Another thread here gives a set of links to the IPPC Fourth Assessment Reports published thus far.
The "interesting" one, is the "Committee IV" report that ties all the other ones together and outlines what can be done. Thus far, the only thing "out" from Committee IV is a draft "Summary for Policy Makers" although the final SPM should be available soon. The "Tech Section" from Committee IV has not appeared.
These reports are massive1, and "it ain't easy" getting through them; but the Part IV SPM (draft) does make some pretty optimistic projections about what might be done, if the politicians could all get together:
From draft SPM Table SPM.2 Australia and New Zealand • By 2020, significant loss of biodiversity is projected to occur in some ecologically rich sites including the Great Barrier Reef and Queensland Wet Tropics; • By 2030, water security problems are projected to intensify in southern and eastern Australia and, in New Zealand, in Northland and some eastern regions; • By 2030, production from agriculture and forestry is projected to decline over much of southern and eastern Australia, and over parts of eastern New Zealand, due to increased drought and fire. However, in New Zealand, initial benefits are projected in some other regions.; • By 2050, ongoing coastal development and population growth in some areas of Australia and New Zealand are projected to exacerbate risks from sea level rise and increases in the severity and frequency of storms and coastal flooding.
Hey folks - it looks like they get of pretty easy compared to a few places. No reason to panic.
1 While I do have a really slow connection, it took me most of three days to download the reports available thus far (about 362 MB so far). No individual "chapters" exceed about 20MB, and most are quite a bit smaller. Pick and choose what might be of interest, and only download the whole thing if you think this might be a problem next week - or later.