Trends in the Tweed's climate have been assessed and a summary provided below based on historical local weather data:
Read the consultant's full report(PDF, 4MB).
The Tweed's wildlife, waterways, coastlines, utilities, infrastructure, businesses and communities are vulnerable to climate events.
Present-day climate trends and future projections have been calculated using NSW Government data sources and CSIRO reports:
Read more in the consultant's full report(PDF, 4MB).
Find out more about climate change projections for the North Coast.
A joint climate risk analysis with Byron Shire Council in 2009 outlined key risks and adaptation actions:
- the introduction or proliferation of exotic plant, animal and insect species
- loss of biodiversity
- habitat displacement
- increased flood level and frequency
- higher evaporation and longer drought
- effect on freshwater supply
- coastal erosion
- impacts on coastal development
- decline in the local economy
- increased bushfire events
Check out the Preparing for Change section below for information about how Council is responding to these risks.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2018 Special Report on the impact of global warming advocates for reducing global CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions by 45% from 2010 by 2030.
To do this would 'require rapid and far-reaching transitions in energy, land, urban and infrastructure (including transport and buildings), and industrial systems. These systems transitions are unprecedented in terms of scale, but not necessarily in terms of speed, and imply deep emissions reductions in all sectors, a wide portfolio of mitigation options and a significant up-scaling of investments in those options'.