AAS-Global warming and climate change

The Australian Academy of Science's comments on the Joint science academies’ statement: Climate change adaptation and the transition to a low carbon society

Summary of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Synthesis Report (20 November 2007)

The National Committee for Earth System Science has prepared a summary of the most recent IPCC assessment.

The great global warming swindle (12 July 2007)

Comments by the Academy’s National Committee for Earth System Science on the ‘Great global warming swindle’ program.
Comments

Verdict remains the same: the CO₂ is guilty (12 July 2007)

The Australian Academy of Science maintains the view that recent global warming is caused by unprecedented CO₂ levels in the atmosphere, despite claims made in a recent documentary.
Media release

On the edge of global calamity (7 February 2007)

An opinion piece by Academy President Professor Kurt Lambeck following the release of the fourth assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (Published in The Australian.)
Full article

Global warming – let’s not lose another five years (2 February 2007)

It’s official: human-induced climate change is a real and serious threat to our planet — so it’s time for government and industry to take action to reduce the pace of change and give societies and ecosystems extra time to adapt.
Media release

Academy's stern message on climate change report (31 October 2006)

The Academy President comments on the Stern Review of the Economics of Climate Change.
Media release

Sea level in a changing climate environment (23 August 2006)

Address to the National Press Club by Professor Kurt Lambeck, President, Australian Academy of Science.
Transcript

The changing atmosphere in 2005 (21 February 2005)

Public lecture by Professor F Sherwood Rowland, Nobel Laureate.
Transcript

International Climate Change Science: Australia’s role, links and opportunities (18 December 2003)

Full report (PDF file, 764KB)

Summary
The main objective of this report is to describe the international global climate change research scene and provide a preliminary overview of Australia’s current engagement in the various programmes and projects at the international level.

The Academy’s recommendations for Australia’s international role and research:

Maintain international contributions to major programmes
Enhance Australian participation in other international or regional programmes
Develop an Australian climate change researchers register
Enhance communication
Enhance support for IPCC involvement
Membership of Human Dimension of Climate Change
Improve biodiversity – climate change linkages
Enhance terrestrial observation
Secure support for Antarctic and ocean circulation and related research
Conduct full bibliometric assessment

Impact of global warming on biodiversity (Nova: Science in the News)

Global warming on the scale predicted by scientists could have major consequences for Australia's biodiversity. Are we doing anything about it?

Warmer and sicker? Global warming and human health (Nova: Science in the news)

Continued warming of the planet could have significant implications for human health. Coping with extreme heatwaves will be just one of our concerns.

Getting into hot water – global warming and rising sea levels (Nova: Science in the news)

The 20th century saw the greatest increase in temperature of any century during the last thousand years, and the last decade was the warmest since records began. As the temperature rises, so does the sea level – with profound consequences for us all.

Coral bleaching – will global warming kill the reefs? (Nova: Science in the news)

Coral reefs are sensitive to environmental change. Recently, the frequency and distribution of coral bleaching have increased, and in 2002 the Great Barrier Reef experienced its worst case of coral bleaching on record.

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