Building local resilience to a changing climate

The Honorary Greg Combet AM PM, Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation read here, talks about the CAP (Coastal Adaptation Decision Pathway) 
and the AdaptWater Tool.
Click here for the official media release.

Adapting the community sector for climate extremes 

Just published by NCCARF and co-written by Climate Risk and ACOSS. 

Click here for the ACOSS media release and visit out Publications page for for the full report.

Stay tuned for interviews and more news as it is released. Also see our twitter feed climaterisksyd for up to date information.

New Climate Risk Report for WWF released today, "Our Clean Energy Future". The important insight from this report is that several renewable energy industries are headed for almost certain collapse in 2020 unless renewable energy targets for 2030 are introduced with some level of resource banding. See WWF press release here and download the full report from the Publications section. 

Karl Mallon presents AdaptWater Project at Coast to Coast conference under coastal adaptations pathways. See here for Fact Sheet.

November 24, London – The Climate Bonds Initiative – co-founded by Karl Mallon – launches world’s first Climate Bond Standard and Mark.  Launched by UK minister for Climate Change to audience representing some of the worlds largest fund managers.  Stories in Financial Times, New York Times and Economist. See www.climatebonds.net for more information or go to our Publications page to read the full PDF.

October, 2011 – Climate Risk commences work on the development of the computational engines being used in the Building Resilience Rating Tool developed for the Insurance Council of Australia in a project lead by Edge Environment.  The project brings together Edge Environments expertise on building materials and design, with Climate Risk expertise in risk and resilience analysis and mapping.

September, 2011 - Climate Risk commenced work on the Pilot Council Insurance Partnership  with Sunshine Coast Council, Insurance Council or Australia and Edge Environment.  The project, worth $1/2m, will identify the ways in which local government, insurers and home owners can collaborate to reduce losses from extreme weather and other climate related impacts.

July 2011 - World’s largest water utility adaptation project awarded by the federal government to Water Service Association of Australia in partnership with Sydney Water and Climate Risk.  The $1.2m project will develop fully quantified adaptation analysis systems for Australian water utilities with combined assets estimated to be worth over 100bn dollars.