Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick is a renowned climate scientist and professor at the Australian National University’s Fenner School of Environment and Society. Her research focuses on climate extremes and their impacts, and she has been an outspoken advocate for urgent climate action. In light of the recent WMO report, she emphasized that the world has reached a critical point where merely aiming for net zero emissions is insufficient; instead, she calls for immediate and serious action to combat the worsening effects of climate change.
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Lead author Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, from the Australian National University, said the research demonstrated that heatwaves, particularly over Australia, would not decline once the world reached net zero emissions.
Extreme fire danger as temperatures soar across multiple states
Australia· 2025-12-05
Prof Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick of the Australian National University is the study’s lead author.
‘Damned if we do but completely stuffed if we don’t’: heatwaves will worsen longer net zero is delayed | Climate crisis
United Kingdom· 2025-11-17
Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, a climate scientist at Australian National University, commented on people's perceptions of cold weather.
chances are high that it will be a rainy springAustralia· 2025-08-31
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick stated that the world has reached a point where net zero emissions are no longer sufficient.
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Turkey· 2025-03-24
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, a professor at the Australian National University, stated that net zero emissions were no longer enough.
WMO State of the Climate Report 2024: The world has just experienced its hottest decade
United States· 2025-03-19