Public lectures
Previous public lectures
Climate Change: Show me the money?
The talk gieven by Michael Molitor, founder of CarbonShift Ltd and senior carbon advisor to PricewaterhouseCoopers, highlighted the fact that to stabilise concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere at safe levels by 2050, we would need to avoid more than 600 billion tonnes in expected carbon emissions. This represents not only a massive cost but also an unprecedented opportunity for forward thinking industries. Michael showed that many of the leading companies are already investing in low carbon solutions. And presented an analysis of how much money would be needed and where that money would come from to achieve these ambitious goals.
April, 2008. Leighton Hall, John Niland Scientia Building.
Human rights in a changing environment
How is the changing environment impacting on human rights? Shadow Minister for Climate Change, the Hon. Peter Garrett, Professor Matthew England (UNSW Climate Change Research Centre), Dr Jane McAdam (UNSW Faculty of Law) and Dr Hilaey Bambrick (ANU National Centre for Epidemiology and Polulation Health) will discuss climate change in terms of human rights and national security.
6:30pm, Wednesday 2 May, Leighton Hall, John Niland Scientia Building.
14th Australian Meterological and Oceanographic Societys National Conference 2007
Members of CEDL recently attended the 14th National Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) Conference in conjunction with Southern Annular Mode (SAM) Workshop (Climate, Water and Marine Forecasting: Challenges for the future), 5-8 February 2007, in Adelaide, South Australia.
Presentations were made by Frank Drost, Andrea Taschetto, Julien Le Sommer, Moninya Roughan, Matthew England, Alex Sen Gupta, Caroline Ummenhofer and Milton Speer.
Details of the program and abstracts of each talk are now available.
Hotter, drier, wetter & wilder
As part of the BRAIN FOOD 2006 series. This was a series of public lectures presented by the UNSW Alumni Association on internationally acclaimed research being conducted at the University of New South Wales.
6pm, Tuesday 18th July 2006 - The Galleries, The John Niland Scientia Building, UNSW, Kensington
Professor Matthew England presented "Climate Change" . Professor England gave a presentation on the effect of global warming on the southern hemispheres climate, discussing issues such as changes in the weather, sea-level and Antarctic sea-ice.
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The clean industrial revolution
So where does Australia’s economic future lie in this rapidly changing world? In this compelling book, climate scientist and economist Ben McNeil demonstrates the immense opportunities that will open up if Australia leads the new clean industrial revolution. |
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Reading past climates to see the future
With the massive Antarctic Circumpolar Current circling the Southern Ocean, largely preventing north-south flow across it and thereby isolating Antarctica from the subtropics, many scientists believe the existence of the Southern Ocean acts to cool Antarctica.
But what other climate patterns might the Southern Ocean control?
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An addiction that fouls the air
Coal provides nearly 80 per cent of Australia's electricity needs. Not the US, Russia or even China has a bigger coal addiction, despite having vastly more coal reserves than Australia. The Australian Greenhouse Office says emissions from coal-dominated electricity generation rose 50 per cent between 1990 and 2004.
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Bali or bust
The Bali Climate Declaration has made the scientific view on emissions targets patently clear. It is now over to the policy makers to give the planet a decent future.
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The Big Engine: oceans and weather
Federation Fellow and 2008 Eureka Prize winner, Professor Matthew England of CCRC, on the latest research into the role oceans play on weather.
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