The Reality of Climate Change: Increasing Extreme Weather Hazards

Date: Wednesday 16 October 2019

Time: 19:00 - 20:30

Location: 

School of Earth and Environment
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT

Email: 

yorkshire@rmets.org

SPEAKER | Professor Hayley Fowler, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University

ABSTRACT | Evidence shows climate change poses serious risks to lives and livelihoods around the world, particularly from increases in extreme events, but what can we expect from future climate? Is the Paris Agreement enough? The lecture will explore changes to extreme rainfall and flooding around the world, drawing on local and international case studies and historical information to examine why we can expect more heatwaves, droughts and flooding events in the future, and how we can learn from the past.

Registration is required. Free entry. Light refreshments from 6.30pm, meeting starts at 7.00pm.