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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: http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg2/463.htm
PDF: http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg2/pdf/wg2TARchap12.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: http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/regional/058.htm

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: http://www.health.gov.au/pubhlth/publicat/document/env_climate.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: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/ausnc3.pdf

Hulme, Mike and Nicola Sheard. 1999. Climate Change Scenarios for Australia. Climatic Research Unit at University of East Anglia: Norwich, UK.
PDF: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~mikeh/research/australia.pdf

Commonwealth of Australia. 1997. Climate Change: Australia's Second National Report under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/ausnc2.pdf

Commonwealth of Australia. 1994. Climate Change: Australia's national report under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/ausnc1.pdf

Karoly, David, James Risbey, and Anna Reynolds. 2003. Global Warming Contributes to Australia's Worst Drought. WWF Australia: Sydney.
PDF: http://panda.org/downloads/climate_change/wwf2002drought_ut3s.pdf

Australian Greenhouse Office. 2002. Living With Climate Change: An Overview of the Potential Climate Change Impacts on Australia.
Available at: http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/science/impacts/overview/

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: http://www.dar.csiro.au/publications/jones_2000a.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: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/newnc3.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: http://www.climatechange.govt.nz/sp/resources/resource%20information/pdf/Climate%20Change-Health.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.
PRT 1: [PDF] http://www.climatechange.govt.nz/sp/resources/resource%20information/pdf/Climate%20change-Coastal%20Margins%20part%201.pdf
PRT 2: [PDF] http://www.climatechange.govt.nz/sp/resources/resource%20information/pdf/Climate%20Change-Coastal%20Margins%20part%20II.pdf

McGlone, Matt. 2001. Linkages Between Climate Change and Biodiversity in New Zealand. Landcare Research: Lincoln, New Zealand.
PDF: http://www.climatechange.govt.nz/sp/resources/resource%20information/pdf/Climate%20Change%20and%20Biodiversity%5B1%5D.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: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/newnc2.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: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/newnc1.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]

 

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