Welcome to The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century.
We research how Australia’s weather is being reshaped by climate change. Our Centre was announced by the Australian Research Council in November 2022 and commenced operations in early 2024.

Under the directorship of Professor Christian Jakob and his leadership team, 21st Century Weather is a consortium of 24 partners, led by Monash University in strong collaboration with the University of Melbourne, the University of New South Wales, the Australian National University, and the University of Tasmania.

  • An uncertain future for the Antarctic Slope Current
    Scientists are working to better understand a risk to Antarctica’s future, after finding climate change could significantly alter the ocean current protecting the frozen continent from warmer waters further north. New research published in Geophysical… Read More
  • A regional climate model for high-impact weather 
    Australia’s climate simulator (ACCESS-NRI) has released a fully supported version of a regional climate model that enables researchers to understand high-impact weather events like hurricanes, floods and droughts, which are not captured by the wide-angle… Read More
  • Plant trees, add solar: How cities can fight urban heat
    A combination of tree cover at street level and rooftop solar panels may be the best approach to combat urban heat in a warming climate, new research has indicated.  Scientists from Canada, the United States,… Read More

Australian businesses and governments will have to answer such questions based on the best knowledge and technology available. This will require us to know the future of our weather. Achieving future climate resilience requires us to transform our thinking of climate change to one of weather change.