Climate Projections

The Co-Ordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment

The vision of the CORDEX program is to enhance and coordinate the science and application of regional climate downscaling through global partnerships.
The program is sponsored by the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) to organise an internationally coordinated framework to produce improved regional climate change projections for all land regions world-wide. The CORDEX-results will serve as input for climate change impact and adaptation studies.

Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6

The WCRP Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, Phase 6 (CMIP6), is a global climate model intercomparison project, coordinated by PCMDI (Program For Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison) on behalf of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) providing input for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report (AR6).

The CMIP6 archive is managed via the Earth System Grid Federation, a globally distributed archive, with various portals delivering advanced faceted search capabilities provided from a number of participating organisations.

UK Climate Projections

Convection permitting climate model projections produced as part of the UK Climate Projection 2018 (UKCP18) project. The data produced by the Met Office Hadley Centre provides information on changes in climate for the UK from 1980 until 2080, downscaled to a high resolution (2.2km) on a 5km grid, helping to inform adaptation to a changing climate.

The projections cover the UK and three time-slices (1981-2000, 2021-2040 and 2061-2080), for a high emissions scenario, RCP8.5. Each projection provides an example of climate variability in a changing climate, which is consistent across climate variables at different times and spatial locations.