Events

A Risk Assessment Specialist Interest Group Initiative
Part of ALGA’s Climate Change Webinar Series

Australia is already experiencing significant changes in climate hazards, with increasing impacts on communities, infrastructure, economies and natural systems. Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment provides a nationally consistent picture of how climate hazards, exposure and vulnerability interact to shape climate risk, and how these risks are projected to intensify over the coming decades.

In this webinar, our speakers Dörte Jakob, Naomi Benger and Ben Hague from The Bureau of Meteorology will explore:

• The purpose and scope of Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment, and how it supports a nationally consistent understanding of climate risk.
• Key findings from the assessment include increasing extreme and compound hazard events and growing pressures on natural and economic systems.
• How climate hazards are changing across Australia, including heatwaves, bushfires, floods, tropical cyclones and coastal hazards.
• Nationally available climate data and tools that support climate risk assessment, strategic planning and adaptation decision‑making.

This webinar forms part of ALGA’s Climate Change Webinar Series, and will be particularly valuable for local government professionals, consultants, regulators and practitioners involved in the assessment and management of contaminated land and groundwater.

A live question‑and‑answer session will follow the presentation, and the webinar will be recorded.