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Useful documents and links to more information about climate change and our coast.

Documents

Climate Change: Science and Solutions for Australia (Published in May 2011 by the CSIRO)

Coasts and Climate Change Council Report (Published by the Federal Governmen'ts Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency in January 2011).

Climate Change Risks to Australia's Coast (Published by the Federal Government's Department of Climate Change in November 2009)

Managing our coastal zone in a changing climate: the time to act is now (Report tabled in October 2009 by the Australian Parliament House Standing Committee on Climate Change, Water, Environment and the Arts outlining the findings from its inquiry into climate change and environmental impacts on coastal communities)

Securing our natural future: A white paper for land and biodiversity at a time of climate change (Published by the Victorian Government in December 2009)

Synthesis Report on Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions (Outlines the latest international research on climate change emerging from a Climate Change Congress in Copenhagen in March 2009 - 5.56MB)

Victorian Climate Change Green Paper (Published by the Victorian Government in 2009)

Victorian Coastal Strategy 2008 (Published by the Victorian Coastal Council December 2008)

Links

Australian Parliament Standing Committee on Climate Change, Environment and the Arts

CSIRO (Climate Change)

CSIRO (Oceans and Coasts)

Department of Climate Change (Federal Government)

Department of Sustainability and Environment

Future Coasts Project

G21 Geelong Region Alliance

Geelong Sustainability Group

Gippsland Coastal Board

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

South East Councils Climate Change Alliance

Surf Coast Energy Group

Victorian Coastal Council

Victoria's Climate Change Website