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We are excited to announce that thanks to the support of the Tasmanian Government, the Climate Futures Research Group is leading a major new initiative to deliver high-resolution (4 km) climate projections for Tasmania.   This $1.8 million project, aligned with the National Partnership for Climate Projections (NPCP) and Tasmania’s Climate Change Action Plan, will provide detailed insights into future climate conditions under different climate scenarios. The project will generate state-of-the-art, high-resolution climate projections […]

Climate Futures has published a newsletter to update on the major Natural Hazards Atlas for Tasmania project. This newsletter shares insights from the project’s initial year.

Dr Annabel Bowden, Dr Krishneel Sharma and Dr Ben Weeding flew the flag for Climate Futures at the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) 2025 conference in Cairns. All three team members promoted the work we do at Climate Futures, and presented well received talks that have led to new collaborations and research opportunities. The three early career […]

Climate Futures team members Dr Kathleen Beyer and Dr Ben Weeding have been working on a project funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research to build capacity in Indonesia on climate modelling for biosecurity risk. The project aims to understand the gaps in biosecurity risks in Southeast Asia due to climate change, providing […]

The Climate Futures team, working with researchers from the School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences at the University of Tasmania, has begun the stakeholder consultation for its new Natural Hazards for Tasmania project. Over the next few months, the Natural Hazards Atlas Team will be meeting with hazards managers across the state to consult […]

Climate social scientist Dr Gabi Mocatta has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship to undertake research in the US. As a Fulbright Scholar, Gabi will be visiting the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia and the Department of Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her work will […]