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Climate Futures - CSIRO Impact Modelling

Knowing just how climate change will affect each business and each region is complicated. Tourism Queensland has partnered with the CSIRO to simplify the process.

The Climate Futures project identified the impact of three significant environmental changes to Queensland under a number of internationally agreed scenarios. These were then applied to Queensland tourism businesses through a series of workshops. The environmental storylines and impacts are:

2030 Warmer and drier
2030 Warmer and Wetter
2050 Hotter and much wetter

The climate projections used for this project were temperature and rainfall, as well as wind speed, solar radiation and relative humidity for summer and winter.

Climate Futures Industry Tool - helping Tourism businesses prepare for climate change

Related information

Case Studies
Post Workshop Survey - Preparing the Coastal Queensland Tourism Industry for Climate Change

To find out more about the impacts of climate change, check out the links below or visit the Sustainable Tourism CRC Sustainability Portal - Sustainable Tourism Online

Useful Resources:

Climate Change Impacts on Australian Destinations (STCRC)