House Standing Committee on Climate Change, Water, Environment and the Arts
Inquiry into climate change and environmental impacts on coastal communities
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On Monday 26 October 2009, the House Standing Committee on Climate Change, Water, Environment and the Arts presented its report on the inquiry into climate change and environmental impacts on coastal communities.
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This report is comprised of preliminary pages, 6 chapters and 6 appendices.
Managing our coastal zone in a changing climate: the time to act is now
Preliminary pages (PDF 161 KB)
Contents, Foreword, Committee Membership, Terms of Reference and List of Recommendations
Chapter 1 (PDF 182KB)
Introduction
Chapter 2 (PDF 751KB)
Climate change and the coastal zone: the science and the impacts
Chapter 3 (PDF 890KB)
Climate change and the coastal zone: adaptation strategies and practices to promote resilience
Chapter 4 (PDF 745KB)
Key emerging issues: insurance, planning and legal matters relating to the coastal zone
Chapter 5 (PDF 1.3 MB)
Sustainable coastal communities and environmental impacts on the coastal zone
Chapter 6 (PDF 1.2 MB)
Governance arrangements and the coastal zone
Appendix A (PDF 45KB)
Inquiry process
Appendix B (PDF 48KB)
List of submissions
Appendix C (PDF 90KB)
List of witnesses
Appendix D (PDF 103KB)
List of exhibits
Appendix E (PDF 55KB)
List of abbreviations
Appendix F (PDF 321KB)
State and territory coastal governance arrangements
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