Universities Australia is to be commended for encouraging the science community to respond to those barbarians noisily hammering at the gate.
Hopefully transcripts of forum speeches will be posted online for the wider dissemination.
From the Science In Public website:
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.
The UA Forum on Climate Change will focus both on the scientific evidence, and the certainties and uncertainties of that evidence, as well as the challenges of communicating the science and of bridging scientific knowledge and public policy.
The program will comprise three sessions each with a series of brief presentations covering:
Session 1: Climate change in Australia today – the evidence
Session 2: Australian research that reveals the future of climate change – certainties and uncertainties
Session 3: Responding to climate change: the social and economic impact
The speakers will include research leaders in climate science and the impacts of climate change including: Nathan Bindoff, Roger Jones, Amanda Lynch, Roger Stone, Snow Barlow, Marie Keatley, Janette Lindesay, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, and John Quiggin
Some of the issues that will be covered are:
- What are the signs of climate change in Australia today? What are the predictions?
- How are cities, agriculture and the environment responding?
- How well placed are we to adapt to our changing climate.
- What are the jobs and opportunities in responding effectively to climate change?
For more information visit www.scienceinpublic.com.au/blog/ua
For more information and to register please contact Niall Byrne, Science in Public Ph: 03 9398 1416, Mobile: 0417 131 977
Email: niall@scienceinpublic.com.au
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