet for 4 March 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 02-Mar-2008 10:06

Assessment of the Stern Review methodology; Rising flood threat to Asian cities; Regional impacts of climate change in the United States; Media communication lessons from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami; Post-Kyoto strategies; and call for papers on climate change and ecological restoration.

AdaptNet for 26 February 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 24-Feb-2008 12:26

Australian cities response to climate change; Future of renewable energy; cultural understandings of climate; cost of climate change in the Mediterranean and south-eastern Europe; Recent development in China’s climate change policy; Bridging the Gap conference.

AdaptNet for 19 February 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 17-Feb-2008 14:17

Climate Change in Rural Australia; Climate change impacts on cities; Climate change and trace gases; Climate change and human development; Adaptive governance of the water sector in South Asia; Better Air Quality Workshop.

AdaptNet for 12 February 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 10-Feb-2008 11:44

Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (AP6); Drinking water systems in the USA; Current approaches to measuring vulnerability; Malaysian national response to climate change; Livestock choice in Africa; Fifth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability.

AdaptNet for 5 February 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 03-Feb-2008 11:21

Fire Weather in Southeast Australia; Urban Water Supply in California; National Security and Climate Change; Planned Adaptation to Climate Change; Impact on Site Specific Technologies (SSTs); Short Course in Climate Change Adaptation and Development.

AdaptNet for 29 January 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 27-Jan-2008 18:13

Australian Emissions Targets; US Departments of Transportation and Metropolitan Planning Organizations; Climate change and security in Africa; The role of the finance sector; An integrated development-oriented approach to climate change issues; World Wind Energy Conference.

AdaptNet for 22 January 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 20-Jan-2008 12:23

Evidence of accelerated climate change; Implications of the Greenhouse Development Rights (GDRs) framework; Current status of disaster planning in Pakistan; Flaws in simple climate-economy models; Global Environment Facility not adequate; and the Adaptation of Forests and Forest Management Conference

AdaptNet for 15 January 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Jan-2008 15:27

Coastal Erosion in New South Wales, Australia; Municipal Water Resource Management in Northern Cape, South Africa; Insurance industry response to climate change; Economic impact of inaction on climate change; Disaster risk reduction in schools; Summer Institute in Advanced Coastal Management