Climate Change in Australia
Climate information, projections, tools and data
Learning and SupportWelcome to the ESCI Learning and Support pages, which provide additional information and materials to help you make sense of the tools and climate data available on the website. You can find here:Climate training: A modular tr...
NRM Regions Map showing the eight clusters of Australia used for the climate change projections The climate change projections presented on this site and discussed in the various associated reports are presented using a unique Australian regional...
Supporting InformationThis interface allows you to explore (and download) the projected changes in eight climate variables for the NRM Clusters and Sub-clusters defined in the Climate Change in Australia Technical and Regional Reports .The ba...
Conducting an impact assessmentClimate change information and data provide an essential input to the impact assessment process. Methods for generating, presenting and selecting data are described in this website, along with information to help us...
modelling and projections Climate models are based on our understanding of the physical and chemical interactions between the atmosphere, land surface, oceans and biosphere that create weather and climate. Using this knowledge computer simulatio...
Planned, draft and published outputs include:Adaptation Planning Framework DocumentClimate Adaptation Resources Inventory (RI)Plain Language Information PackageOpportunities for Carbon PlantingBiodiversity under Multiple FuturesIntegrated Landsca...
Tips for communication about climate change1. Understand the public you wish to communicate withIt is important not to ‘lump’ all audiences together. Different groups have different interests, background understanding, perceptions, attitudes and...
Climate models Future climate changes over the 21st century cannot be simply extrapolated from past climate. Non-linear processes must be taken into account, along with a range of plausible future greenhouse gas and aerosol concentration pathways...
DownscalingGlobal climate models (GCMs) are our best tools for providing climate projections. A climate model is a mathematical representation of the climate system. Mathematical equations are solved on a super-computer at points on a 3-dimensio...
Case Study: BiodiversityCase study description:A hypothetical state and federal government joint initiative is formulating a land management plan for “Region B”, which has a diverse regional climate including a gradient from the coast to mountai...