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Climate Proofing as a Regional Development Strategy
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Climate Proofing as a Regional Development Strategy

Peter Waterman, Susie Chapman, S Sargent, Greg Laves, Kathryn English and G Morvell
2009 Sustainable Economic Growth for Regional Australia Conference: Refereed Papers, pp.1-22
Annual Sustainable Economic Growth for Regional Australia (SEGRA) Conference: Regional Australia: exploring new frontiers, 13th (Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Australia, 27-Oct-2009–29-Oct-2009)
Management Solutions (QLD) Pty Ltd.
2009
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Abstract

Urban and Regional Planning regional planning climate change
Governments, industry and communities of space and interest now largely acknowledged that climate change is a reality. The exception is provided by a minority of individual climate change deniers and fringe bodies. Extreme weather events, climatic variability and change are cross cutting and impinge variously upon biophysical, socio-economic and governmental systems at all scales. The immediacy of the challenges that this situation raises is given focus by the understanding that although Australia contributes less than two percent of the world's equivalent CO2 emissions, the lands and waters of the continent are being impacted by 100 percent of the effects global warming. This gives 'urgency' to adapting to climatic variability and climate change at regional and local scales. As a step towards addressing this urgency, 'Climate Proofing' is being promoted as a proactive adaptation response strategy by SEQ Catchments (SEQC) and the Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG) through demonstration projects. This is being done in collaboration with Climate Change, Coasts and Catchments, at the Faculty of Science, Health and Education at the University of the Sunshine Coast (C4@USC). To date, this joint initiative (which commenced in 2005) has encompassed a range of demonstration activities at regional, local and community scales in the contiguous South East Queensland, Burnett Mary regions of Queensland. Additionally, 'climate proofing' has been taken up by Shell Australia and Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA) and has been introduce through climate change forums conducted in the Gladstone, Sunshine Coast and Toowoomba regions.

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