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Public event: ART+CLIMATE=CHANGE 2019: Climate bites/Nature

The Living Pavillion Gate 8, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

ART+CLIMATE=CHANGE 2019 at The Living Pavilion (Free Entry) Sink your teeth into climate bites for lunchtime info packed discussions with experts on food, water, fashion, and nature. Take away practical knowledge and tips to bite back against our climate emergency. Produced and curated by Dr Renee Beale @climarteaus #climartebites #artclimatechange The Living Pavilion free public programs will... View Article

Public Event: Communicating science in a post-normal world.

The Royal Society of Victoria 8 Latrobe Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Description Communication and dialogue between science and society are important for both sides. Science informs individual and collective decisions, while social context and social needs guide the direction of scientific enquiry. But the science communication ecosystem is changing: Science is growing, and fields like genome editing, artificial intelligence or climate science are turning into “post-normal... View Article

The Super Wicked Problem of Climate Change

Geelong Library 51 Little Malop Street, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Tom Doig (Author, University of Melbourne) The Super Wicked Problem of Climate Change   Description Climate change is everywhere – and nowhere. It is simultaneously the most urgent problem facing humanity, and a hopelessly abstract concept that’s impossible for us to wrap our heads around. While 97% of the world’s climate scientists agree that human-caused... View Article

From Monsoons to Desert: 50 Million Years of Australian Climate History

The Royal Society of Victoria 8 Latrobe Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Stephen Gallagher (University of Melbourne). From Monsoons to Desert: 50 Million Years of Australian Climate History   Description The 2019 Howitt Lecture - a joint presentation between the Royal Society of Victoria and the Geological Society of Australia (Victoria Division) Geoscience in Australia can be uniquely challenging. The harsh, arid and intense monsoonal climate of our continent generally destroys... View Article

A Just Transition: Integrating Social Dimensions into Climate Change

To be confirmed , Australia

Global Compact Network Australia plus panel (Breakfast series). A Just Transition: Integrating Social Dimensions into Climate Change.   Description Businesses and investors have a critical role to play in accelerating urgent climate action and driving progress towards meeting the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA) invites you... View Article

Energy Futures: Whither Australian energy policy over the next 3 years?

Carrillo Gantner Theatre Swanston Street, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Description The re-election of the Morrison Government federally has strengthened its resolve to implement its energy policies. Previously proposed abatement targets, ‘big stick’ legislation and generation underwriting are all being progressed. Only 6 months earlier, however, the Andrews Government was re-elected in Victoria with a very different set of policies. Other states are also progressing... View Article

A million species at immediate risk of extinction

Malaysia Theatre, Basement Melbourne School of Design Glyn Davis Building, Masson Road, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

A million species at immediate risk of extinction. Should we panic about the IPBES Global Assessment report? During the recent federal election campaign, a new landmark report on the state of global biodiversity was released, but went largely unnoticed in the Australian media. The recent IPBES Global Assessment paints a grim picture of current and anticipated loss... View Article

Victoria’s Regional Forest Agreements: Conservation of Soil and Water Resources

The Royal Society of Victoria 8 Latrobe Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Join us for the fourth in this series of public lectures, looking at the scientific evidence base informing the modernisation of Victoria's Regional Forest Agreements. The Victorian Government is investing in science and data to better understand the range of forest values in Victoria and the systems and processes which underpin forest management, planning and... View Article

Beer Aquatic – What happens to the oceans during an ice age?

Hobart Brewing Company 16 Evans St, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Ever wonder how the oceans coped with ice ages? What sort of changes might have happened? And how can we study these now? Don you Tassie Tuxedo and come down to the Hobart Brewing Company to explore these chilly topics on a chilly July night with Zanna Chase of IMAS.