Sydney’s climate change vulnerability mapped
April 30, 2008
The CSIRO and the Sydney Coastal Councils Group (SCCG) have released an assessment of the impacts of climate change on the city. The project utilised climate change projections and socio-economic data to generate maps of vulnerability to five impacts of climate change:
- extreme heat and health effects;
- sea level rise and coastal management;
- extreme rainfall and storm-water management;
- bushfires; and
- ecosystems and natural resources.
“The consequences of climate change in Sydney’s coastal region will be driven as much by socio-economic factors and decision making as by climate change hazards” says CSIRO research leader Dr Benjamin Preston.
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