New research: An assessment of the integration of coastal hazard risk into local government strategic and adaptation planning in SA

Professor Beverley Clarke and the CASPR team have recently completed a compendium of coastal adaptation planning drawn from every coastal council in South Australia. This research presents a snapshot and baseline of the state’s coastal councils’ approach to adaptation funded by the Department for Environment and Water’s Coastal Research and Development Grant scheme.  Read more…

Climate security in the Indo-Pacific: a systematic review of governance challenges for enhancing regional climate resilience

The CASPR Group has published a new peer-reviewed article in the journal Climatic Change. The paper shares key findings on the challenges impacting climate security in the Indo-Pacific – a crucial issue in the conversation around enhancing climate resilience. Climate security is a growing focus of researchers investigating the impacts Read more…

Does ‘formal’ stakeholder consultation influence the outcome of Australian food regulatory policy?

An article recently published in the Health Promotion International journal reports on work conducted by Flinders and Deakin University researchers that examined the food regulatory decision-making process in Australia. The national policy on the voluntary fortification of foods and drinks with vitamins and minerals developed between 2002 and 2012, was used as a case study to understand the best means for public health professionals to effectively engage Read more…