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The predictability of tropical Pacific decadal variability: Insights from attractor reconstruction

Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC) 4th Floor, Matthews Building, UNSW, Kensington, NSW, Australia

Nandini Ramesh (University of California) The decadal-interdecadal variability of the tropical Pacific region has been shown to have wide-ranging impacts on hydroclimate on multiple continents, the rate of global mean sea surface temperature rise, and marine ecosystems. However, the small number of interdecadal shifts that have occurred during the observed period poses a significant challenge... View Article

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Capital allocation decision making in the face of extreme climate

Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC) 4th Floor, Matthews Building, UNSW, Kensington, NSW, Australia

Speaker: Dr Ryan Springall General Manager, Risk Frontiers UNSW CCRC Seminar Room or zoom from: Monash University – Room 115 ANU – Hales Seminar Room UTas - IMAS Minke room 222 University of Melbourne - Videoconference room 409   Every day, insurance and reinsurance companies and capital markets make decisions on risk and how to... View Article

Recent and ongoing global and regional sea-level change: What, why, and future Implications?

Jaegar 1 Seminar Room Jaegar 1, Mills Rd, ANU, Acton, ACT, Australia

John Church (CCRC/UNSW) Climate change has become one of the most important economic, environmental and social challenges of the 21st century, with sea-level rise a key aspect. Today, the order of 100 million people live within a metre of high tide level, and more people are moving towards the coast in both the developed and... View Article

IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a changing climate: Key findings for ocean and polar regions

Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC) 4th Floor, Matthews Building, UNSW, Kensington, NSW, Australia

Nathaniel Bindoff (UTas / CLEX) In September 2019 the IPCC released its Special Report on the Oceans and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC), which assesses physical processes and impacts of climate change on ocean, coastal, polar and mountain ecosystems. It also assesses consequences for human communities and options for people to adapt to climate-related... View Article

How land surface properties modulate global-scale climate

UNSW Zoom Online, Kensington, NSW, Australia

The large-scale climate plays an important role in controlling the distribution of vegetation on the land surface. However, changes in vegetation can also modulate the large-scale climate system. Vegetation controls many physical properties of the land surface, including albedo, aerodynamic roughness, and how hard it is to evaporate water. Each of these surface properties modulates... View Article

“Why should I bother?” to “Yes, we can!”: Risk, willingness, and cooperation in action on climate change

Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC) 4th Floor, Matthews Building, UNSW, Kensington, NSW, Australia

Ben Newell (UNSW).  A complete policy response to climate change, habitat destruction, plastic pollution, and other Anthropocene challenges requires action by governments, industries, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals. Attempts to drive change at the individual level often confront reactions like “Why should I bother altering my behavior? And if I do change, will my actions make... View Article

Climate change and hydrological risk – a humanitarian engineering perspective

Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC) 4th Floor, Matthews Building, UNSW, Kensington, NSW, Australia

Register here. Location: Climate Change Research Centre, Seminar Room, Mathews Building 4th floor, UNSW, Sydney. Presenter: Dr. Fiona Johnson (Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering - UNSW Sydney). Host: Climate Change Research Centre. Communities across the Global South have adapted to floods, droughts and cyclones over many generations. However anthropogenic climate change... View Article

A tale of two quasi-linear convective systems, their mesoscale structure and moisture sources

Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC) 4th Floor, Matthews Building, UNSW, Kensington, NSW, Australia

Presenter:  Dr. Stacey Hitchcock (CLEX and The University of Melbourne) Host: Climate Change Research Centre Much of the heavy and extreme rainfall in the Melbourne region occurs on days with linearly organized precipitation. These systems are typically convective in nature and frequently associated with cold fronts. Of course, not every linear (or quasi-linear) convective system... View Article