IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN AUSTRALASIA

Regional Studies

"Australia and New Zealand," Chapter 12 of: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 2001. Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Cambridge University Press. FULL TEXT or PDF

"Australasia," Chapter 4 of: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 1997. The Regional Impacts of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability. Cambridge University Press. FULL TEXT

McMichael, Anthony, Rosalie Woodruff, Peter Whetton, Kevin Hennessy, et al. 2003. Human Health and Climate Change in Oceania: A Risk Assessment 2002. Commonwealth of Australia. PDF

Country-Level Studies

Australia

Australian Greenhouse Office. 2002. Australia's Third National Communication on Climate Change: A Report under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. PDF

Hulme, Mike and Nicola Sheard. 1999. Climate Change Scenarios for Australia. Climatic Research Unit at University of East Anglia: Norwich, UK. PDF

Commonwealth of Australia. 1997. Climate Change: Australia's Second National Report under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. PDF

Commonwealth of Australia. 1994. Climate Change: Australia's national report under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. PDF

Karoly, David, James Risbey, and Anna Reynolds. 2003. Global Warming Contributes to Australia's Worst Drought. WWF Australia: Sydney. PDF

Evans, Jason and Sergei Schreider. 2002. "Hydrological Impacts of Climate Change on Inflows to Perth, Australia," Climatic Change, Vol. 55, No. 3, November, pp. 361-393. [ABSTRACT]

Williams, Allyson A. J., David J. Karoly, and Nigel Tapper. 2001. "The Sensitivity of Australian Fire Danger to Climate Change," Climatic Change, Vol. 49, No. 1-2, April, pp. 171-191. [ABSTRACT]

Guest, C.S., K. Willson, A.J. Woodward, et al. 1999. "Climate and mortality in Australia: retrospective study, 1979-1990, and synoptic predictions of the health impacts of climate change in 2030," Climate Research, Vol. 13, pp. 1-15. [ABSTRACT]

John Walker. 1998. "Malaria in a changing world: an Australian perspective," International Journal for Parasitology, Vol. 28, No. 6, 1 June, pp. 947-953. [ABSTRACT]

Russell, Richard C. 1998. "Mosquito-borne arboviruses in Australia: the current scene and implications of climate change for human health," International Journal for Parasitology, Vol. 28, No. 6, 1 June, pp. 955-969. [ABSTRACT]

Bryan, Joan H., Desmond H. Foley and Robert W. Sutherst. 1996. "Malaria transmission and climate change in Australia," Medical Journal of Australia, Vol. 164, March 18, pp. 345-347.

Meinke, H., R. C. Stone, G. L. Hammer. 1996. "SOI Phases and Climatic Risk to Peanut Production: A Case Study for Northern Australia," International Journal of Climatology, Vol. 16, No. 7, pp. 783-789. [ABSTRACT]

Hunter Valley

Jones, Roger N., and Kevin J. Hennessy. 2000. Climate change impacts in the Hunter Valley: A risk assessment of heat stress affecting dairy cattle. CSIRO Atmospheric Research: Aspendale, Victoria, Australia. PDF

New Zealand

Ministry for the Environment. 2002. National Communication 2001: New Zealand's Third National Communication under the Framework Convention on Climate Change. PDF

Woodward, Alistair, Simon Hales, and Neil de Wet. 2001. Climate Change: Potential Effects on Human Health in New Zealand. Ministry for the Environment: Wellington, New Zealand. PDF

Bell, R.G., T.M. Hume, D.M. Hicks. 2001. Planning for Climate Change Effects on Coastal Margins. Ministry for the Environment: Wellington, New Zealand. TEXT

McGlone, Matt. 2001. Linkages Between Climate Change and Biodiversity in New Zealand. Landcare Research: Lincoln, New Zealand. PDF

Government of New Zealand. 1997. Climate Change: The New Zealand Response II; New Zealand's Second National Communication under the Framework Convention on Climate Change. PDF

Government of New Zealand. 1994. Climate Change: The New Zealand Response; New Zealand's first national communication under the Framework Convention on Climate Change. PDF

G. J. Kenny, R. A. Warrick, B. D. Campbell, et al. 2000. "Investigating Climate Change Impacts and Thresholds: An Application of the CLIMPACTS Integrated Assessment Model for New Zealand Agriculture," Climatic Change, Vol. 46, No. 1-2, July, pp. 91-113. [ABSTRACT]