New Urban Development Program to Promote Ecologically Sustainable and Economically Viable Cities
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22228642~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html

Helping the regions prepare for climate change
Greg Combet, the Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change, today awarded $874,000 to seven projects to help councils in regional and remote areas of Australia plan for climate change.

Mr Combet said that the projects covered 30 local council areas and would help increase understanding of the impacts of climate change from the Northern Territory's Top End to the Hunter coast in New South Wales.

Climate change law

Climate change law for planners, developers, local government and greenies: a quick stock take and some ideas for the future
Philippa England / Urban Research Centre, Griffith University
This paper describes some of the main achievements to date by Australian institutions in addressing climate change and proposes a principled framework through which these and other relevant ideas, initiatives, policies and measures may be organised and rationalised. Posted 08-08-2008