2nd August

Launch of the Natural Hazards Atlas for Tasmania project (Launceston)

Name: Launch of the Natural Hazards Atlas for Tasmania project (Launceston)
Start: 2024-08-02T11:00:00+1000
End: 2024-08-02T12:30:02+1000
Location: Inveresk Library Flex Space, University of Tasmania, Inveresk Campus

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About the Natural Hazards Atlas for Tasmania: mapping natural hazards to build disaster resilience and preparedness project

Information about natural hazards is essential in a changing climate. Decision-making to reduce current and future exposure to natural hazards risk requires detailed data that is relevant at a local scale and accessible to a range of users. Such locally relevant and accessible hazard information is currently limited in Tasmania. Where it exists, it may be highly technical and, therefore, often not fully utilised in decision-making. This presents a barrier to risk planning and resilience-building.

To fill this information gap, the Climate Futures research group at the University of Tasmania is creating a Natural Hazards Atlas for Tasmania: mapping natural hazards to build disaster resilience and preparedness. Supported by the National Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Ready Fund, the project will provide comprehensive information on a range of natural hazards, all of them closely associated with changes to our current climate.

A resource available to all

The project will create an information platform where data and resources are made available at locally meaningful scales across Tasmania. This information will be accessible to all Tasmanian stakeholders through a searchable, open-access website, a smartphone app, and other resources. Community consultation will inform the format of the atlas and associated hazard information.

Launching the Natural Hazards Atlas project

Join the project team from Climate Futures and the University of Tasmania to learn more about the Natural Hazards Atlas for Tasmania project and how your organisation can be involved. This launch will briefly present a project overview, followed by an opportunity for Q&A, and networking over a light lunch.

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Climate Futures

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Climate Futures is a climate science research group at the University of Tasmania.

Climate Futures provides this localised climate information, producing fine‑scale climate change projections that allow local analysis of climate impacts, changes to seasonality and extreme events. We work in close consultation with industry and government agencies around Australia to develop targeted, fine-scale climate model projections to support operational decision making.

Our stakeholders include emergency services, hydroelectric companies, agricultural producers, alpine resort operators, forestry managers, wine makers, utility companies and aquaculture producers. Our work draws on the collective expertise of world-leading climate scientists and social scientists, including advisors to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Climate change will be a determining factor in the life of Australians for many years to come, influencing our prosperity to the tune of billions of dollars annually. The work of Climate Futures is helping to ensure that Australia is well prepared for the future.

The Climate Futures research programme is a project of the School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia.

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