Climate Adaptation Tools for Sustainable Settlements (CATSS) 2009 - 2010

The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA), in partnership with IFLA and the CSIRO, has commenced a one year project, reporting in June 2010, to undertake a preliminary review of Australian and international examples of climate adaptation tools and strategies for responding to the impacts of climate change within the context of the built environment.

>> more about the CATSS project here


 

Climate Change Adaptation Skills for Professionals Program 2008 - 2011

The purpose of the Climate Change Adaptation Skills for Professionals Program is to integrate understanding of the implications of climate change into education and training for professionals involved in developing planned adaptive responses to the impacts of climate change.

The AILA has developed the National Landscape Principles and has used these to develop and implement professional development programs that increase the expertise of landscape architects in assisting their clients and governments develop adaptive responses to climate change impacts.

   >> overview and progress of the project          >> Paper on Climate Systems and Climate Change             

 

The Australian Landscape Principles

   and the  Case studies and implementation strategies
a link to information about Green Infrastructure
Policy Statement on Sustainable Settlement
  
AILA's Climate Change Adaptation Skills for Professionals Program 2008 - 2010 and the Climate Adaptation Tools for Sustainable Settlements (CATSS) program (2009-2010) have been assisted by the Australian Government through The Commonwealth Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.