Climate Planning

Climate Planning provides a range of consultancy services related to climate change adaptation and human settlements, the business sector and the natural environment. We have Australia’s leading climate change planning professionals available to help you manage uncertainties associated with climate change.

Our strength comes from the ability of our team to draw on their depth of experience managing climate change challenges and identifying potential opportunities. The team at Climate Planning use climate change and oil vulnerability to revisit sustainability and create tangible solutions to complex problems. Climate Planning prides itself on its systems thinking and ability to provide world leading climate change advice.

The effects of climate change present a range of opportunities and challenges for all elements of human settlements and the systems that support them. Contact Climate Planning to see how we can help you map out an effective and profitable pathway through the paradigm change.

News

1 February 2012 - Climate Planning and Future Ready Relationship Announced

Climate Planning is pleased to announce its strategic alliance with Future Ready Pty Ltd. "Gareth and I have worked together for years and it seemed natural to publically cement these ties" said Donovan Burton, founder of Climate Planning. "Future Ready and Climate Planning have common long term visions, aligned ideologies and a desire to shape the adaptation industry as one that is founded on current science and utilises systems thinking.”

Gareth Johnston, Director Strategic Consulting for Future Ready added "I'm delighted to be extending our mutual reach both geographically and in service provision through this alliance. We've great complementarity and our previous working experience can be built on with the benefits of added experience. Future Ready have been very successful in developing sustainability leadership in government and industry and we hope to add more depth to our adaptation work through Climate Planning's expertise."

Donovan can be contacted on 0435 041 385 and Gareth at 0433 108 391 (see www.futureready.co)

UNICEF Children’s Vulnerability to Climate Change and Disaster Impacts in East Asia and the Pacific

"This report provides an overview of the climate change trends and potential impacts on children in East Asia and the Pacific that appeared in studies covering five countries that were commissioned by the United Nations Children’s Fund. The country studies highlight children’s specific vulnerability to climate change that needs to be taken into
account in policy development."

Climate Planning undertook the Pacific research component, focussing on Kiribati and Vanuatu. The technical report and advocacy paper will be published shortly.

Click on the image to download the report from the UNICEF site.

4th June - Pacific Field Research Component Completed for UNICEF Project

The field research component of the UNICEF climate change project has been completed. The Climate Planning team have returned from Vanuatu and Kiribati where they have successfully undertaken qualitative interviews with policy writers and relevant NGOs. The team also facilitated a range of children's workshops.

26 April 2011 - Climate Planning Awarded UNICEF Project in the Pacific

Climate Planning is pleased to announce that it has commenced a project for UNICEF in the Pacific exploring the impacts of climate change on children. The project will be investigating how the projected impacts of climate change, as well as anticipated adaptation strategies, may affect children (with a focus on health and cultural continuation). Donovan Burton is leading the project and is working with Johanna Mustelin (a Griffith University PhD candidate) and Dr Peter Urich (from CLIMsystems). The project will focus on Vanuatu and Kiribati, with Donovan and Johanna visiting the small island states in May 2011. CLIMsystems will be providing climate change projections for Vanuatu and Kiribati.

February 2011 - Queensland Flood Commission Commences

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has established a Commission of Inquiry to examine the recent flood disaster. The Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry has the powers of a Royal Commission and is now accepting public submissions from across Queensland.

As stated on the Commission's website "written submissions relating to issues of flood preparedness relevant to next summer’s wet season (particularly dam operations, early warning systems and responses) are to be received by the Commission by 5.00pm, 11 March 2011. Submissions addressing any other matters in the Inquiry’s terms of reference are to be received by the Commission by 5.00pm, 4 April 2011."

for more information see http://www.floodcommission.qld.gov.au/