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Greater Taree City Council, on the NSW mid north coast, has adopted a Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) incorporating a dual approach to managing current and future impacts of coastal erosion.
Scientists have trialed the release of mosquitoes which are resistant to dengue fever into small communities in northern Australia. In the trials, mosquitoes were infected with a bacteria called Wolbachia, which prevents them from transmitting dengue.
A new manual to assist councils with climate risk assessment and planning has been launched by the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG).
Climate change has featured prominently in financial news in recent times with major reports by two institutions highlighting the risk of climate impacts to global economic growth and the insurance sector.
Coastal councils from around Australia are attending the Australian Coastal Councils Conference at Byron Bay today and tomorrow to consider the major challenges facing the nation’s regional coastal communities.