Risk Frontiers Seminar Series 2019: Climate Change

Seminar: Using observations to improve ensemble-based climate projections and the Ensemble Dependence Transformation

Australian German Climate and Energy College Level 1, 187 Grattan St, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Craig Bishop (University of Melbourne) This seminar introduces the “replicate Earth” ensemble interpretation framework, based on theoretically derived statistical relationships between ensembles of perfect models (replicate Earths) and observations. We... View Article

Seminar: Climate Engineering Under the Paris Agreement

Australian German Climate and Energy College Level 1, 187 Grattan St, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Neil Craik (University of Waterloo) While the Paris Agreement does not address the issue of climate engineering (CE) expressly, the target of limiting global average temperature rise to “well below” 2°C... View Article

Seminar: Urban life and climate change

Evan Williams Theatre Peter Hall Building G03, 813 Swanston Street, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Somini Sengupta (New York Times) At a time when the majority of the world’s population is urban, climate change presents grave new risks for the world’s cities and forces city... View Article