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2019 RegionsAdapt States and Regions Dataset - Response
| Row number | Account Number | Account Name | Parent Section | Section | Question Number | Question Name | Column Number | Column Name | Row Number | Row Name | Response Answer | Comments | File Name |
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| 651 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Assessment and planning | 6.2a | Please provide the details of your climate adaptation plan. | 2 | Year of publication | 1 | Climate adaptation plan details | 2016 | ||
| 652 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Assessment and planning | 6.2a | Please provide the details of your climate adaptation plan. | 3 | Areas covered | 1 | Climate adaptation plan details | Water resources and management | ||
| 653 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Assessment and planning | 6.2a | Please provide the details of your climate adaptation plan. | 3 | Areas covered | 1 | Climate adaptation plan details | Resilience and disaster risk reduction | ||
| 654 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Assessment and planning | 6.2a | Please provide the details of your climate adaptation plan. | 3 | Areas covered | 1 | Climate adaptation plan details | Forestry, protected areas and biodiversity | ||
| 655 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Assessment and planning | 6.2a | Please provide the details of your climate adaptation plan. | 3 | Areas covered | 1 | Climate adaptation plan details | Infrastructure (including transport and the energy sectors) and territorial planning | ||
| 656 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Assessment and planning | 6.2a | Please provide the details of your climate adaptation plan. | 3 | Areas covered | 1 | Climate adaptation plan details | Economic impacts and opportunities | ||
| 657 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Assessment and planning | 6.2a | Please provide the details of your climate adaptation plan. | 3 | Areas covered | 1 | Climate adaptation plan details | Social impacts and related adaptation | ||
| 658 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Assessment and planning | 6.2a | Please provide the details of your climate adaptation plan. | 4 | Publication hyperlink | 1 | Climate adaptation plan details | https://www.environment.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/912478/ACT-Climate-Change-Adaptation-Strategy.pdf | ||
| 659 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Assessment and planning | 6.2b | If not available online, please upload your climate adaptation plan. | 0 | ||||||
| 660 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Assessment and planning | 6.3 | Please describe any adaptation goals you have for your region. | 0 | The ACT Climate Change Adaptation Strategy - Living With a Warming Climate 2016 will support the community, city and the natural environment to become more resilient to the impacts from climate change, by:- incorporating climate change risk considerations and adaptation actions in ACT Government policies, programs and practices; and- encouraging actions by households and businesses to increase resilience and foster emerging opportunities.There are 27 actions within the ACT Climate Change Adaptation Strategy. | |||||
| 661 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Assessment and planning | 6.4 | Do you work with local governments in the development and/or implementation of your regional adaptation strategies? Please explain how. | 1 | Working with local governments | 1 | Working with local governments on climate adaptation | No | ||
| 662 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Assessment and planning | 6.4 | Do you work with local governments in the development and/or implementation of your regional adaptation strategies? Please explain how. | 2 | Explanation | 1 | Working with local governments on climate adaptation | The ACT Government exercises both Territory and local functions within the ACT. However, collaboration on climate change action occurs through memberships such as RegionsAdapt and the Cities Power Partnership. | ||
| 663 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Assessment and planning | 6.5 | Are you involved in the development and/or implementation of your government’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP)? Please explain how. | 1 | Involvement in NAP | 1 | Working on the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) | No | ||
| 664 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Assessment and planning | 6.5 | Are you involved in the development and/or implementation of your government’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP)? Please explain how. | 2 | Explanation | 1 | Working on the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) | |||
| 665 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6 | Do current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change present significant physical risks to your region? | 0 | Yes | |||||
| 666 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6a | Please describe these current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change. | 1 | Climate change impact | 1 | More frequent heat waves | |||
| 667 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6a | Please describe these current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change. | 2 | Anticipated timescale | 1 | Current | |||
| 668 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6a | Please describe these current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change. | 3 | Estimated magnitude of potential impact | 1 | Serious | |||
| 669 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6a | Please describe these current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change. | 4 | Estimated probability of impact | 1 | High | |||
| 670 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6a | Please describe these current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change. | 5 | Impact description | 1 | In Canberra, a heatwave is a series of more than three days with maximum daytime temperatures over 35°C without sufficient night-time cooling temperatures below 23°C. Temperature extremes can have considerable impacts on health, infrastructure and ecosystems. Impacts:• Heat stress to people, animals and plants• Increased stress on emergency services. Increased deaths of vulnerable people.• Increased energy consumption placing pressure on electricity supply.Impacts:• Heat stress to people, animals and plants• Increased stress on emergency services. Increased deaths of vulnerable people.• Increased energy consumption placing pressure on electricity supply. | |||
| 671 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6a | Please describe these current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change. | 1 | Climate change impact | 2 | More frequent droughts | |||
| 672 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6a | Please describe these current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change. | 2 | Anticipated timescale | 2 | Medium-term | |||
| 673 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6a | Please describe these current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change. | 3 | Estimated magnitude of potential impact | 2 | Less serious | |||
| 674 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6a | Please describe these current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change. | 4 | Estimated probability of impact | 2 | High | |||
| 675 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6a | Please describe these current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change. | 5 | Impact description | 2 | Climate projections for the water cycle indicate even more reduced reliability of evenly spread rain throughout the year. In the mid to longer term, winter and early spring rain is projected to decrease, but there will be more intense rain events in the warmer months of late spring and summer. There is a high degree of uncertainty about the annual average in the longer term. With decreasing reliability of rainfall, plant life will become stressed and this has flow-on effects for natural ecosystems and urban landscapes.Impacts:• Water restrictions• Biodiversity and agricultural impacts | |||
| 676 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6a | Please describe these current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change. | 1 | Climate change impact | 3 | More intense rainfall | |||
| 677 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6a | Please describe these current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change. | 2 | Anticipated timescale | 3 | Current | |||
| 678 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6a | Please describe these current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change. | 3 | Estimated magnitude of potential impact | 3 | Serious | |||
| 679 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6a | Please describe these current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change. | 4 | Estimated probability of impact | 3 | High | |||
| 680 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6a | Please describe these current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change. | 5 | Impact description | 3 | Canberra has been designed to cope with flash flooding from intense rain events. However with increasing intensity of storms, the design of the city and the ability of its existing infrastructure to cope will be tested. Additionally, an increase in storm frequency and/or intensity will increase demands on our emergency services.Impacts:• Road closures and damage to infrastructure• Damage to buildings, residential, commercial and businesses• Increased pressure on emergency services to respond. | |||
| 681 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6a | Please describe these current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change. | 1 | Climate change impact | 4 | Other: Worsening bushfire weather | |||
| 682 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6a | Please describe these current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change. | 2 | Anticipated timescale | 4 | Current | |||
| 683 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6a | Please describe these current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change. | 3 | Estimated magnitude of potential impact | 4 | Extremely serious | |||
| 684 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6a | Please describe these current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change. | 4 | Estimated probability of impact | 4 | High | |||
| 685 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6a | Please describe these current and/or anticipated impacts of climate change. | 5 | Impact description | 4 | The Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI), used in NSW and the ACT to quantify bushfire hazard levels, combines the weather factors of temperature, humidity and wind speed with an estimate of the fuel's state of dryness. The ACT is projected to experience an increase in both average and severe FFDI in the near and far future. The current ACT average of 1.1 severe fire weather days per year is projected to increase to 7 days per year by 2030 and 19 days per year by 2070.Impacts include: • Destruction of environmental and agricultural land and assets• Damage to peri-urban, urban fringe residents.• Smoke impact on vulnerable people• Extreme pressure on emergency and recovery services. | |||
| 686 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6b | Please describe the adaptation actions you are taking to reduce the vulnerability of your region's citizens, businesses and infrastructure to the impacts of climate change identified in 6.6a. | 1 | Climate change impact | 1 | More frequent heat waves | |||
| 687 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6b | Please describe the adaptation actions you are taking to reduce the vulnerability of your region's citizens, businesses and infrastructure to the impacts of climate change identified in 6.6a. | 2 | Adaptation action | 1 | Other | |||
| 688 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6b | Please describe the adaptation actions you are taking to reduce the vulnerability of your region's citizens, businesses and infrastructure to the impacts of climate change identified in 6.6a. | 3 | Status of action | 1 | Complete | |||
| 689 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6b | Please describe the adaptation actions you are taking to reduce the vulnerability of your region's citizens, businesses and infrastructure to the impacts of climate change identified in 6.6a. | 4 | Action description | 1 | ACT Climate Change Adaptation Strategy 2016, Action #7. Identify Heat Refuges. Review opportunities for ACT Government and other publicly accessible buildings to be used as heat refuges, and publish information on potential heat refuges around the ACT to enable at-risk individuals to seek out areas where they can go to for relief during extended periods of hot weather. Action #8. Workplace Safety. Review ACT Government workplace health and safety policies and guidelines to ensure that potential climate impacts on workers are identified and addressed. | |||
| 690 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6b | Please describe the adaptation actions you are taking to reduce the vulnerability of your region's citizens, businesses and infrastructure to the impacts of climate change identified in 6.6a. | 1 | Climate change impact | 2 | More intense rainfall | |||
| 691 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6b | Please describe the adaptation actions you are taking to reduce the vulnerability of your region's citizens, businesses and infrastructure to the impacts of climate change identified in 6.6a. | 2 | Adaptation action | 2 | Flood mapping | |||
| 692 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6b | Please describe the adaptation actions you are taking to reduce the vulnerability of your region's citizens, businesses and infrastructure to the impacts of climate change identified in 6.6a. | 3 | Status of action | 2 | Complete | |||
| 693 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6b | Please describe the adaptation actions you are taking to reduce the vulnerability of your region's citizens, businesses and infrastructure to the impacts of climate change identified in 6.6a. | 4 | Action description | 2 | ACT Climate Change Adaptation Strategy 2016, Action #4. Framework for flood management. Complete a revision of the framework and ensure implementation. | |||
| 694 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6b | Please describe the adaptation actions you are taking to reduce the vulnerability of your region's citizens, businesses and infrastructure to the impacts of climate change identified in 6.6a. | 1 | Climate change impact | 3 | More frequent droughts | |||
| 695 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6b | Please describe the adaptation actions you are taking to reduce the vulnerability of your region's citizens, businesses and infrastructure to the impacts of climate change identified in 6.6a. | 2 | Adaptation action | 3 | Community engagement/education | |||
| 696 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6b | Please describe the adaptation actions you are taking to reduce the vulnerability of your region's citizens, businesses and infrastructure to the impacts of climate change identified in 6.6a. | 3 | Status of action | 3 | Complete | |||
| 697 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6b | Please describe the adaptation actions you are taking to reduce the vulnerability of your region's citizens, businesses and infrastructure to the impacts of climate change identified in 6.6a. | 4 | Action description | 3 | ACT Climate Change Adaptation Strategy 2016, Action #22a. Caring for land and water. Improve knowledge and understanding of land managers about climate impacts and adaptation actions. | |||
| 698 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6b | Please describe the adaptation actions you are taking to reduce the vulnerability of your region's citizens, businesses and infrastructure to the impacts of climate change identified in 6.6a. | 1 | Climate change impact | 4 | Other: Worsening bushfire weather | |||
| 699 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6b | Please describe the adaptation actions you are taking to reduce the vulnerability of your region's citizens, businesses and infrastructure to the impacts of climate change identified in 6.6a. | 2 | Adaptation action | 4 | Community engagement/education | |||
| 700 | 53268 | Australian Capital Territory | 6. Risks and adaptation | Climate risks and adaptation actions | 6.6b | Please describe the adaptation actions you are taking to reduce the vulnerability of your region's citizens, businesses and infrastructure to the impacts of climate change identified in 6.6a. | 3 | Status of action | 4 | Implementation |
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Dataset provided by members of the RegionsAdapt Initiative.
It contains 28 regions that reported publicly in 2019.
This dataset contains detailed responses of disclosers. To view the summary, refer to the dataset titled "2019 RegionsAdapt States and Regions Dataset - Summary"
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