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Climate Change Adaptation and Multilevel Governance in the Great Barrier Reef
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Climate Change Adaptation and Multilevel Governance in the Great Barrier Reef

Pedro Fidelman and A Leitch
National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) Climate Change Adaptation & Governance Workshop, 2010 (Sydney, Australia, 16-Nov-2010–18-Nov-2010)
2010
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Environmental Science and Management
This paper examines how Australian governments are adapting to climate change in the context of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). It documents numerous examples of adaptation strategies that apply to the GBR region. Adaptation strategies are examined in terms of types, purposefulness and triggers. The concept of institutional interplay (i.e., interactions between and among institutions) is explored to highlight the importance of considering linkages between strategies to improve adaptation. This study shows that adaptation in the GBR region is happening at all levels of government, from local to national; however, it has been primarily driven by the federal and state governments. Adaptation in the region is characterised by a wide range of strategies (e.g., policies, plans, programs, research and information, tools and guidelines, and legislation). Interactions between and among these strategies are pervasive, because many of the strategies are functionally interdependent. A more strategic framework that clearly defines objectives, responsibilities, costs, and strategies for adaptation across governments is needed, if interplay is to be purposefully used to improve climate change adaptation.

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