Project Grants

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Current 

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CSIRO – Climate Hazard Assessment and associated Impacts/Vulnerability/Risk  (2024-2025)

Lead Investigator: A/Prof Savin Chand

TOTAL Funding: $100,000

This project is implemented in collaboration with CSIRO. The main task involves undertaking disaster risk assessments associated with climatic hazards on the Pacific Island nations of Tuvalu, Nauru, Federated States of Micronesia and Niue.  

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NESP Project 2.5 – Regional climate change guidance for local action (2023-2024, extension)

Lead Investigator: A/Prof Savin Chand

TOTAL Funding: $101,042

This project is implemented in collaboration with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. The main task involves understanding changes in Australian climate extremes, such as tropical cyclones and bushfires, due to anthropogenic global warming using state-of-the-art climate models. It is expected that results from the work will inform local-scale decision-making for disaster risk preparedness and mitigation.

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Completed

CSIRO – Climate Information Services for Resilient Development in Vanuatu (2022-2023)

Lead Investigator: Dr Savin Chand

TOTAL Funding: $175,000

This project is implemented in collaboration with CSIRO. The main task involves undertaking case studies on the impact of climate extremes on the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu. In particular, quantified information on tropical cyclones and related hazards will be produced for Vanuatu at national and provincial levels, as well as for selected major infrastructure locations that are often exposed to tropical cyclones.  

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NESP Project 2.5 – Regional climate change guidance for local action (2022-2023)

Lead Investigator: Dr Savin Chand

TOTAL Funding: $113,156

This project is implemented in collaboration with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. The main task involves understanding changes in Australian climate extremes, such as tropical cyclones and bushfires, due to anthropogenic global warming using state-of-the-art climate models. It is expected that results from the work will inform local-scale decision-making for disaster risk preparedness and mitigation. 

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NESP 2: Regional knowledge for local action: Modelling Projections of Climate Extremes in Australia (2022)

Lead Investigator: Dr Savin Chand

TOTAL Funding: $53,540

Modelling projections provide plausible scenarios of Australia’s future climate. It is essential that projections are supported by the best available science, are up-to-date, credible and in a useable format to support decision-making. This project builds on research performed in NESP Phase 1 Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub (ESCC), on projections and hazards. We will work closely with stakeholders to scope and prioritise projections work, particularly with emphasis on climate extremes such as bushfires, tropical cyclones and extreme rainfall.

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Next Gen 1.5: Next Generation Climate Projection for the Pacific (2019-2022)

Lead Investigator: Dr Savin Chand

TOTAL Funding: $100,000

This project is implemented in collaboration with CSIRO. The overarching aim of the project is to determine how tropical cyclone-related hazards have changed  (and will change in warming climate) in the Western Pacific region, and assess their impacts on some key economic sectors in form of case studies. 

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CSIRO Climate Innovation Hub: Historical Fire Weather Dataset for Australia (June 2022)

Lead Investigator: Dr Savin Chand

TOTAL Funding: $16,000

Any bushfire-related decision-making requires reliable information on fire weather conditions, either in form of indices like the McArthur’s Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI), or necessary climatic variables that affect bushfires such as temperature and humidity. The main aim of this project is to develop and validate long-term historical FFDI dataset (as well as required input climatic variables) over the Australian continent.

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NESP Project 5.5: Extreme Weather Hazard in Changing Climate (2019-2020)

Lead Investigator: Dr Savin Chand

TOTAL Funding: $135,000

This project is implemented in collaboration with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO. The overarching aim of the project is to determine how tropical cyclone winds and rainfalls have changed over the past several decades, and will change in warming climate, at local scale over the tropical Australia.

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NESP Project 2.8: Extreme Weather Projection (2016-2019)

Lead Investigator: Dr Savin Chand

TOTAL Funding: $243,211

This project was implemented in collaboration with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO. The overarching aim of the project was to examine regional changes in tropical cyclone characteristics using observed records, reanalysis products and climate model simulations.

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