Monash Sustainability Institute Seminar Series 2010

Over the last few years, the requirement for information to underpin climate change adaptation policies has increased considerably. One example was the recognition at last year’s World Climate Conference-3 of the need for a Global Framework for Climate Services. This poses a considerable challenge to climate science. Reliable information is needed regionally and locally and on timescales of a few years to a century ahead. In particular, over the coming few decades the level of climate change is largely unavoidable and will be primarily felt when climate change and variability signals are in phase, leading to an enhancement of extreme climatic conditions. This talk will focus on recent research from the Met Office Hadley Centre, giving examples of how we are beginning to address some of these new challenges.