Climatic Assessment
The Australian Government commissioned the Bureau of Meteorology and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) to undertake a climatic assessment of the likely future climate patterns and the current Exceptional Circumstances standard of a one-in-20-to-25-year-event.
Final report
The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Tony Burke has released the joint Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO report.
- An assessment of the impact of climate change on the nature and frequency of exceptional climatic events – July 2008
For further information, please refer to the Bureau of Meteorology or the CSIRO websites.
Further information
For further information on the climatic assessment, please refer to the terms of reference.
Last reviewed: 09 Jul 2008
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