The frequency and impacts of weather and climate extremes have steadily increased over recent decades due to a combination of factors including changing climate, and increasing populations and assets in vulnerable areas. Heat waves, droughts, floods, and severe weather have generated regular news headlines, with 2017 continuing this trend. Using past climate experience as a basis for future risk management is no longer a viable option. The Second Southern Hemisphere Engineering for Climate Extremes (ECEP) Workshop will foster discussion on how industry, academia, government organizations, and non-governmental organizations can partner in creating tools and devising strategies to mitigate risks resulting from extreme weather events.
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes will host this event at the city campus of the University of New South Wales, 12-13 February 2018. Organized under the auspices of the US National Center for Atmospheric Research and sponsored by the Insurance Australia Group (IAG), this workshop will bring together experts on issues of risk, vulnerability, and resilience related to the impacts of weather and climate extremes. Research progress from recommendations generated at the first ECEP workshop will be reported, and potential future research-community collaborations will be discussed.
Attending Institutions:* UNSW; C3WE; IAG; University of Adelaide.
Location:
University on New South Wales (UNSW) CBD Campus
Theatre 4, Level 6
1 O’Connell Street
Sydney CBD, NSW 2000
Contacts:
Rachel Hauser, C3WE, rhauser@ucar.edu
Elaine Fernandes, UNSW, elaine.fernandes@unsw.edu.au
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