1. Climate Change & Risk Assessment
Robert Kay, Principal Consultant
Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Pty Ltd

2. Introduction The Risk Assessment Framework The components of Risk
Timing of the Future Proofing Project
What you will get (and what you won’t get) from the Project

3. Climate Change Risk Assessment Framework
Australian and New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 4360 Risk Management
Adopted by Australian government for climate change risk assessment in 2006
LAPP “should align with that outlined in the Climate Change Impacts & Risk Management: A Guide for Business and Government”

5. Climate Change Impacts & Risk
Link between climate change and risk
Risk should be a risk ‘on something’ such as LGA operations
e.g.
Higher costs to Council
Lower rate base

6. Steps in the Risk Assessment
AGO Guidelines.
Can be downloaded from:

7. Detailed Steps AGO Guidelines.
Can be downloaded from:

8. Risk Priority Levels
This is the Risk Matrix!

9. Risk Workshop Process
Risk evaluation – review against risk categories:
Extreme priority risks demand urgent attention at the most senior level and can not be simply accepted as a part of routine operations without executive sanction.
High priority risks are the most severe that can be accepted as a part of routine operations without executive sanction but they will be the responsibility of the most senior operational management.
Medium priority risks can be expected to form part of routine operations but they will be explicitly assigned to relevant managers for action and maintained under review.
Low priority risks will be maintained under review but it is expected that existing controls will be sufficient.

10. Risk Workshops Two key workshops for Council Staff:
Risk Assessment Workshop – tomorrow!
Adaptation Workshop – Friday 13th February
+ homework
Complete the Risk Assessment & Adaptation Planning process
Please support your Council’s staff with this process
Ie. What you put in is what you get out.

11. What you will get You will get a Regional strategic-level:
Climate Change Risk Assessment
Climate Change Adaptation Plan
Structured first assessment of the issue across the region
Allows critical risks to be identified early
Allows early adaptation actions to be adopted
Sets priorities and directions for future work (including by others)
Ie. What you put in is what you get out.

12. What you won’t get A detailed and site specific:
Climate Change Risk Assessment
Climate Change Adaptation Plan
Won’t get, for example (made up!):
Increase the capacity of street drainage in the City of Belmont by 10% by the year 2070
Ensure council’s Swan foreshore assets are 35m back from the river by 2050
Ie. What you put in is what you get out.

13. Summary Applies a simple & rigorous approach
Does not require significant data inputs
Can be completed cost effectively
Enables:
Systematic prioritisation of risks
Biases to be explored
Information constraints and gaps to be identified
Clear focus and rationale for secondary assessments
Regional view & building of skills
Ie. What you put in is what you get out. 13

14. Thanks