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...

Climate change and natural hazards are becoming more frequent, severe, and complex. Australian decision-makers now need more information and support to understand and respond to these changes. This review found there is an urgent and rapidly growing demand for climate and disaster risk information, and the Australian Climate Service is unable to support this demand...

In early 2023, three devastating weather events struck the North Island of New Zealand within a six-week period. The aim of this inquiry was to identify lessons from the severe weather events, and to make recommendations for the design of New Zealand’s emergency management system.

This research aims to understand the situation for organisations who make accessible information, and provide recommendations for improvements, so that people with disability will have better access to accessible crisis information in future.

In this paper, the author addresses the importance of preparedness in Australia and the need to reform national disaster response capability. The author also highlights the compounding dimensions of the challenges — from climate change, to geopolitical threats and risks to social cohesion — as well as the corresponding opportunities for reform of traditional security...