ANNUAL MEETING CANBERRA 2 – 5 May 2000
Symposium themes
Overview
Changes in the global environment
Mind and brain
Energy
Molecular structure and recognition
IT, telecommunications and control in the Web era
Genetic engineering of plants and animals
The universe: Looking out looking forward
Ageing
Changes in the global environment
This session identifies the components of the natural global environment that are experiencing change, including climate, biodiversity, the ozone layer, water resources, land use and cover, and regional and urban air quality. Topics include the recent enormous growth in knowledge of the composition of the global atmosphere, its relationship to human activities and to the climate system, and observational evidence of national and global warming. The interaction of all forms of global environmental change with human activities, and human futures, will be considered, together with the issues confronting the conduct of natural science and social sciences in support of sound policy development.
Speakers
Dr Neil Hamilton
International Human Dimensions Programme for Global Change, Bonn, Germany
The changing global environment: Responses and future options
Abstract
Dr David Etheridge
CSIRO Atmospheric Research
The changing composition of the global atmosphere
Paper
Dr Leon Rotstayn
CSIRO Atmospheric Research
Climate change and greenhouse
Paper
