Architecture design for the climate adaptation toolkit workflow

This report documents the state of knowledge of the secondary, or indirect, impacts of climate change and prioritises topics for investigation in the MD-WERP climate adaption theme.

Science and research

MD-WERP theme	Climate adaptation
MD-WERP theme 1 project	Climate adaptation toolkit
Research lead	Centre for Regional and Rural Futures, Deakin University, CSIRO
Authors	Galen Holt, Georgia K. Dwyer, David Robertson, Joel Bailey, Martin Job, Lara Palmer and Rebecca Lester
Author contact details	Rebecca Lester David Robertson
Date of publication	March 2022
Report full title	Architecture design for the climate adaptation toolkit workflow
Keywords	Murray–Darling Basin; climate change; toolkit; water management; hydrology; hydrological modelling; catchment scales; community involvement; first nations participation; adaptive management; uncertainty; integration; scenario assessments; environmental outcomes; social; cultural; economic; causal networks
Summary of output	The impacts of climate change will affect the social, economic, environmental and cultural values of the Murray–Darling Basin. Some elements will be more vulnerable to climate change than others. This report proposes a structure for a new climate adaptation toolkit, HydroBOT, which is designed to enable end-users to choose future climate scenarios, identify possible adaptation options and then model the flows associated with those scenarios. These would then be able to be used to understand the resultant response of identified values (e.g. environmental, economic). This report outlines the architecture underpinning HydroBot.
Key findings / recommendations	Learnings included the potential challenges associated with attempting to incorporate disparate models and approaches in the same toolkit, the disparity in assessment approaches among the various themes (i.e. with environmental assessment more developed than that for other values and assets) and the complexities of attempting to scale and aggregate responses in space, time and across objectives. A structure for HydroBOT is proposed for further development.
Target audience	Water managers, researchers and water and environmental consultants

Report
Publication title	Published	File type	File size
Architecture design for the climate adaptation toolkit workflow	24 Mar 2022	PDF	1.40 MB

Published date: 19 May 2025