Climate Change in Australia
Climate information, projections, tools and data
Data AvailabilityThree types of projections data representing a range of climate variables are available through this website:Projected climate changes (relative to the reference period 1986–2005), based on CMIP5 Global Climate Models (GCMs) jud...
Australian climate futures Australian Climate Futures is a flexible, multi-purpose decision-support tool to assist understanding and application of climate change projections for impact assessment and adaptation planning. It provides a unique way...
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New South Wales' and ACT's changing climateNSW and ACT are already experiencing the impacts of climate change, which vary across the region. The climate of NSW and ACT is projected to continue to change into the future.Climate change projections ...
Introduction to Application-ready DataData that relate to a particular location and have a format similar to historical data (including natural variability)Certain applications need more than general information about projected changes in the cl...
Scaling MethodsDetailed explanation of the mean and quantile-quantile scaling methods used This page summarises the ‘delta change’ or ‘change factor’ scaling methods used to create application-ready data. Either a mean scaling or quantile-quanti...
Module 4: The Climate Futures FrameworkThis module describes the conceptual basis of the Climate Futures Framework and briefly describes the three tools that comprise the Climate Futures Suite of tools. Climate Projections for Impact AssessmentA...
About ESCI Background The Risk from Climate Change The ESCI Climate Risk Framework Who Was Involved? Project LimitationsDownloadsBackgroundThe Electricity Sector Climate Information (ESCI) project was initiated in response to the Independent revi...
News & Updates Current Downtime Notices (2) or Bugs (3) Scheduled downtime:The following tools are currently unavailable:Time Series ExplorerClimate Futures Multiple Matrices Tool (note that the Climate Futures Detailed Projections Tool will...
ReferencesBureau of Meteorology and CSIRO (2024). State of the Climate 2024. ISBN: 978-1-4863-2124-7Cowtan, K., & Way, R.G. (2014). Coverage bias in the HadCRUT4 temperature series and its impact on recent temperature trends. Quarterly Journ...