Information for students
(Photo Courtesy of Illawarra Environmental Education Centre)
It is important to know the difference between weather and climate and how we measure and understand long term changes. These resources can aid this understanding.
The Climate System and Weather
Understand Climate Change - Adapt NSW
Our Weather and Climate and Australian Climate Influences – Bureau of Meteorology
NSW weather and climate, see the Bureau of Meteorology
How the major climate drivers affect NSW, see Climate Kelpie
Climate Is Always Changing. How Do We Determine the Causes of Observed Changes? A report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC).
Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX)
International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis
IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change
IPCC Special Report: Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation
IPCC 2007: Expert Meeting Report: Towards New Scenarios – Technical Summary
The Carbon Cycle and emissions
The Carbon Cycle, NASA
Recent greenhouse gas levels by the US Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Climate Kids, NASA
Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Greenhouse Gas Inventory and the Australian Greenhouse Emissions Information System
State and Territory Greenhouse Gas Inventories
Adaptation to climate change (Australia)
The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF)
The NSW Adaptation Research Hub
Demonstration Designs for Urban Green Cover in Western Sydney (2011)
202020 vision A partnership of organisations aiming to increase urban green space by 20 per cent before 2020.
Leading land-use case studies by local government
