BACKGROUND BRIEFING: Thu 18 Mar 8:50am - 12 noon AEDT
EVENT DETAILS:
DATE and TIME: 18 March from 8:50am AEDT
DURATION: Approx 3 hours
VENUE: Online
On Thursday this week, Universities Australia brought together some of Australia’s most credentialed climate scientists, economists and related experts to present the latest knowledge on the science, uncertainties and impacts of climate change.
The event was presented in three sessions and the AusSMC made all sessions available to journalists live online, and archived below.
To follow the full presentation, click here (Webex)
To see all slides from the speakers, click here (pdf)
SPEAKERS AND SESSIONS:
For speaker profiles, see Science in Public’s UA Climate Forum page here.
8.50am - Opening address from Universities Australia Chair Professor Peter Coaldrake
9 - 9.45 am AEDT - Session 1: Climate change in Australia today - the evidence
- Australia’s climate has changed - the climate record - Dr Blair Trewin: Climatologist, National Climate Centre, Bureau of Meteorology
- Climate in SE Australia - hotter, drier with increased risks - Prof Roger Jones, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University
- Plants and animals reveal climate change - Dr Marie Keatley, Department of Forest and Ecosystem, University of Melbourne
- The signs of climate change in agriculture - Prof Snow Barlow, School of Agriculture and Food Systems, The University of Melbourne
Listen to Session 1 (mp3)
Speakers start at:
5:08 - Blair Trewin
13:40 - Roger Jones
20:00 - Marie Kelly
25:52 - Snow Barlow
32:50 - Q and A session
9.45 - 10.30am AEDT - Session 2: Australian research that reveals the future of climate change - certainties and uncertainties
- Climate change - the global picture - Prof Nathan Bindoff, ACE CRC and Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
- Climate change in Australia’s tropical waters and on the Great Barrier Reef - Prof Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Global Change Institute, University of Queensland
- Climate change is dangerous to our health - Assoc Prof Keith Dear, National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health, Australian National University
- Climate change and the carbon cycle - Dr Mike Raupach, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
- Can we trust climate science? - Prof Kevin Judd, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Western Australia
- Obligations for scientific credibility - Prof Ken Baldwin, ANU Climate Change Institute
Listen to Session 2 (mp3)
Speakers start at:
0:38 - Nathan Bindoff
8:50 - Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
15:08 - Keith Dear
20:58 - Mike Raupach
27:30 - Kevin Judd
30:22 - Ken Baldwin
36:00 - Q and A session
11 - 12 noon AEDT - Session 3: Responding to climate change: the social and economic impact
- The social impacts of climate change in rural Australia. - Dr Anthony Hogan, National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health, Australian National University
- How climate models are helping farmers adapt - Prof Graham Baker for Prof Roger Stone, University of Southern Queensland
- The scope for action - Prof Amanda Lynch, School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Monash University
- A low carbon future - capturing the opportunity - Ms Jenny McAllister, Director, Climate Change, Air and Noise, NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water
- Emerging energy sources - Prof Ken Baldwin, ANU Climate Change Institute
- The economics of climate change - Prof John Quiggin, School of Economics, University of Queensland
Listen to Session 3 (mp3)
Speakers start at:
0:29 - Anthony Hogan
5:52 - Graham Baker
11:50 - Amanda Lynch
16:55 - Jenny McAllister
22:28 - Ken Baldwin
28:37 - John Quiggin
35:08 - Q and A session
For further information, please contact the AusSMC on 08 7120 8666 or email us.