What happened at the UA climate forum?
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.
Australia’s climate is changing
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; the average temperature across the Australian continent has risen by more than 0.8 °C in the past 60 years; the Great Barrier Reef is degrading; and more than 40 per cent of the nation’s farmers are seriously worried about the viability of their businesses in the face of climate change, according to a recent nationwide survey for the Bureau of Rural Sciences.
UA Climate Forum – speakers
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.
UA Climate Forum – agenda
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
Universities Australia Chair welcomes climate snapshot
“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.
Universities Australia Climate Forum
Climate Change: bridging scientific knowledge and public policy
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, political and commercial responses to those issues.