You can catch up on the Universities Australia Climate forum held at Parliament House, Canberra on 18 March 2010 through the following resources: webinar, mp3s and powerpoint slides.
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Universities Australia held a climate change forum at Parliament House, Canberra, on Thursday 18 March 2010.
The forum sought to answer these questions: What are the signs of climate change in Australia? How are agriculture, cities, and the environment already changing? What will be the economic impact of responding to climate change? What will be the cost of doing nothing?
In these posts you will find a range of resources relating to the forum including: an overview, audio, slides and biographies. Details and links are at http://www.scienceinpublic.com/blog/ua/what-happened.
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Universities Australia forum reveals how we are responding
Australia’s peanut farmers are on the move—some are relocating nearly 2400 kilometres from Kingaroy to Katherine for better access to water; last year 88 people in Victoria died in the way to hospital directly as a result of the heatwave that preceded the disastrous bushfires of early February; [...]
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Speaking at the forum are the following: Prof. Peter Coaldrake, Dr Blair Trewin, Prof. Roger Jones, Dr Marie Keatley, Prof. Snow Barlow, Mr Niall Byrne, Prof. Nathan Bindoff, Prof. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Assoc. Prof. Keith Dear, Dr Michael Raupach, Prof. Kevin Judd, Prof. Ken Baldwin, Ms Anna-Maria Arabia, Dr Anthony Hogan, Prof. Graham Baker, Prof. Amanda Lynch, Ms Jenny McAllister, Prof. John Quiggin and Senator the Hon. Kim Carr.
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8.45 am: Opening comments
9 am, Session 1: Climate change in Australia today – the evidence
9.45 am, Session 2: Revealing the future of climate change
11 am, Session 3: Responding to climate change: the social and economic impact
12.30 pm, closing comments from Senator the Hon Kim Carr Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
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“This important statement from the CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology confirms the clear view of top Australian scientists, expert in the field, that Australia’s climate is changing,” said Professor Peter Coaldrake, Chair of Universities Australia and Vice-Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology.
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Climate Change: bridging scientific knowledge and public policy
[ Please note: the event is now fully subscribed]
Thursday 18 March 2010
The Mural Hall, Parliament House, Canberra, 8.30am – 12.30pm
Universities Australia is the peak body of all Australia’s universities and is committed to engaging with Parliament on issues of great national significance, and to informing social, [...]
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