Latest additions to the knowledge base

The Climate Finance Access Hub has deployed national advisors in specific regions to help small states produce the documentation necessary to access funds from facilities such as the Green Climate Fund. Officials also expressed the need for governing frameworks to engage NGOs and young people for building resilience.

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) climate change survey of 38 large entities, across all regulated industries, highlights the range of activities and strategic responses that entities are adopting to assess and mitigate climate

The Centre for Policy Development has released an update to the landmark 2016 Hutley opinion, which outlined how company directors who do not properly manage climate risk could be held liable for neglecting due care and diligence. Emphasising five new developments since 2016, the update highlights the economic significance of climate change and associated risks.

Following the release of results from the first climate risk survey of regulated entities, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will increase its scrutiny of how banks, insurers and superannuation trustees are managing the financial risks of climate change to their businesses. APRA called on entities to move towards mitigating against these risks.

After Queensland's record-breaking floods, residents and business owners have issued 22,204 claims totalling AU $893 million. 50 percent of commercial businesses did not have flood insurance, illustrating a key coverage gap. With an impending El Niño, policyholders can file claims for storms, which often cover flood damages anyways.

This country diagnostic assessment seeks to strengthen financial preparedness for disasters in Fiji, focusing on insurance and other risk transfer instruments. It explores the current application of disaster risk financing solutions by the government

The Building a resilient tourism industry: Queensland Tourism Climate Change Response Plan (Tourism Sector Adaptation Plan) provides a roadmap for the tourism industry to respond proactively to climate change, and to lead the way as a steward for the

The core objective of the project is to work collaboratively with governments to effect change in public policy and increase investment aimed at building safer and more resilient communities as well as to actively improve the capacity of people and