Climate Change: bridging scientific knowledge and public policy
Universities Australia National Policy Forum
Mural Hall, Australian Parliament House, Thursday 18 March 2010
8.45 am: Opening comments
Chair: Prof. Peter Coaldrake, Chair, Universities Australia and VC, Queensland University of Technology
9 am, Session 1: Climate change in Australia today – the evidence
Chair: Prof. Peter Coaldrake, Chair, Universities Australia and VC, Queensland University of Technology
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 climate change adaptation in Australian Agriculture
Prof Snow Barlow: Melbourne School of Land and Environment and Primary Industries Adaptation Research Network NCCARF, The University of Melbourne
9.45 am, Session 2: Revealing the future of climate change
Chair: Niall Byrne, Creative Director at Science in Public
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 the threat to the 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
10.30 am, Morning Coffee
11 am, Session 3: Responding to climate change: the social and economic impact
Chair: Ms Anna-Maria Arabia, Executive Director, Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies
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