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Displaying 90 of about 339 resultsThis report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Papua New Guinea during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). It describes country’s recent experience with natural hazards and disasters, such as volcano, drought, landslide and cyclone, also presents national institut…
This document is the final report of a Senate inquiry by the Environment and Communications References Committee looking at Australia’s extreme weather and asking if the country is ready. It looks at any emerging trends on the frequency of extreme weather events. Based on evidence on future projections of such events and on global warming scenarios of b…
Press release 2012/02
302 human impact disasters claimed 29,782 lives; affected 206 million and inflicted record economic damages of $366 billion in 2011
Geneva – For two consecutive years the long-term disasters trend has been bucked by major earthquakes which claimed thousands of lives and affected millions in both 2010 and 2011, according to new st…
By Quentin Grafton, Director of the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University; and John Williams, Adjunct Professor Environment and Natural Resources, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
In the wake of a damning royal commiss…
By Linda Botterill, University of Canberra
In a country as dry as Australia, surely it is a no-brainer that we have in place a coordinated, national drought response that can be rolled out the same way that the Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements are triggered when the country experiences cyclones, floods or bushfires.
Drought used to be…
By Lin Crase, Professor of Economics and Head of School, University of South Australia
The bipartisan parliamentary vote to transform the A$3.9 billion Building Australia Fund into a pot of cash to drought-proof Australia, the Future Drought Fund, should not be taken as universal endorsement.
Labor opposed the idea before caving in, saying it did…
By Jonathan Barrett
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The local authorities have been trucking in fresh water, built a pipeline to a local dam and will soon start drilling in the hope of finding new supplies. For Mayor Simon Murray, the biggest worry is that Guyra is not alone.
“A lot of towns are forecast to run out at the same time - and then where do you get the water f…
By Andrew King, University of Melbourne et al.
Recent helpful rains dampened fire grounds and gave many farmers a reason to cheer. But much of southeast Australia remains in severe drought.
Australia is no stranger to drought, but the current one stands out when looking at rainfall records over the past 120 years. This drought has been marke…
A new report by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering was launched yesterday in Melbourne by Penny Wong, Minister for Climate Change. The report calls for additional funding for water infrastructure and building codes in preparation for anticipated longer droughts and more frequent flash floods.
"Many buildings erected today…
By Scott Hamilton, Strategic Advisory Panel Member, Australian-German Energy Transition Hub, University of Melbourne
Ten years ago, on February 7, 2009, the Black Saturday bushfires killed 173 people. More than 2,000 houses were destroyed in Victoria, including at Kilmore, Kinglake, Vectis (Horsham), Narbethong, Marysville, Strathewan, Beechworth, Labe…
The Bureau of Meteorology will today release its January climate summaries, showing the month was Australia's warmest on record
The mean temperature for January averaged across the country exceeded 30 degrees, the first time this has occurred in any month.
Bureau senior climatologist Dr Andrew Watkins said the heat through January was unprecedented.…
By Erin O'Donnell , Senior Fellow, Centre for Resources, Energy and Environment Law, University of Melbourne; and Avril Horne, Research fellow, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack last week suggested the government would look at changing the law to allow w…
By David Jones, Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Lynette Bettio, Senior Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology; and Skie Tobin, Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Australian summers are getting hotter. Today marks the end of our warmest summer on record, setting new national temperature records. Worsening droug…
By Jonathan Pollock, Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Catherine Ganter, Senior Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology; and David Jones, Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
So far, 2018 has been very warm and exceptionally dry over large parts of mainland Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology’s climate outloo…
A low-lying atoll nation in the central Pacific Ocean, Kiribati has a population of just over 110,000 people. Below average rainfall since November 2016 has led to an ongoing drought across the country, with the southern island most severely affected.
The extended period of drought has depleted the supply of fresh water. This lack of fresh water has al…