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Published on: 08 Mar 2022
How evidence is helping Blacktown City Council beat the heat
As heat causes major headaches in Western Sydney, Blacktown City Council commissioned the University of New South Wales to investigate cooling strateg...
Metropolitan Sydney
Built environment
Communities
Heat
Thermal imaging of Blacktown Mt Druitt project
Published on: 03 Mar 2022
Adapting households for climate change
Beyond Zero Emissions have formed a partnership with HunterJO to help communities cool their homes to battle heatwaves – Australia’s deadliest natural...
NSW/ Statewide
Hunter
Built environment
Households
Heat
Back of a house with a large shade cloth
Published on: 02 Mar 2022
Link Wentworth - Shelter Don't Swelter
Link Wentworth’s ‘Shelter, Don’t Swelter!’ campaign is helping social housing residents in Western Sydney to stay cool on even the hottest days.
NSW/ Statewide
Built environment
Households
Heat
Wentworth Shelter dont Swelter participants
Published on: 01 Sep 2021
Drought podcast
Regional areas of NSW are sharing drought knowledge and experiences to prepare for the future, including a using recycled sewage water on roads.
New England and North West
Agriculture
Local government
Drought
Drought landscape showing a low water level river in the middle with trees on both sides
Published on: 14 Aug 2021
Sydney Metro: climate resilient rail
Learn how Australia’s biggest urban rail investment, Sydney Metro, is being built to last a century by considering climate change in its design.
Metropolitan Sydney
Built environment
State government
Storms
View of a newly built train station with train on the left side of the image and people on the platform
Published on: 13 Aug 2021
Managing flood risk in a changing climate
The Hawkesbury–Nepean Valley is managing flood risk by considering climate change impacts with input from local councils, businesses and the community...
Metropolitan Sydney
Built environment
Local government
Flood
Close up of two signs saying 'water over road' and 'road closed' partially covered by flood water on a road
Published on: 16 Jun 2021
Advocating adaptation in agriculture
Find out how life in on a farm in Broken Hill led to an understanding of how climate change is related to the food we eat.
Far West
Agriculture
Communities
Land and water management
Households
Drought
Portrait of a young woman with a hat with dry land and few trees in the background
Published on: 15 Jun 2021
CoastSnap
Learn how a citizen science program uses smartphone photographs from beach-goers to monitor changes in NSW coastlines over time.
NSW/ Statewide
Natural environment
Communities
Land and water management
Sea level rise
A beach and river entrance on a cloudy day with a red line showing the current shoreline location and a blue line showing the previous shoreline location
Published on: 15 Jun 2021
How a winery is tackling climate change
Find out how De Bortoli Wines is reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, operating more sustainably, and saving hundreds of thousands of dollars each y...
Riverina Murray
Agriculture
Business
Heat
Oblique aerial image showing a large wine making facility covered in rooftop solar