edited by Jean Palutikof, National Climate Change Adamptation Research Facility, Griffith University, Australia, Sarah L. Boulter, National Climate Change Adamptation Research Facility, Griffith University, Australia, Andrew J. Ash, CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship, Australia, Mark Stafford Smith, CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship, Australia, Martin Parry, The Grantham Institute for Climate Change and Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, UK, Marie Waschka , National Climate Change Adamptation Research Facility, Griffith University, Australia, Daniela Guitart, National Climate Change Adamptation Research Facility, Griffith University, Australia.