A Natural Hazards Atlas for Tasmania: a major new project for Climate Futures
November 11, 2024
Tasmania draws strongly on the natural environment for many sectors of its economy, including agriculture, energy and tourism. Climate change affects the risks of natural disasters such as bushfire, drought and energy security. Research has already shown that Tasmania has already been affected by climate change and has economic impacts. Relative to Australia and many other areas of the world, climate change impacts are likely to be milder in Tasmania and could present both adverse and beneficial economic outcomes.
There has been a broad range of climate related projects carried out for the state of Tasmania. Along with the relatively well known Climate Futures for Tasmania Project, this review has identified 27 major projects and a further 50 complementary projects related to climate change in Tasmania. These projects include studies of general changes to climate, climate extremes, water supply and resources, agriculture, biosecurity, effects of fire, and the incidence of Ross river virus. These research activities have resulted in a suite of comprehensive reports that have informed Tasmanian communities, industry, and state government. Economic analysis, due to be released in early 2018, shows that the state has already benefited from this information.
Citation: Bindoff, N. L., Love, P. T., Grose, M. R., Harris, R.M.B, Remenyi, T., White, C. J (2018), Review of climate impact change work undertaken, research gaps and opportunities in the Tasmanian context: Technical report, Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Hobart, Australia.
