The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CLEX) is primarily funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC). It brings together five Australian universities and a suite of outstanding national and international Partner Organisations. The establishment of the Centre – the first of its kind globally – marks a shift from investigating climate averages to a specific focus on the process-level understanding that explains the behaviour of climate extremes that directly affect Australian natural and economic systems. With this increased evidence-based understanding as our foundation, the Centre will improve our capability to predict climate extremes with the goal of reducing our national vulnerability.
Visit our main site at climateextremes.org.au for more information on our research programs and who we are.