Climate Systems Hub

Research to advance understanding of Australia’s climate.

About this hub

The Climate Systems Hub is providing research to advance the understanding of Australia’s climate, its extremes and associated drivers, including the fundamental drivers of rainfall, drought and bushfires, and inform climate adaptation solutions for Australia.

NESP funding $38 million
Host organisation CSIRO
Hub leader Dr Simon Marsland
Hub partners
  • Bureau of Meteorology
  • University of New South Wales
  • University of Melbourne
  • Monash University
  • University of Tasmania
  • Australian National University
Hub website Climate System Hub
Approved projects Climate Systems Hub projects

The Climate Systems Hub is:

  • maintaining Australia’s world-class capability in multidisciplinary Earth-system science and modelling
  • advancing understanding of Australia’s climate variability, extremes and associated drivers, including the fundamental drivers of bushfires, drought and rainfall in the Australian region
  • developing applied decision-making tools and information to inform policy and programs to prepare Australia to manage emerging risks and opportunities.

The hub is also driving coordinated research across all 4 new hubs under NESP’s ‘climate adaptation’ cross-cutting initiative to support evidence-based decision-making and improve Australia’s climate resilience.