Mais conteúdo relacionado Semelhante a Climate Change Adaptation and Multilevel Governance in the Great Barrier Reef (20) 1. Climate Change Adaptation &
Multilevel Governance in the
Great Barrier Reef
Pedro Fidelman & Anne Leitch
Climate Change Adaptation &
Multilevel Governance in the
Great Barrier Reef
Pedro Fidelman & Anne Leitch
NCCARF Workshop I 17 Nov 2010
2. Outline
» GBR & Climate Change
» Adaptation Strategies
» Types
» Triggers
» Purposefulness
» Interplay (i.e., interactions)
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4. The Great Barrier Reef
» World’s largest reef system
» High biodiversity
» World Heritage Site
» Goods and services ~ 6 A$ billion/year
Tourism, fishing etc.
» Climate Change, a major threat
» World’s largest reef system
» High biodiversity
» World Heritage Site
» Goods and services ~ 6 A$ billion/year
Tourism, fishing etc.
» Climate Change, a major threat
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6. Who makes adaptation decisions?
» Governments
national, state, local
» Society
individuals, organisations, networks
» Business & Industry
fishing, tourism, agriculture etc.
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7. Role of Governments
Important capacity building and reform role
» Providing information for business and
communities to adapt
» Setting the right conditions for business and
communities to adapt
» Government programs and public assets
(Australian Government Position Paper, 2010)
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9. Adaptation Organisations
Level Organisations
Federal • Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
• Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
• The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science & Research
• Australian Research Council
• National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility
• Australian Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council
• Council of Australian Governments
State • Office of Climate Change
• Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence
• Premier's Council on Climate Change
• Department of Infrastructure and Planning
• Department of Environment and Resource Management
• Department of Premier and Cabinet
• Reef Plan Secretariat
• Department of Primary Industries
Local • 42 local councils (in the GBR catchment)
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10. Adaptation by Tier of Government
Tier Example
Federal • National Climate Change Adaptation Programme (2004)
• National Climate Change Adaptation Framework (2007)
• National Adaptation Research Plans (2010)
• Climate Change and the GBR: A Vulnerability Assessment (2007)
• Climate Change Adaptation Actions for Local Governments (2007)
State • ClimateQ: toward a greener Queensland (2009)
• ClimateSmart Adaptation 2007-2012
• ClimateSmart 2050 (2007)
• Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence
• Premier's Council on Climate Change
Local • Risk Identification and Prioritisation for Climate Change Adaptation in
Townsville City Council's Operation Activities (Local Adaptation
Pathways Program, 2008)
• Mackay Beach Plans (e.g., Shoal Point, Haliday Bay, Ball Bay)
• Positive Change - Climate Change Risks and Opportunities for the
Cairns Region (Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan, 2009)
• Cairns Regional Council Corporate Sustainability Policy 2009
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11. Type of Adaptation
Adaptation
Output
Example
Information &
research
• GBR Outlook Report 2009 identifies climate change as a major
threat to the Reef, and highlights gaps in information for
improved understanding of ecosystem resilience
• Climate Change and the GBR: A Vulnerability Assessment
examines vulnerability of GBR species, habitats and key
processes to climate change
Policy, Plans,
Programs
• GBR Climate Change Action Plan outlines actions to increase
the GBR resilience
• National Climate Change Adaptation Framework presents a
strategy for coordinating actions of Australian governments.
Legislation • Marine Parks Act 2004 (Qld) includes consideration of issues
related to resilience of the Reef (e.g., protection, conservation &
restoration)
• Sustainable Planning Act 2009 (Qld) requires consideration of
climate change as a matter of environmental protection and
ecological sustainability
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12. Type of Adaptation
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Adaptation
Output
Example
Tools &
guidelines
• Adapting to Climate Change a Queensland Local Government
Guide helps local councils assess the risk of, and respond to
climate change
• Adaptation to Climate Change in Regional Natural Resource
Management Plans provides guidelines to address climate
change in developing NRM plans
Networks &
committees
• The GBR Tourism Climate Change Action Group consists of
representatives from GBRMPA, Queensland Department of
Environment and Resources Management, and the tourism
industry, and addresses climate change issues for this industry.
• NCCARF Adaptation Research Networks facilitates
collaborative climate change adaptation research, exchange of
information and resources sharing.
13. Purposefulness
Climate Non-Climate
• Coral Bleaching Response Plan
• GBR Climate Change Action Plan
• ClimateSmart Adaptation Plan
• Local Adaptation Pathways
Program
• Implications of Climate Change for
Australia's World Heritage
Properties: A Preliminary
Assessment
• Australia’s Biodiversity and Climate
Change: A Strategic Assessment of
the Vulnerability of Australia’s
Biodiversity to Climate Change
• Caring for our Country Programme
• GBR Outlook Report 2009
• Coastal Protection and
Management Act 1995
• GBR Marine Park Zoning Plan
• Q2 Coasts and Country Program
• Sustainable Planning Act 2009, Qld
• Reef Plan
• Reef Rescue
• NRM Plans
• Coastal Management Plan
• Regional Coastal Management
Plans
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14. Triggers of Adaptation
Triggers Example
• Impacts of
climate
change
• Experienced/ perceived
climate impacts, e.g.,
coral bleaching
• GBR Coral Bleaching Response Plan
• GBR Climate Change Action Plan
• GBR Marine
Park Mgt
• Strategies developed for
the management of the
GBR Marine Park
• GBR Marine Park Zoning Plan 2003
• GBR Climate Change Action Plan
• Legislation • Statutory requirements,
sustainable
development principles
• Sustainable Planning Act 2009 (Qld)
• GBR Marine Park Act 1975
• Natural
Resource
Management
• NRM issues, e.g., water
quality, biodiversity,
erosion & soil
conservation
• Regional NRM plans
• Reef Plan
• Reef Rescue
• Planning &
management
schemes
• Coastal management
and protection, state
planning schemes
• Far North Queensland Regional Plan
• Shoreline Erosion plans
• Regional Coastal Management plans
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15. Interplay in the GBR
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Federal
Queensland
Local
Joint strategy
18. Interplay in the GBR
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Federal
Queensland
Local
Joint strategy
19. Adaptation & the GBR
» Wide variety of strategies at all tiers of
government
» Focuses on building adaptive capacity
» Adaptation driven by Federal and State
government
» Interplay is pervasive due to functional
interdependence
» Interplay management may improve
adaptation
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Notas do Editor This paper explores the notion of interplay (i.e., the interactions between and among adaptation strategies) and its implications for adaptation policy.
