ABCB |
Australian Building Codes Board |
ABR |
Australian Business Roundtable |
ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
ACCA |
Australian Coastal Councils Association |
ACCARNSI |
Australian Climate Change Adaptation Research Network
for Settlements and Infrastructure |
ACCC |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
ACCU |
Australian Carbon Credit Unit |
ALGA |
Australian Local Government Association |
AMA |
Australian Medical Association |
APEEL |
Australian Panel of Experts on Environmental Law |
ARC |
Australian Research Council |
ARR |
Australian Rainfall and Runoff Guidelines |
ASBEC |
Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council |
BASIX |
Building Sustainability Index |
Breakthrough |
Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration |
CBD |
Central Business District |
C-FAST |
City based Flood Adaptation Solutions Tool |
COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
CRISP |
Climate Risk Information and Services Platform |
CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organisation |
DEA |
Doctors for the Environment Australia |
DI |
Discomfort Index |
EAGA |
Eastern Alliance for Greenhouse Action |
EIANZ |
Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand |
EPA |
Environment Protection Authority |
EPBC Act |
Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) |
EUA |
Environmental Upgrade Agreement |
FFDI |
Forest Fire Danger Index |
Finkel Review |
Independent Review into the Future Security of the
National Electricity Market, chaired by Dr Alan Finkel AO (2017) |
FMA |
Floodplain Management Australia |
GBRMPA |
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
HIA |
Housing Industry Association |
IGCC |
Investor Group on Climate Change |
IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
LGAQ |
Local Government Association of Queensland |
MWh |
Megawatt hour |
NABERS |
National Australian Built Environment Rating System |
NAGA |
Northern Alliance for Greenhouse Action |
NatHERS |
Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme |
NCC |
National Construction Code |
NCCARF |
National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility |
NDRRA |
Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements |
NEM |
National Electricity Market |
NEXIS |
National Exposure Information System |
NIBA |
National Insurance Brokers Association of Australia |
PACE |
Property Assessed Clean Energy |
PC |
Productivity Commission |
PV |
Photovoltaic |
QTIC |
Queensland Tourism Industry Council |
RCP |
Representative Concentration Pathway |
RDA South West |
Regional Development Australia – South West |
SECCCA |
South East Councils Climate Change Alliance |
TCAP |
Tasmanian Coastal Adaptation Pathways |
TCRM |
Tropical Cyclone Risk Model |
UHI |
Urban heat island |
UK |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
UNSW |
University of New South Wales |
US |
United States of America |
WALGA |
Western Australian Local Government Association |
WBGT |
WetBulb Globe Temperature |
WSAA |
Water Services Association of Australia |