NARCliM Transport for NSW

NARCliM Transport for NSW Climate Change impacts for the Hunter Region

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00:00Transport is a very big department.

00:08We're responsible for over $200 billion worth of assets in the state,

00:13and that includes our state road networks.

00:16We're responsible for all of the public transport services,

00:19so that's all your bus services, all your train and all your ferry services.

00:26Climate change will be a big impact for transport.

00:31For us to plan for the future and build resilience into our transport systems,

00:36it's important for us to understand how these future extreme weather events

00:40will change under climate change.

00:43When the temperatures are above about 40 degrees,

00:46we need to have slow running on sections of our rail network

00:49to manage the risk of derailment.

00:51NARCLIM is the NSW and Australian regional climate model.

00:55It's the finest resolution climate modelling ever made available

00:59for states and territories in Australia.

01:02NARCLIM data will allow us to plan for those future extreme weather events.

01:06We're planning ahead with an asset life of 80 to 100 plus years,

01:11and we need climate information and climate projections

01:14to help inform how we plan for that.

01:17Designing bridges so that either they stay out of floodwaters

01:21or can come back into service and recover quickly

01:24is all about maintaining connectivity and mobility

01:27for the community and businesses.

01:30NARCLIM provides us with 150 years of continual modelling

01:35of the NSW climate.

01:37That kind of long-term thinking and strategic planning

01:40helps in integrating climate into decision making,

01:43and the NARCLIM projections are an essential input

01:46for all of those climate risk assessments.

01:49Ensuring that our cities are resilient under future climate

01:53means that we have to have the best available information

01:55to help us guide our transport planning.

01:58We're making cutting-edge climate research available to everyone.