Outcome:	1. Environment	Question No:  40
Division/Agency:	International, Land and Analysis Division
Topic:	Climate Change Impact on citizens in the Torres Strait
Hansard Page ECITA:	120

Senator McLucas asked:

I was wondering if the Australian Greenhouse Office has done any research on the impacts of climate change not on the people of Tuvalu but on Australian citizens who live in the Torres Strait.

Senator Carr asked:

While you are there, can you look at what is happening in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands as well?

Answer/s:

The Australian Greenhouse Office has not conducted or commissioned any research dealing specifically with the impacts of climate change on the Torres Strait or Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

Climate Change: An Australian Guide to the Science and Potential Impacts (p 172) notes ‘sea level rise and the low islands of the Torres Strait’ as a regional vulnerability to climate change impacts.