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Sponsored by:
Dept of Climate Change
ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM

Dangerous Climate Change: Is it inevitable?

Friday, 9 May 2008

Convenor: Professor Michael Dopita, FAA


Session 1: Defining 'dangerous climate change'
Chair: Dr Graeme Pearman, AM, FAA, FTSE
Sustainability Science, Monash University

8.50am

Welcome | (Listen) [5MB]
Professor Kurt Lambeck, PresAA, FRS
President, Australian Academy of Science

9.00am

Keynote address: The Arctic: Is dangerous climate change upon us? | (Listen) [64MB]
Dr Neil T M Hamilton
Director, WWF International Arctic Programme

10.00am

Morning Tea

Session 2: Earth system challenges to avoid dangerous climate change
Chair: Professor Amanda Lynch
School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University

10.30am

The carbon cycle at the climate crossroads | (Listen) [30MB]
Dr Michael Raupach
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

11.00am

Global sea level: How well can we predict its future? | (Listen) [31MB]
Dr John Church
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

11.30am

Water/drying and climate change | (Listen) [26MB]
Professor Neville Nicholls
School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University

12.00pm

Stresses on coral reefs: Can they adapt? | (Listen) [28MB]
Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland

12.30pm

Lunch

Session 3: Institutional challenges to avoid dangerous climate change
Chair: Professor Michael Dopita, FAA
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University

1.30pm

A new geological epoch, the Anthropocene | (Listen) [29MB]
Professor Will Steffen
Director, The Fenner School of Environment and Society

2.00pm

Vulnerability of socio-ecological systems to a changing climate
Professor Amanda Lynch
School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University

2.30pm

The challenge to Australia | (Listen) [29MB]
Mr Roger Beale
Senior Associate with The Allen Consulting Group
Former Australian Federal Environment Department Secretary

3.00pm

Economic perspectives on climate change | (Listen) [30MB]
Ms Anthea Harris
Australian Government Department of Climate Change

Session 4: Avoiding dangerous climate change
Chair: Dr Geoff Love
Director of Meteorology, Bureau of Meteorology

3.30pm

Can we avoid dangerous climate change? | (Listen) [26MB]
Dr Graeme Pearman, AM, FAA, FTSE
Sustainability Science, Monash University

4.00pm

Closing remarks | (Listen) [3MB]

4.05pm

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