About

Climate change is projected to decrease river flows by 20% in the Murray Darling Basin, however there is a wide range of uncertainty in how this will unfold.

This project explores plausible changes to water supply across the southern basin, including spatial and temporal considerations that affect water allocations for irrigation and environmental water use and drive patterns of water trade. In this seminar we will present novel approaches to rapidly understand climate risks to water availability using “stress-testing”. 

While we will present results for the Southern Murray Darling Basin, we aim to highlight the benefits of communicating uncertainty in a way that informs decision making by both government agencies and consumptive users.  The overall aim of this project is to provide information about the reliability of different water entitlement products, possible future patterns of water trade, and entitlement robustness under variability and change.

Details

Date
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Time
1:00pm (Australia/Sydney; find your local time)
Format 1 hour webinar with panel discussion
Cost Free
Contact training@awschool.com.au
Resources Webcasts and other documents will be available here
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Presenters

Avril Horne

University of Melbourne

Avril is a water policy specialist, with a rare combination of experience across economics, hydrology and policy. With twenty years’ experience across a range of interdisciplinary projects, she h... Read more

Andrew John

University of Melbourne

Andrew is a research fellow at the University of Melbourne. specialising in water resource management and environmental outcomes under climate change. He has a strong passion for sustainable developme... Read more

Panel Members

Joseph Guillaume

Australian National University

Dr Joseph Guillaume is a Research Fellow in the Institute for Water Futures and the Fenner School of Environment & Society. Dr Guillaume specialises in uncertainty management in decision suppor... Read more

Sponsored by One Basin CRC

One Basin CRC is a collaborative effort involving 85 partners dedicated to building a productive, resilient and sustainable Murray-Darling Basin. The Australian Water School, a business unit of Water Research Australia, proudly stands among these partners.

 

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