Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick

Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick is an Australian climate scientist and expert in heatwave research. She was awarded a NSW Young Tall Poppy in 2013 and received the Dorothy Hill award in 2021. She has extensive science communication experience.

Quotes

• "Climate change doesn’t tell the whole story, as extreme rainfall can occur for a variety of reasons."
  • ‘One of the most extreme disasters in colonial Australian history’: climate scientists on the floods and our future risk, Andrew King. The Conversation. Retrieved:29, November 2023.
• "Realizing global aspirations for climate resilient development depends on the extent to which coastal cities and settlements close the coastal adaptation gap and take urgent action to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions."
• "A large proportion of the world’s population and critical infrastructure is already concentrated along shorelines."
• "Globally, we expect about a billion people will be at risk from coast-specific climate hazards under all emissions scenarios. In coming decades, the risk of coastal flooding will increase rapidly. It could be two to three orders of magnitude greater by 2100, without effective adaptation and mitigation."
  • IPCC report: Coastal cities are sentinels for climate change. It’s where our focus should be as we prepare for inevitable impacts, Bruce Glavovic. March 1, 2022, The Conversation, Retrieved: 29, November 2023.