ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century

ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century aims to determine how Australia’s weather is being reshaped by climate change. Through a fusion of innovative analyses of observations and fundamental science advances, alongside the development of ultra-high resolution climate models, the Centre looks to address climate science’s grand challenge in anticipating the likely weather patterns of a warmer world. The Centre strives to transform climate research by focussing on what matters most to making critical adaptation and mitigation decisions – weather change. The Centre aspires to provide Australia with the knowledge, technology, and human capital for robust evidence-based decision-making in response to future weather changes in our region and to harness weather as a resource.

Funding: $35 million over 7 years

Centre Director: Prof Christian Jakob

Administering Organisation: Monash University

Participating Organisations:

• The University of Melbourne
• The Australian National University
• The University of New South Wales
• University of Tasmania
• BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
• National Computational Infrastructure (ANU)
• ETH Zurich
• Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
• Met Office, UK
• Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
• National Center for Atmospheric Research
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Columbia University, New York, USA
• IBS Center for Climate Physics
• DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT LAND WATER AND PLANNING
• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Department of Planning and Environment
• Water NSW
• ENERGYAUSTRALIA PTY LTD
• INSURANCE AUSTRALIA GROUP LIMITED
• GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS PTY LIMITED
• DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU