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• Tasmania issues new energy strategy
  
• Savanna projects lose out in first ERF auction
  
• SA urges Abbott to adopt 19% target for 2020
  
• SA Opposition wavers on 'building upgrade' finance bill

Sydney Airport's inaugural sustainability report says it will conduct a climate variability assessment this year, while Newcrest's latest report says it has 'far exceeded' regulatory requirements at its Telfer mine.

In everything from financing and tendering through to asset maintenance, companies and governments are increasingly factoring in climate resilience, says AECOM's climate adaptation global leader Michael Nolan.

Governments should mandate that homes be built to cope with the expected impacts of climate change over their design life, according to a new study prepared for the Climate Institute.

Businesses such as BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Shell have already examined what extreme weather means for their operations, says adaptation expert Dr Jason West.

New reports from an Australian group representing funds that manage more than $900 billion warn oil and gas reserves might have to remain unexploited and urge investors to seek climate change risk assessments from owners of large mines.

Australian infrastructure owners are losing interest in assessing their vulnerability to climate change, and ill-equipped local government is bearing much of the burden of managing risks, according to a new Climate Institute Report.

• State schemes still unnecessary if carbon price goes: Coalition
  
• Environmental regulators explore 'proceeds of crime' options
  
• Retrofit payoff: building bought for $7.95m, sold for $12.25m
  
• Australia on track to meet Kyoto emissions commitment
  
• Tasmania urged to prioritise Climate Council tasks

A Gillard Government report released today warns that major regulatory holes and flawed EIA processes mean infrastructure is not designed to withstand climate change, and recommends all levels of government act to fix gaps.

• ACCC approves levy on paint sales to fund recycling trial
  
• NSW council releases sea-level rise policy
  
• Gunns asks Tasmanian EPA to vary pulp mill permit
  
• Time to rebuild public transport infrastructure, ACF says
  
• ESAA urges Garnaut to rethink power sector proposals