In 2012, ASBEC launched a Climate Change Adaptation Framework for the Built Environment, outlining a ten-point framework for the Australian Government to improve the resilience of our urban communities against extreme weather events and predicted future climate change.
This framework has been revised to address the the contribution that each sector in Australia can make.
The Built Environment Adaptation Framework outlines the ways that the Australian Government, state, territory and local governments, industry, academia and the community sector can deliver effective resilience and adaptation strategies through:
- Cross-sector engagement
- Leading by example
- Sponsoring applied research
- Providing better access to information and tools
- Investing in education
- Providing incentives
- Reforming and improving regulation
- Reviewing building codes and standards
- Improving planning systems and outcomes
- Improving insurance and financial services
Read the full cross sector Built Environment Adaptation-Framework.