Australia is suffering through a summer of extreme, climate-driven weather events. A countrywide heatwave broke temperature records everywhere, with the national weather bureau declaring January 2019 to be Australia’s hottest ever month. Bushfires tore across the state of Tasmania, burning areas rarely (if ever) touched by fire. Extreme temperatures pushed the eastern state’s electricity grid to breaking point, with fossil fuel power plants failing one after another in the heat. Unprecedented rainfall in Queensland brought no relief from drought conditions, with flooding causing millions of dollars worth of damage and grinding the state’s economy to a halt. Government mismanagement of one of Australia’s biggest and most important river systems resulted in internationally-publicized “fish kills”, with climate change set to bring even more stress. And, at the time of writing, New South Wales is in the midst of its own bushfire crisis. With above-average temperatures and reduced rainfall forecast for the coming months, little relief is in sight for Australia.