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Getting started

CoastAdapt is designed for anyone with an interest in Australia’s coast, climate change and sea-level rise, and how we can respond. Here we suggest some potential routes through CoastAdapt depending on what questions you might ask or what sort of organisation you're from.

CoastAdapt provides practical information, guidance and support to help people adapt to climate change along Australia’s coasts. Whether you are a homeowner, community member, business owner, infrastructure manager or government practitioner, CoastAdapt offers resources to support informed decision-making.

With a wide range of information, tools, templates and checklists available, it can take a little time to become familiar with everything CoastAdapt has to offer. The links below are a great place to start and will help you quickly find the information most relevant to your needs.

Every CoastAdapt user is different. Not sure where you should begin?
Explore the eight user profiles below. Or explore the most likely questions. They can help guide you to the information, tools and resources to help you get started.
Questions you are likely to ask (click to dropdown)

  1. Want to know about future sea-level rise and inundation for your area of the coast?
    - Visit the tool Sea Level Rise and You.
    - If you are a first time user of this tool, first read the how to page to use these graphs, tables and maps.
    - For a deeper dive on this information, read the CSIRO technical report
  2. Want to know about future temperature and rainfall?
    - Visit the same tool Sea Level Rise and You, but click the rainfall or temperature tabs to view the relevant information.
    - If you are a first time user of this tool, first read the how to page to
    - For a deeper dive on this information, read the CSIRO technical report.
  3. Want to know more about present-day coastal sensitivity to flooding and erosion?
    - Visit the three data sets in Shoreline Explorer.
    - If you are a first time user of these tools, first read the how to pages on the three data sets in Shoreline Explorer.
  4. Learn more from an overview of climate change impacts at the coast.
  5. Learn more about non-climate coastal stressors: understanding these is also important to support coastal adaptation.

  1. More information about extreme weather events is available at ‘Practical Knowledge for Adaptation’ 
  2. The causes of climate change and sea level rise are discussed here
  3. You can find out more about the extreme storms that affect Australia and their impacts

  1. As a first step, you need to identify your risk. CoastAdapt has two tools to help you do this. The first, Shoreline Explorer, looks at present-day vulnerability and erodibility of the coast. The second, Sea-level Rise and You, looks at future sea-level rise and inundation 
  2. You can then do a first-pass risk assessment to see if you need to take further action. 

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Quick overviews can help you 'Get your bearings'

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