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    National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), USA

    A US initiative set up in the 1960s to provide government-subsidised flood insurance to businesses and residences that adopt and enforce floodplain management strategies
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    The Great Barrier Reef’s climate change journey

    The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, the Queensland Government and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation have developed and implemented a series of strategies, programs and plans with the aim of protecting the Reef and increasing its resilience to climate change
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    NARCLiM: Downscaled climate projections to support adaptation in NSW and the ACT

    This snapshot describes a Regional Climate Modelling Project that developed detailed climate projections for south-eastern Australia to support adaptation planning in the NSW and ACT governments, as well as local councils, businesses, and community groups.
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    Community conversations: building engagement to mainstream adaptation in Mornington Peninsula Shire Council

    The snapshot provides an example of a Council that has been preparing for the potential impacts of climate change with community engagement central to its approach. Through a series of community ‘conversations’ the Council shared information and built a platform for community concerns
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    Using data to assess coastal hazard in Townsville

    Townsville City Council has gathered and developed data sets in undertaking their Coastal Hazard Assessment Strategy to help prioritise action, resourcing and timing for adaptation
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    AdaptWater: A climate change adaptation tool for the urban water industry

    An example of an online tool that uses a range of climate change futures to assess the risk of climate change hazards to existing or planned assets for both water and wastewater systems
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    Planning for Brisbane airport’s new runway: accounting for climate change

    The second runway at busy Brisbane Airport is being built 1.5 m higher than regulations dictate to take into account risks associated with storm surge and sea-level rise
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    Victoria's caravan parks study: using social and economic information to support coastal adaptation

    A study of caravan parks on Crown Land in Victoria shows how adaptation decision-making can take into account social and economic considerations
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    North Norfolk Pathfinder project

    The project in the UK explored strategies to address coastal erosion issues in the community of Happisburgh— including decaying coastal defence structures and vulnerable residential housing— and to test adaptation options including a rollback scheme
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    Victorian Adaptation and Sustainability Partnership

    An alliance between the Victorian State Government and all 79 Victorian councils is an example of using a partnership approach for state-wide local scale adaptation planning