Australia has joined a new international coalition to deal with the impacts of climate change.
As one of the first members of the United Nations to join the UN’s Adaptation Action Coalition (AAC) Australia has committed to supporting a commitment to practical climate adaptation strategies that deliver on-ground support for vulnerable communities.
Minister for the Environment, Sussan Ley said Australia’s membership of the AAC built on a commitment to global climate action to help nations in the region support renewable energy deployment and strengthen climate and disaster resilience.
“As the driest inhabited continent on earth, Australians understand the importance of adapting to harsh climatic conditions,” Ms Ley said.
“The AAC is an opportunity to share and showcase Australia’s adaptation expertise that is helping to protect ecosystems and World Heritage properties from a changing climate,” she said.
“This includes our work to protect the Great Barrier Reef through innovative interventions such using naturally warm-adapted corals to enhance the ability of coral reefs to adapt to future conditions.”
Ms Ley said that ahead of November’s COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment was developing a new National Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy to set out a roadmap toward climate resilience.
The AAC was launched by the UK and Egypt at the Climate Adaptation Summit in January of this year and was developed in partnership with Bangladesh, Malawi, the Netherlands, Saint Lucia and the United Nations.
