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Displaying 45 of about 339 resultsAustralia's Governor-General has spoken to the leaders of China, Russia and the US about a joint "space-age" project for more accurate forecasts of floods, drought and weather...
By Rebecca Harris, David Bowman, and Linda BeaumontTo the chagrin of the tourist industry, the Great Barrier Reef has become a notorious victim of climate change. But it is not the only Australian ecosystem on the brink of collapse.Our research, recently published in Nature Climate Change, describes a series of sudden and catastrophic ecosyste…
By Jack Coates-Marnane, Joanne Burton, John Tibby, Jon Olley, Joseph M. McMahon, and Justine Kemp
New data recording the past 1,500 years of flows in the Brisbane Riverhave revealed that South-East Queensland’s climate – once assumed to be largely stable – is in fact highly variable.
Until now, we have only had access to 200 years of weather reco…
By Emma Austin, Anthony Kiem, Brian Kelly, David Perkins, Jane Rich, and Tonelle Handley
For farmers, drought is a major source of stress. Their livelihoods and communities depend on the weather. To better support farmers and their families we need to better understand the impact of drought on them and their communities.
Our research, published today…
The Security Council, convening today to discuss the nexus between climate change and conflicts around the globe, considered several concrete proposals to guide the 15-member organ’s efforts — or those of other United Nations entities — on that evolving and increasingly critical issue.
Among other ideas, delegates proposed the appointment of a new Spec…
Thirty four per cent of the world’s natural disasters occurred in the Asia Pacific region in 2011 including the Christchurch earthquakes, the worst floods in living memory in Australia and a triple disaster impacting Japan.
The Secretary General of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is in Wellington to talk about the impor…
As Day Zero looms and the South African city gets set to run out of water, experts say lessons learned during Melbourne’s brush with a similar fate may help avert a global crisis
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In Australia, the millennium drought, which parched the country for the first decade of the new century, left cities such as Melbourne a year away from running out of w…
Technical officers from different Pacific atolls met in Kiribati for an intensive week of training and knowledge sharing to improve their capacity to support the water security of vulnerable island communities.
The one-week Atoll Water Security Workshop was convened by the Pacific Community (SPC) in South Tarawa, an urban atoll community all too famili…
Recent research by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has shown that the world is likely to reach or exceed 1.5°C of warming much earlier than previously anticipated. The United in Science 2021 report, launched in September, furthers the understanding of the current state of the earth by compiling the latest climate scie…
This document aims to succinctly summarize the climate risks faced by Fiji. This includes rapid onset and long-term changes in key climate parameters, as well as impacts of these changes on communities, livelihoods and economies, many of which are already underway. This is a high-level synthesis of existing research and analyses, focusing on the geograp…
This document aims to succinctly summarize the climate risks faced by Samoa. This includes rapid onset and long-term changes in key climate parameters, as well as impacts of these changes on communities, livelihoods and economies, many of which are already underway. This is a high-level synthesis of existing research and analyses, focusing on the geogra…
‘Transforming institutional drought risk management for resilience - The GAR Special Report on Drought 2021’
Watch Recording
Date: 27 July 2021
Time: 11:30 - 13:00 Delhi Time / 13:00 - 14:30 Bangkok Time / 16:00 - 17:30 Sydney Time / 18:00 – 19:30 Fiji Time
‘The Asia-Pacific Drought Risk Dialogue’ will unpack…
WMO press release no. 870
Geneva – In light of climate change, the frequency and severity of droughts are likely to increase. New developments in indices and early warning systems for droughts are key components for mitigating their impacts. More than 60 scientists from all regions are meeting this week in Lincoln, Nebraska (USA) to recommend standar…
By Anthony Kiem, Fiona Johnson and Seth Westra
Droughts are a natural feature of the Australian environment. But the Millennium drought (or “Big Dry”), which ran from 1997 to 2010, was a wake-up call even by our parched standards.
The Millennium drought had major social, economic and environmental impacts. It triggered water restrictions in major…
By Catherine Wilson
Avaninofi, Papua New Guinea - One day last March, farmers in this village on the banks of the Kafetina River, in the mountainous highlands of Papua New Guinea, watched their food gardens swept away by pouring rain, flooding and landslides.
Just months later, a severe drought has engulfed the country, affecting nearly a million peop…