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Displaying 15 of about 88 resultsBushfires, floods, and storms are a part of the Australian experience. In recent years they have become more common and the impacts, more intense. Moreover, in the future, climate change will mean that extreme events will become more frequent and intense. This presents a challenge to communities that are exposed to natural hazards.
Insurance is key for…
This book provides an overview of OECD countries' efforts to collect information on both the economic impacts of disasters and the level of public resources invested in the management of risk. It is based on the results of an OECD survey, two expert meetings held in 2014 and 2016 as well as complementary research conducted by the OECD Secretariat.
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This report forms part of the output from Project A9 entitled “Cost-Effective Mitigation Strategy Development for Building Related Earthquake Risk” within the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre.
It builds on previous work and provides the experimental estimates for different components of economic loss that might…
The disaster risk reduction (DRR) status report provides a snapshot of the state of DRR in Australia under the four priorities of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. It also highlights progress and challenges associated with ensuring coherence among the key global frameworks at the national level; and makes recommendations for st…
This brief presents research undertaken into the economic legacy of Black Saturday bushfires in 2009 in Victoria, Australia. The authors computed the disaster severity of 12 non-contiguous bushfire hotspots of varying sizes within the state of Victoria and gathered key data (income, residential SA2 and other economic, demographic and sectoral indicators…
The AMA report draws together a range of findings on the effectiveness of Australia’s multilateral partners, including organizations working on disaster risk reduction (GFDRR, UNESCO, UNISDR and UNOCHA). It also analyses the implications of these findings for future policy engagement. The AMA includes summary assessments for each of the 42 multilateral…
This report lays out the multi-billion dollar threats and opportunities of climate adaptation, exploring avenues to increase investment into adaptation. The report provides recommendations to overcome barriers to action.
Developed through a multistakeholder climate adaptation finance consultation process, it aims to identify real world…
This guide has been developed to assist councils' with the required accounting recognition, measurement and disclosure requirements - as to how the risk is mitigated - that may arise as a result of a natural disaster, which is considered as an indicator of impairment when assets have been physically damaged and/or the ability to provide services to the…
This report reviews the decision-making process for new infrastructure and emphasises the need to embed resilience into this process and practical guidance to do so. It is based on findings that show critical infrastructure is highly vulnerable to, and a major casualty of, natural disasters. Repairing or replacing infrastructure after a natural disaster…
This report was commissioned by the APLC to complement the previous analysis by estimating the net benefit of control taking into account the possibility that a second generation of locust may develop in the absence of APLC operations.
In this analysis, all likely outcomes are considered assuming that the APLC did not exist and therefore no control ope…
This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters.
This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with natural disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and prop…
This infographic shows the impacts of the 2019-20 Bushfires and the Australian Government's efforts to support the recovery.
The findings and case studies in this report paint a picture of the impacts and scale of the challenge councils face, but also outline a pathway to overcome them. Additionally, it offers 22 recommendations for all levels of government, chief of which is for all levels of government to set more ambitious net-zero targets and act to drive down the burning…
This report looks at the current situation and future outlook regarding natural hazards and risks in Australia and New Zealand. It highlights probable scenarios and economic losses associated to each hazard analyzed. Australia and New Zealand have been hit hard by natural catastrophes in recent years: floods, cyclones, hailstorms, bushfires and earthqua…
This report explores two of the most serious consequences of rising sea level in Australia—the large increase in the frequency of coastal inundation and the recession of ‘soft’ shorelines. It describes the observed and projected economic costs of coastal flooding and damage to infrastructure and local ecosystems.
The report describes how scie…