Coasts and Climate Change Council report released

The Chair of the Coasts and Climate Change Council, Professor Tim Flannery, provided the Coasts and Climate Change Council’s end of term report to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, the Hon Greg Combet AM MP.

In its report, the Council suggests an urgent need for Australian Government leadership on coastal adaptation to drive collaboration and consistent approaches across all levels of government. It proposes a 10-year national coastal adaptation agenda be defined and suggests four priority areas:

• accessible and consistent information for coastal communities;
• high quality and regionally targeted data for decision-makers;
• clarification of legal liability for local governments; and
• greater policy and regulatory consistency for local governments and professions.

Read the Coasts and Climate Change Council report.