Climate Adaptation 2014 Planning for climate change adaptation and carbon farming in the Goulburn Broken and North East CMA regions (1004)
Goulburn Broken and North East CMAs are collaborating on a project to identify priority landscapes for climate change adaptation and mitigation; management actions to increase climate resilience; and identify risks and opportunities from carbon sequestration activities.
A spatial analysis tool (SAT) has been developed to assist with this. Its workflow involves: defining criteria to be used to answer the key questions; collating and integrating spatial information from various sources into a common base for assessment; performing the assessments required; and communicating their results in a manner that supports planning and decision-making.
Criteria were defined through reviews of the CMAs' planning frameworks, as well as engagement with staff and key external stakeholders. This process documented landscape interactions influencing the condition and value of natural resource assets and the likely influence of climate change. It allowed the list of criteria for potential inclusion in the SAT to be refined and "owned" by those who will use its outputs.
A spatial climate change vulnerability assessment was undertaken using criteria representing exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity. Initial priority areas for adaptation have been defined on the basis of vulnerability and natural resource asset values. These will be refined, outside of the spatial analysis, on the basis of further work to develop adaptation options and incorporate local understandings of their feasibility of implementation and returns from investment.
Carbon farming priority areas reflect vulnerability to climate change, regulatory controls on various carbon farming approaches and criteria which reflect risks and opportunities for natural resource assets and processes.
A spatial analysis tool (SAT) has been developed to assist with this. Its workflow involves: defining criteria to be used to answer the key questions; collating and integrating spatial information from various sources into a common base for assessment; performing the assessments required; and communicating their results in a manner that supports planning and decision-making.
Criteria were defined through reviews of the CMAs' planning frameworks, as well as engagement with staff and key external stakeholders. This process documented landscape interactions influencing the condition and value of natural resource assets and the likely influence of climate change. It allowed the list of criteria for potential inclusion in the SAT to be refined and "owned" by those who will use its outputs.
A spatial climate change vulnerability assessment was undertaken using criteria representing exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity. Initial priority areas for adaptation have been defined on the basis of vulnerability and natural resource asset values. These will be refined, outside of the spatial analysis, on the basis of further work to develop adaptation options and incorporate local understandings of their feasibility of implementation and returns from investment.
Carbon farming priority areas reflect vulnerability to climate change, regulatory controls on various carbon farming approaches and criteria which reflect risks and opportunities for natural resource assets and processes.