Reports

Enterprise Suitability Mapping and Tasmania’s wine sector

April 7, 2025

Over more than a decade, the Tasmanian Government has worked closely with industry to support climate-smart agriculture. One standout result is the Enterprise Suitability Maps (ESM), which combine soil, climate, and crop data to guide land use decisions. This case study, developed through the NESP Climate Systems Hub, explores how the ESM has supported adaptation in Tasmania’s wine sector—and the broader enabling conditions that make climate information truly useful in practice.

Adapt Land&Sea: End-user engagement report

April 2, 2025

The end-user engagement process for Adapt Land&Sea involved 184 land and sea managers across Australia, identifying key challenges and information needs in climate adaptation. Through workshops and consultations, participants highlighted barriers to implementation, including limited institutional support. Their insights are shaping the platform’s content to provide practical, actionable resources for biodiversity decision-makers.

Delivering tailored climate information for better decision-making

March 31, 2025

This report explores the development of a climate information gateway, aimed at improving access to climate data and supporting decision making for adaptation in Australia.

Regional drought projections for Australia

March 25, 2025

Discover Australia’s regional drought projections, developed to help decision makers better understand drought risks and adapt to a changing climate.

AdaptLog – An Adaptation Catalogue for Conservation

January 7, 2025

AdaptLog is an online, searchable repository of conservation interventions for climate adaptation. AdaptLog includes many instances of novel and transformative approaches to conservation under rapid climate change. By collating these interventions, we hope to facilitate learning between practitioners, and seeding productive collaborations.

Adapt Land&Sea: State-of-play report

October 28, 2024

The report summarises the state of play in online climate adaptation guidance and knowledge available for Australian biodiversity managers.

Strengthening climate change attribution for decision makers

April 22, 2024

The emerging field of extreme event attribution (EEA) allows scientists to establish the causes of extreme weather and the role of climate change in altering…

The Southern Annular Mode and Large-Scale Circulations

December 6, 2023

Understanding large-scale linkages can provide insights into improving our seasonal forecasts and regional projections.   Being uniquely positioned, Australia’s climate is influenced by the Pacific, Indian…

Storylines of the Pilbara: applying a storyline approach

October 3, 2023

The storyline approach uses narratives to explore the implications of climate change on particular decisions. Storylines can help distil the overwhelming amount of information available…

Co-design guide

October 3, 2023

 Through co-design, the Climate Systems Hub is delivering projects that bring together physical science, ecological knowledge, Indigenous knowledge, adaptation practice, place-based knowledge, and policy directed…