Climate Change Research Centre Explained

The Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC) is a research initiative established in 2007 at the University of New South Wales. It is the lead node of the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CLEX), and formerly led the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science (ARCCSS) from 2011 to 2018.

History

The CCRC was established in 2007 at the University of New South Wales.^[1] The foundation directors of the CCRC were the Australian Research Council (ARC) Federation Fellow Professor Matthew England, who established the Climate and Environmental Dynamics Laboratory in 2005, and Professor Andrew Pitman, the director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes.

The Centre led the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science from 2011 until its 7-year funding ended on 30 June 2018.^[2]

Organisation and description

The director of the centre is Professor Katrin Meissner.^[3] The CCRC is the University of New South Wales lead node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (2017-2025).^[4]

The centre's research falls into ten broad categories:

• Climate
• Oceanography
• Atmospheric Science
• Ecosystems
• Carbon Cycle
• Terrestrial Processes
• Climate Impacts
• Energy Policy
• Climate Model Evaluation
• Palaeoclimatology

Further reading

• Web site: ARCCSS Legacy Report . Australian Research Council's (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science . 7 November 2018 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Home page . Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC). . no . 9 April 2020.
2. Web site: Australian Research Council's (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science . The Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science . 30 June 2018 . 9 April 2020.
3. Web site: CCRC Team Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC). 2021-12-09. www.ccrc.unsw.edu.au.
4. Web site: CLEX, the Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes. Climate Extremes, ARC Centre of Excellence. Australian Government. Australian Research Council . 29 August 2017 . 9 April 2020.