Social Issues
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This research examines ways to build adaptive capacity to climate change and compares social networks through a case study of organisations that responded to Queensland’s 2010–11 major floods. -
This report shows how South Australians construe and rationalise climate change risk and adaptation responses through two interlinked studies with many seeing it as ‘concern for future generations’. -
The Heat-Ready study captured information on the current knowledge, policy status, preparedness and adaptive capacity to heatwaves in staff who work in Aged Care Facilities in three Australian states. -
This report addresses the need for collaborative frameworks for institutional decision making under uncertainty, and economic strategies to allocate risk, when planning to adapt to climate change. -
This report presents the findings from the “Pathways to Climate Adapted and Healthy Low Income Housing” project undertaken by the CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship in partnership with two organisation -
This research identified different audiences in Australia and evaluated responses to climate change messages to inform design and targeting of climate change adaptation communication in Australia. -
This research examined the vulnerability of disadvantaged groups in Australia and explored policy changes to enhance adaptive capacity and decrease negative climate change impacts for these groups. -
This research explored the assets, barriers and limitations of the rental sector to adaptation and the stakeholder-landlord relationship with a focus on the adaptive capacity of low-income renters. -
This research analysed the costs and benefits of residential adaptation and identified coastal community types to determine if adaptation should take place at the community or individual level. -
This research examined the underlying factors and processes shaping adaptive capacity of Australian small-to-medium enterprises to climate change and associated sea level rise.
