Climate Core
Climate CORE
Climate risk focuses on those risks associated with climate change in an environment of increasing vulnerability. The science of climate change is now well established: governments, business and much of industry now accept the scientific evidence that climate is already changing due to human activity.
The challenge is how to quantify and assess climate change-associated risks for key sectors such as water, food, biodiversity, economies, financial markets and national security. Some sectors are robust and would withstand significant climate change – others are highly vulnerable since they have become tuned to the existing climate state. At Macquarie University, our strategy is to use science and impact assessment infused by and packaged within a framework of economic, financial, and legal risk. This packaging is not cosmetic: it is a re-development of the science to communicate directly in the language of economics, policy, and regulation.
Please click here to view a presentation outlining the Climate Risk CORE, its staff, and some of its current research activities.
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