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The Projected Impact Of Rising Sea Levels On Real Property Right: An Australian Evaluation, John Sheehan, Lynne Armitage

Lynne Armitage

The predicted rise in sea level and associated increasing storm action over the next half century is colliding with settled property law for tidal properties much of which is held on the Australian coast in private ownership. Faster change to the climate is reported with more serious risk than anticipated, with implications for sea level rise now expected at the upper end of projections by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of around 0.8m by 2100 along the Australian coastline.

In response to the threat of sea level rise, the six Australian States have attempted to provide information to …