Across Australia during the summer of Dec 2025 to Feb 2026, communities experienced 'climate whiplash' – a phenomenon in which climate flips between extremes at accelerating speed. This report finds record global levels of coal, oil and gas pollution are overtaking natural climate drivers like El Niño and La Niña – accelerating these events.

This report aims to help governments strengthen financial resilience against catastrophic risks. It provides a framework to assess the need for government-supported financial protection and the advantages and disadvantages of the main approaches to offering such support. It applies this framework to three types of large-scale risks: natural hazards, infectious disease outbreaks and cyber-attacks and...

Wildfires are now outpacing existing suppression systems and have become one of the most destructive and costly climate-driven risks globally. This white paper highlights that continuing to prioritise suppression and post-disaster response is no longer sufficient. It presents a framework for shifting towards prevention-focused, long-term wildfire resilience by making risk reduction measurable, priceable and financeable.

Queensland may be known as the Sunshine State, but it’s also Australia’s ground zero when it comes to climate fuelled disasters. This report calls on the Queensland Government to stop approving new or expanded coal and gas projects, grow firefighting capacity and help households and communities better prepare for increasing climate risks.

Emergency Leaders for Climate Action is a cohort of former senior Australian fire and emergency service leaders from every state and territory, with deep expertise in disaster planning, preparedness, response and recovery. The content of this report reflects this first-hand experience, along with inputs from experts and practitioners in climate change adaptation. It seeks to...