CSIRO Technical Reports: The Effects of Climate Change on Extreme Sea Levels in Port Phillip Bay and the Victorian Coast.

These reports provide a technical analysis of extreme sea levels in Victoria under a range of climate change scenarios. Extreme sea levels include the impacts of storm surges, high tides, and sea level rise. This information will be useful as an input into strategic planning processes and to give an indication of where more detailed studies may be needed. The report does not define areas where development should or should not go ahead.

CSIRO Report Report - Port Phillip Bay (PDF - 1.2MB)

Fact Sheet - Climate change and extreme sea levels in Port Phillip Bay (PDF - 556 KB)

CSIRO Report - Victorian Coast (PDF - 1.5 MB)

Fact Sheet - Climate change and extreme sea levels along Victoria's coast (PDF 1.5MB)

The following Q&As also provide information about the CSIRO Technical Reports and how the information should be used.

CSIRO questions and answers (PDF - 14 KB)

Workshop Summary September 2009 (PDF - 95 KB)

Planning for coastal climate change - an insight into international and national approaches, has been prepared by Barbara Norman, RMIT, for the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development as part of the Future Coasts Program. The report outlines national and international approaches to addressing the issue of coastal climate change. The information contained within this report provides a high level overview which aims to assist the development of current projects, as well as learning and consideration of alternative approaches. It will be used to inform the Victorian Government’s investigations in the development of coastal adaptation measures, as part of the Future Coasts Program and the Minister for Planning’s Coastal Climate Change Advisory Committee.

Planning for coastal climate change 2009 (PDF - 722 KB)

Fact Sheet: Overview of the Future Coasts Program.

Overview of the Future Coasts Program (PDF - 520 KB)

Victorian Coastal Hazard Guide

The Future Coasts Program is working to develop the “Victorian Coastal Hazard Guide”.  The Guide will replace work which was underway to produce the “Victorian Coastal Climate Change Hazard Guideline” (VCCCHG).  The goal of the Guide is to support decision makers and stakeholders in understanding a range of existing coastal hazards such as inundation and erosion and the implication that climate change may have on these hazards. The Guide is expected to be completed in 2012.

The following websites provide information on projects that relate to the Future Coasts Program.

·  The Victorian Coastal Strategy 2008 - Victorian Coastal Council

·  Department of Sustainability and Environment - Coasts and Marine

·  OzCoasts - Australian Online Coastal Information

·  National Coastal Risk Assessment – Australian Government Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency

·  Climate Change, Sea Level Rise and Coastal Subsidence along the Gippsland Coast - Gippsland Coastal Board

·  Integrated Assessments of Climate Change on Settlements in the Western Port Region - Westernport Greenhouse Alliance (WPGA)

·  Details of coastal planning initiatives undertaken by the Department of Planning and Community Development - Coastal Planning in Victoria

·  Lakes Entrance Flood Visualisation - this modelling work was undertaken by Peter Wheeler at Monash University

·  Loch Sport Flood Visualisation - this modelling work was undertaken by Peter Wheeler at Monash University, with funding support from the Gippsland Coastal Board and West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority.