Climate change updates to ARR Guidelines

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As Australia's climate landscape changes, the updated Australian Rainfall and Runoff (ARR) Guidelines enables practitioners, designers and decision makers to appropriately consider the impacts of climate change in their flood estimation and management.

Join our expert panel discussion where we discuss the implications of these updates offering insights from leading professionals. This session will provide participants with a more robust understanding of future flood risks, incorporating projections of rainfall intensity and the latest research on extreme rainfall events and its implications for the water sector.

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Presenters

Conrad Wasko

University of Sydney

Dr Conrad Wasko is the lead of the Technical Working Group Update to the Climate Change Considerations chapter in Australian Rainfall and Runoff. He moved to the University of Sydney in February of... Read more

Monique Retallick

WMAwater

Monique has 12 years’ experience in hydrology, 2d modelling and design of major waterway openings for road projects particularly on large and coastal rivers. Monique has extensive experience in the... Read more

Rory Nathan

University of Melbourne

Rory is a Professor at the University of Melbourne and has over 40 years’ experience in engineering and environmental hydrology, mostly in industry, and now focuses his time on research and teaching... Read more

Panel Members

Leanne Haupt

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Leanne is a Director at the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW). She has been working with flood modellers, climate scientists and industry stakeholders to update ... Read more

Mark Babister

WMAwater

Mark is a national leader in floodplain management and analysis. Mark has successfully completed numerous hydrologic, hydraulic, floodplain management, infrastructure and dam studies. Mark’s clear, ... Read more

Acacia Pepler

Bureau of Meteorology

Dr Acacia Pepler is a Research Climate Scientist at the Bureau of Meteorology with a focus on climate variability, high-impact weather, including midlatitude cyclones, and projections from both global... Read more

Seth Westra

One Basin CRC | University of Adelaide

Seth is Professor of Hydrology and Climate Risk at the University of Adelaide and Research Director of the One Basin Cooperative Research Centre. He has more than 20 years’ experience across both th... Read more

Chris Nielsen

Department of Regional Development Manufacturing and Water

Chris is Director of Dam Safety, providing regulatory oversight of water dams and technical advice on flood policy matters in Queensland. Chris maintains ongoing links with industry and contributes to... Read more

Krey Price

International Water Training Institute

Educated at the University of California at Berkeley, Krey is a civil engineer and project manager with international experience in water resources. He is engaged in computational modelling, engineeri... Read more

Background

The new ARR climate change guidelines, based on the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, has significant implications for water planning and management.

The guidelines recognise that the impacts of climate change are not uniform across Australia and as such we need a better way at considering climate change impacts on flood estimation. The key changes demonstrates actions taken to support effective climate risk management, raising awareness on how to adjust design flood estimation methods to account for the effects of rising global temperatures on rainfall.

This paradigm shift necessitates re-evaluating existing water management strategies to ensure they are robust and adaptive to these heightened and more complex climate risks, empowering you to take proactive measures.

Webinar Outline

This 90 minute webinar will include:

Dr. Conrad Wasko, lead of the Technical Working Group Update to the Climate Change Considerations chapter of ARR, presenting on the climate change science.
Monique Retallick presenting on possible changes to design flood recurrence.
Prof. Rory Nathan will chair a panel discussion on the considerations and implications of the climate change update.

Who Should Attend?

This webinar event is designed to capture the interests of a broad audience including:

Practitioners who use the guidelines to produce flood information for decision makers.
Decision and policy makers who use the flood information for designing effective policies for the future.
Government regulators.
Floodplain managers.
Asset owners.
Insurers.
Media.
Public.