The Regional NRM Planning for Climate Change program was established to support all regional NRM organisations to update their existing NRM plans to take into account climate change. Here, we present research undertaken through the engagement activities of AdaptNRM, part of the National research project in this program. This research examined the types and forms of information that NRM groups need to prepare regional plans that include climate change adaptation, as well as the factors that help or hinder their use of this information. The research draws on information gathered through a range of consultation activities, including an online/web-based forum, which facilitated interaction and discussion between NRM groups around these issues. Our findings suggest that climate change adaptation information should be accessible (both in terms of ease of access and easy to understand), practical and relevant to the NRM planning task (preferably with links to examples at a regional scale), with clear guidance on practice (how the information can be best incorporated into NRM planning). Difficulties mentioned by NRM groups in incorporating climate change information included: lack of resources and technical expertise; uncertainty, misunderstanding and scepticism about climate change, especially among stakeholder communities; lack of drivers in the form of government or stakeholder community expectations; and mismatch in the timeframes, spatial scale and level of detail required for NRM planning as opposed to climate change adaptation planning. Overall, these findings suggest the development and/or provision of relevant information needs to be undertaken in close consultation with end-users.