Climate Change Research Centre

We raise awareness by researching the impacts and risks of climate change to create a better climate future.

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UNSW CCRC is a multi-disciplinary research centre comprising one of the largest university research facilities of its kind in Australia, administered within the School of BEES in the Faculty of Science.

CCRC houses research expertise in the key areas of Earth's climate: atmospheric, oceanic and terrestrial processes. We apply basic scientific principles to pressing questions on climate dynamics, global climate change, and extremes of weather and climate.

View our Climate Change Research Centre Strategic Plan 2022-26

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Vision statement

The CCRC is a world-leading research centre in physical and biogeochemical climate science, and educates the Australian and global community about risks associated with climate variability and change.

Recent research

Less than 4% of dryland areas are projected to desertify despite increased

Less than 4% of drylands will desertify due to climate change, although the Aridity Index indicates a drier future

Linking physical climate risk with mandatory business risk disclosure requi

We examine the viability of disclosing risks to climate extremes by single companies and show that at the level of an individual business reliable risk disclose is unlikely to be possible.

Higher-resolution projections needed for small island climates

This paper highlights the need for high resolution (km scale) projections to understand the climate change impacts on islands beyond just sea level rise.

Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, the urban oasis of Hyde Park

Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, the urban oasis of Hyde Park

How do climate scientists maintain their hope in a warming world?

Nature Communications

Bianca Hall

Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC)

Mother of pearl clouds (nacreous clouds), Polar Stratospheric Clouds. These clouds indicate global warming

Mother of pearl clouds (nacreous clouds), Polar Stratospheric Clouds. These clouds indicate global warming

East Antarctic warming forced by ice loss during the Last Interglacial

Nature Communications

David Hutchinson

David Hutchinson

Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC)

Aerial view of a large iceberg floating near an ice shelf under grey skies 0

Aerial view of a large iceberg floating near an ice shelf under grey skies 0

Last Interglacial subsurface warming on the Antarctic shelf triggered by reduced deep-ocean convection

Nature Communications

Nicholas Yeung

Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC)

Southern Brazil

Southern Brazil

Zonal Wavenumber 3 Forces Extreme Precipitation in South America

Journal of Climate

Valentina Ortiz Guzman

Valentina Ortiz Guzman

Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC)

Volcanic Eruption

Volcanic Eruption

Long-Term Climate Impacts of Large Stratospheric Water Vapor Perturbations

Journal of Climate

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Martin Jucker

Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC)

Dry cracked land with dead tree and sky in background a concept of global warming

Dry cracked land with dead tree and sky in background a concept of global warming

Changes in moisture sources contributed to the onset and development of the 2017-2019 southeast Australian drought

Weather and Climate Extremes

Andrea Taschetto

Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC)

Challenges, limitations and risks associated with climate-related physical risk disclosure

Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC)

Contact us

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Climate Change Research Centre
Level 4, Mathews Building
The University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052

Phone: +61 2 9385 9766
Email: ccrc@unsw.edu.au