1. The author is Director of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, 150 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Chairman of the Heads of Commonwealth Marine Agencies; Principal Delegate of Australia to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); Vice President of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering; and President of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The views expressed are the author’s and do not necessarily represent those of the Australian...