Abbreviations

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


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