Welcome to AdaptNSW

High school students from across Western Sydney and the Central Coast gathered at Powerhouse Castle Hill for the Future Leaders Forum to explore climate leadership. Presented in collaboration with the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, the forum brought together students to connect and voice new perspectives on climate change and its impacts.

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

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.

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. 

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. 

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.

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.