Tag Archive: Christian Jakob

COP26 will not keep temperatures below 1.5°C and maybe not 2°C

October 25, 2021 9:13 am Published by Comments Off on COP26 will not keep temperatures below 1.5°C and maybe not 2°C

The Glasgow Climate Conference of Parties, COP26, is almost certain to fall short of its first goal to “keep 1.5°C within reach”. Moreover, even if it achieved its other aim to “secure global net-zero by mid-century” there is still a high probability that global temperatures will exceed 2°C if this isn’t matched by increased short-term action as well. That’s the message coming from climate scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CLEX).

Radix malorum est cupiditas*

August 14, 2021 12:34 pm Published by Comments Off on Radix malorum est cupiditas*

While Chaucer wrote “The love of money is the root of evil” there is a growing recognition that how money flows through the national and global economy, how investors choose to prioritise investments, and how statutory authorities such as the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) regulate business around climate risk all have the potential to help solve the climate problem.

Business risk and the emergence of climate analytics

February 15, 2021 1:22 pm Published by Comments Off on Business risk and the emergence of climate analytics

There is a great deal of misuse of climate model projections emerging in business. Climate models are being used for some purposes that are simply inappropriate leading to assessments of the physical risks to business that are of no value. However, there are ways to use climate model data that has value and can help business robustly assess some specific climate related risks.

The known unknowns of climate change

December 18, 2020 6:50 am Published by Comments Off on The known unknowns of climate change

Lee Constable interviews Prof Christian Jakob about what we don't know about climate change for her channel on the Cimpatico Studios platform, Climate Australia.

Data for 400m Australian wide ACCESS simulation (Aus400) released

December 14, 2020 12:56 pm Published by Comments Off on Data for 400m Australian wide ACCESS simulation (Aus400) released

Version 1 of the Aus400 dataset has been released for community use. This dataset is from a simulation using a regional version (v11.4) of the Met Office unified model (the atmosphere component of The Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator, ACCESS) with 400m grid spacing over all of Australia.

Media & Communications Report – December 2020

December 14, 2020 11:25 am Published by Comments Off on Media & Communications Report – December 2020

The past four months have seen a lot of activity with the release of Weathex 2.0, a short video Q&ARC introducing some of our researchers, two combined Centre of Excellence media workshops, and a pilot interview program featuring Christian Jakob that explored the challenges of climate science.

Research Brief: ROME among the clouds with new radar metric

April 15, 2020 1:51 pm Published by Comments Off on Research Brief: ROME among the clouds with new radar metric

To better assess the degree of organisation in radar observations CLEX researchers developed the Radar Organisation Metric (ROME). ROME's statistical properties suggest it is able to distinguish between the degree of convective organisation, and it also captures different regimes of the monsoon in Northern Australia.

RP1: Extreme Rainfall – April 2020

April 1, 2020 7:00 am Published by Comments Off on RP1: Extreme Rainfall – April 2020

The Extreme Rainfall team took on some key observational challenges for precipitation research and then used some of this data to test our models. There was also a raft of individual achievements to add a little light in this difficult time.