| Climate change poses an urgent threat to Australia and the world. Understanding the climate system and how it is changing now and in the future will enable us to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while preparing for the unavoidable impacts of climate change on our health, infrastructure, environment and economy. A comprehensive response to climate change requires three broad areas of action and research: - understanding and projecting the earth’s climate system
- reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- preparing for climate impacts that are now unavoidable.
CSIRO is responding to the climate change challenge.
As Australia’s largest research organisation, CSIRO is delivering the full spectrum of research required for Australia to respond to and plan for climate change. Our research addresses three main areas: |