Mapping tool not a legal safeguard for councils

摘要

Australia's councils have been cautioned against considering a new national sea-level rise mapping system to be a safeguard against potential legal action brought by coastal developers who have development applications rejected on the basis of climate change.rnThe National Coastal Landform and Stability Mapping Tool, recently launched by the Federal Government, maps the coastal landform of Australia's entire coastline and can identify vulnerable areas to erosion under a changing climate.