Drought is a recurring feature of the CLLMM region, and our Climate Extremes project revealed that it causes extensive and persistent ecological change. As part of that project, we recently hosted Drought Drill, an event that brought together ~40 people from 17 organisations to workshop how we prepare and deal with drought events in the region.
The Drought Drill workshop evaluated the existing drought emergency framework under drought scenarios, identified new potential actions that could mitigate drought impacts and discussed how drought preparedness under future climates.
The workshop’s outcomes will provide clear direction on how to amend existing drought management so that it can help prepare and mitigate droughts of the future.
Workshop co-facilitator Kerri Muller (AU2100) said:
“…the existing Drought Emergency Framework, developed soon after the Millennium Drought, is now more than 10 years old. Since that time, we have new management options, such as water for the environment provision, a better understanding of how the region functions and new people involved with the management of the region.
The Drought Drill workshop provided a great platform to bring this all together to genuinely talk through how the region will combat drought events in the future.”
Read more about the Climate Extremes project.