Fact Sheets

Keyword

Year

Projects

Will extreme wind events be more damaging in the future?

September 9, 2024

We often hear that as the world warms, extreme weather events will increase in frequency and/or intensity. But it’s hard to say how extreme wind events will change. This doesn’t make it easy for decision-makers considering the risks of extreme wind, so our researchers are working hard to provide useful insights to help.

ACCESS: Australia’s climate and earth system model

September 6, 2024

The data ACCESS provides can be used to predict climate and environmental changes, and to inform considerations of climate risk, mitigation pathways, carbon management, adaptation policy, and decision-making for Australia.

Will extreme rainfall events become more intense in the future?

August 26, 2024

Will extreme rainfall events become more intense in the future? Climate scientists expect extreme rainfall events to become more intense as the world warms, increasing the risk to many Australian communities already affected by flash flooding. Our researcher are finding out more about the risks of extreme rainfall that we are likely to experience.

What are adaptation frameworks?

June 4, 2024

Adaptation frameworks provide processes for making decisions about whether, how and when to take action to adapt to climate change risks. There are many different examples…

What is adaptation?

June 4, 2024

Adaptation is how we adjust or do things differently to make it safer, and easier to live with our changing climate. Adaptation can be ecological,…

Developing a simple fire-weather index

April 16, 2024

Emergency fire services have a lot of information and modelling to help predict and manage fire. But how can they anticipate and respond quickly when…

Australian Carbon Budget

April 8, 2024

A comprehensive assessment of Australia’s carbon sources and sinks The Climate Systems Hub has assessed Australia’s natural and human-induced carbon fluxes for the period 2010…