Welcome to AdaptNSW

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How you can adapt

NSW Climate Projections

NARCliM is the NSW Government’s trusted source for regional climate projections data and associated information for NSW.

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NSW Climate Change Adaptation Strategy

The NSW Climate Change Adaptation Strategy provides a framework that will strengthen and expand action to adapt to climate change now and over the long term.

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NARCliM2.0 is now live.

For over a decade, the NSW and Australian Regional Climate Modelling (NARCliM) project has provided robust climate change projections to support government, business and communities to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

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AdaptNSW 2024 Forum

The AdaptNSW 2023 Forum was held at the Roundhouse at UNSW, Sydney on 29 - 30 October 2024.

News and events

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20 Mar 2025
Climate Action Week Sydney 2025
Climate modelling Communities

The NSW Government hosts three events for Climate Action Week Sydney in March 2025

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17 Dec 2024
Greater heat resilience for Greater Sydney
Heat Metropolitan Sydney Health and wellbeing Local government

Climate change is driving more frequent and intense heatwaves in NSW, posing risks to health, infrastructure, and the environment. The Greater Sydney Heat Smart City Plan aims to enhance heat resilience through collaborative efforts and adaptive strategies, ensuring a safer, cooler future for Sydney.

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Past event
29 Oct 2024

AdaptNSW Forum 2024 was held 29 - 30 Oct 2024 at Roundhouse, UNSW

Stories and case studies

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30 May 2023
Building transport resilience across NSW
NSW/ Statewide Climate modelling State government Local government Business

Climate change creates a significant risk to infrastructure, people, and the economy. The impacts from climate change, including damaging weather events, has already cost the state an estimated $3.6 billion per year

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04 Apr 2024
Building climate change into routine planning for Orange
Climate modelling Central West and Orana Local government

NSW councils are building climate risk into their business-as-usual planning and policies for the first time, thanks to products developed using NARCliM’s locally relevant climate modelled data. 

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29 May 2023
Greater climate planning for Greater Cities
Metropolitan Sydney Illawarra North Coast Hunter Climate modelling Local government State government Business

The role of the Greater Cities Commission (GCC) is to coordinate and align the planning that will shape the future of the Six Cities Region. The GCC are using a tool that applies NARCliM regional climate projections to assess the socioeconomic risks of climate change for the region.

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30 May 2023
Telling a high-impact story of climate change data
NSW/ Statewide Climate change causes Climate modelling State government Local government Households Business

Monash University's Climate Change Communication Research Hub applied NARCliM regional climate projections to visualise the projected increase in average summer temperatures across Australia's local government areas.

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