Climate Change in Australia
Climate information, projections, tools and data
Case Studies Case Studies OverviewCase Studies Case Study Extreme heat and variable renewable energy Case Study Severe convective winds and transmission Case Study Bushfire risk and transmission routes Case Study Extreme heat and transmission rat...
Planned, draft and published outputs include:Collation of key biophysical data and models suitable for use in the region and development of resources for assessing impacts of climate change on natural resources.A socio-economic vulnerability asse...
Brochures and PostersRegional trend pamphletsWe have produced a series of nine pamphlets to help decision-makers interpret climate trends data at the NRM region scale. There is a guidance pamphlet along with a trend pamphlet for each of the eigh...
ESCI WebinarsAs the ESCI Project progressed, targeted sector-specific webinars were delivered by the Project team as part of the ESCI Webinar Series. Learning & Support / Webinars Modelling the future climate (28/05/2020) John Clarke (CSIRO) ...
Case Study: Water ResourcesCase study description:The hypothetical "City A" is in western Victoria. It currently has adequate water resource security, however if there is an ongoing drop in runoff of 20% or more, major measures would be needed s...
Climate Trends Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are the highest in at least two million years. Global annual mean carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations reached 410 parts per million (ppm) in 2019 and the CO2 equivalent (CO2-e) of all...
Quick Start GuideGlobal warming levels are one of three 'lenses' of thinking about the future climate, also called ‘dimensions of integration’:Emissions pathwaysGlobal warming levelsCumulative carbon emissionsSee Lenses for more.Global warming l...
MethodsHow can we assess Australian climate change at each warming level?For general context, when looking at projections and impact assessments it is possible to use a rough rule of thumb to convert between Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) ...
Data Download FormatsData are available for download in a number of different file formats:NetCDF files: a multi-dimensional file format commonly used in the climate science field..csv files: comma-delimited text files that can be opened directl...
Current warming levelHow far towards the global warming levels are we?We are approaching 1.5 °C warming above pre-industrial temperatures and anticipate moving beyond this level of warming in the next 10 years. We can now only achieve 1.5 °C by...