Insights on the process to develop Australia’s first national climate risk assessment
Summary: Countries are undertaking national climate risk assessments to help decision-makers respond effectively to climate change impacts. Australia has also started this process, with the release in early 2024 of the first pass assessment report of its National Climate Risk Assessment.This paper d...
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| author | Fanny A. Boulaire Stephen Cook Aysha Fleming Lygia Romanach Tim Capon Murni Po Rebecca Darbyshire Guy Barnett Sonia Bluhm Brenda B. Lin |
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| description | Summary: Countries are undertaking national climate risk assessments to help decision-makers respond effectively to climate change impacts. Australia has also started this process, with the release in early 2024 of the first pass assessment report of its National Climate Risk Assessment.This paper describes our experiences of the process undertaken in Australia to conduct a first pass qualitative assessment of climate risks and compare it with the learnings gathered from a desktop review of 15 other national climate risk assessments. Highlighting similarities and differences in approaches, this paper offers insights for others embarking on a similar journey or improving existing ongoing processes. It identifies four process themes that could contribute to a common framework for these assessments, while acknowledging the need for tailored approaches. Having a common framework could increase awareness and incentives for international collaboration on common or shared risks, and lead to more coordinated climate mitigation and adaptation actions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ed8e944a7fe8405eb1282f956d1bc56a2025-08-20T02:59:18ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422025-03-0128311206810.1016/j.isci.2025.112068Insights on the process to develop Australia’s first national climate risk assessmentFanny A. Boulaire0Stephen Cook1Aysha Fleming2Lygia Romanach3Tim Capon4Murni Po5Rebecca Darbyshire6Guy Barnett7Sonia Bluhm8Brenda B. Lin9CSIRO Environment, Dutton Park, QLD 4102, Australia; Corresponding authorCSIRO Environment, Darwin, NT 0828, AustraliaCSIRO Environment, Hobart, TAS 7005, AustraliaCSIRO Environment, Dutton Park, QLD 4102, AustraliaCSIRO Environment, Black Mountain, ACT 2601, AustraliaCSIRO Environment, Black Mountain, ACT 2601, AustraliaCSIRO Agriculture and Food, Black Mountain, ACT 2601, AustraliaCSIRO Environment, Black Mountain, ACT 2601, AustraliaScientell, 8 La Trobe St, Melbourne, VIC 3000, AustraliaCSIRO Environment, Dutton Park, QLD 4102, AustraliaSummary: Countries are undertaking national climate risk assessments to help decision-makers respond effectively to climate change impacts. Australia has also started this process, with the release in early 2024 of the first pass assessment report of its National Climate Risk Assessment.This paper describes our experiences of the process undertaken in Australia to conduct a first pass qualitative assessment of climate risks and compare it with the learnings gathered from a desktop review of 15 other national climate risk assessments. Highlighting similarities and differences in approaches, this paper offers insights for others embarking on a similar journey or improving existing ongoing processes. It identifies four process themes that could contribute to a common framework for these assessments, while acknowledging the need for tailored approaches. Having a common framework could increase awareness and incentives for international collaboration on common or shared risks, and lead to more coordinated climate mitigation and adaptation actions.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004225003281Earth sciencesClimatologyEnvironmental policy |
| spellingShingle | Fanny A. Boulaire Stephen Cook Aysha Fleming Lygia Romanach Tim Capon Murni Po Rebecca Darbyshire Guy Barnett Sonia Bluhm Brenda B. Lin Insights on the process to develop Australia’s first national climate risk assessment iScience Earth sciences Climatology Environmental policy |
| title | Insights on the process to develop Australia’s first national climate risk assessment |
| title_full | Insights on the process to develop Australia’s first national climate risk assessment |
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| title_short | Insights on the process to develop Australia’s first national climate risk assessment |
| title_sort | insights on the process to develop australia s first national climate risk assessment |
| topic | Earth sciences Climatology Environmental policy |
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