The Gordon Manley Lecture addressed the intensifying extreme weather events in a warming world, particularly focusing on rapidly increasing precipitation and its links to flash floods and landslides, as well as the rise in heatwaves and droughts. These changes threaten water quality and agricultural production, leading to significant societal impacts. Current climate models, especially continental-scale convection-permitting climate models (CPCMs), struggle to accurately predict the pace of warming and its effects on extreme weather. The lecture emphasized the need to shift from sole reliance on climate models to a transdisciplinary approach that integrates various lines of evidence. Collaboration across different fields is essential to develop actionable information for policy and practice, enhancing early warning systems and climate adaptation strategies. The event took place at Durham University.
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