ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes Information

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes reduces Australia’s economic, social and environmental vulnerability to climate extremes. We do this by: - Developing and leading fundamental climate science - Improving the predictions of extreme weather and climate events - Fostering collaborative science between 5 of Australia’s leading universities and our partner organisations - Training and investing in the climate science leaders of the future - Sharing our knowledge with Governments, policymakers, industry and the community Climate extremes affect many facets of Australian society including health, soil and water, agriculture, infrastructure, energy security and financial security. Our research programs focus on 4 core areas - weather and climate interactions, attribution and risk, drought and ocean extremes. These are all underpinned by our work in climate modelling - improving the models that analyse extremes of the past and predict extremes into the future. The Centre is funded by the Australian Research Council and our five partner universities - the University of New South Wales, Monash University, the Australian National University, the University of Melbourne, and the University of Tasmania.