We are updating Victoria's Future Climate Tool (VCFT) and want your input.

Go to Engage Victoria to have your say on what you think about the current tool. Your input will help ensure the updated tool is fit for purpose and provides an intuitive user experience that meets your needs.

DEECA is also seeking volunteers to user-test the tool as it is being updated – you can submit an expression of interest (EOI) at Engage Victoria.

Register here to attend a webinar on Thursday 15 August at 11am. Surveys, submissions and EOIs close on Friday 6 September 2024.

Victoria's climate has changed in recent decades, becoming warmer and drier. These changes are expected to continue. Understanding what Victoria's climate may be like in the future, will help us to plan and adapt.

Victoria's Future Climate Tool provides access to the most recent climate model simulations of Victoria's future climate and indicators of climate-related hazards for both high and medium emissions. The tool is interactive, allowing you to view future climate information (including temperature, rainfall and heatwaves) as maps and charts for your local region and also enables you export climate data for use in your own spatial tools.

The tool will be useful for:

• Risk practitioners
• Environmental/sustainability officers
• Strategic planners
• Geospatial information system (GIS) users
• Specialists managing programs, services and infrastructure

To explore different climate layers and scenarios for your area of interest, select from the Project Layers categories listed on the right-hand side of the screen. For help using the tool and to bring up the toolbar descriptions select the button. For more information about each of the layers select the button to the right of the layer heading. For advice on understanding the layers and outputs click the symbol. At the bottom of each of the selected layer options there is an opacity slide which will allow you to fade each layer to see through to the layer underneath. At the bottom of the layer panel you can choose to change the Map Base Layer to street or satellite view.

Please send any queries to climate.science@delwp.vic.gov.au

Toolbar buttons (top right)

	Brings up a chart of the data selected and allows export of data table. This will be disabled if no Climate/Hazard layer is selected.
	Displays data values for any point under the cursor
	Creates a picture (.png) file of the map on the screen
	Creates a pdf report of the data displayed. This will be disabled if no Climate/Hazard layer is selected.
	Displays export options on the right-hand side of the screen
	Controls the layers display panel
	Share the current climate map view URL with others
	Shows the information side panel which includes this information and further support for using the tool
	Shows the help side panel providing help to understand the layers and outputs

Disclaimer:
The State of Victoria and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation each advise that Victoria's Future Climate Tool comprises general information based on scientific research. It also includes publicly available data from other sources including the Victorian Government and the Bureau of Meteorology. The information and material made available through the Tool is not advice – it may be incomplete, contain inaccuracies, or may be unable to be used in any specific situation. As a result, the Tool, and the information and material made available through it, should not be used in isolation. No reliance should be made or actions taken based on Tool, or the information and material made available through the Tool, without seeking appropriate, prior, expert, professional, scientific or technical advice. To the extent permitted by law, the State of Victoria and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (including their employees and consultants) each exclude all liability to any person for any consequences, including but not limited to all losses, damages, costs, expenses and any other compensation, arising directly or indirectly from using the Tool (in part or in whole) and any information or material made available through it.

The future climate data displayed is from the Victorian Climate Projections 2019.

For more information see the Victorian Climate Projections 2019 technical report.