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Water Security Series: The Melbourne Region Healthy Waterways Strategy

Engineers Australia 600 Bourke St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Join us for a presentation and panel discussion on 'The Melbourne region Healthy Waterways Strategy' as part of the University of Melbourne's Water Security Series. As Melbourne’s population grows and climate change impacts increase, the waterways of the region will be put under greater stress. Efforts to improve water quality, ecologic function and the amenity... View Article

AMOS and AMSA Panel: Marine Plastics: Finding solutions by linking science and community

Stanley Burbury Theatre Churchill Avenue, Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Join our expert panel for a discussion on the impacts of marine plastic debris and what can be done to address this major environmental issue. Dr David Griffin - Physical Oceanographer, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, who will discuss ocean circulation and marine debris; Dr Lauren Roman - Researcher, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, who will discuss the impacts... View Article

How to stay engaged to act in a climate crisis – strategies from psychology and community activism

Fitzroy Town Hall Reading Room 201 Napier St, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia

Susie Burke (University of Melbourne). How to stay engaged to act in a climate crisis - strategies from psychology and community activism.   City of Yarra, Yarra Libraries and the Ewing Trust present: How to Stay Engaged to Act in a Climate Crisis Strategies from psychology and community activism Psychological science can help people come... View Article

A “hypothetical” on climate change: the science and the law

Federal Court - Court Room 1 Level 21 Law Courts Building, Queens Square, Sydney, NSW, Australia

The Australian Academy of Science and Australian Academy of Law Joint Symposium A "hypothetical" on Climate Change: the Science and the Law A panel of experts on the science and the law relating to climate change will be asked questions by Justin Gleeson SC of the New South Wales Bar on this important topic. The... View Article

$25

University of Melbourne Women in Maths Day

University Hall Old Quadrangle, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The day will celebrate Women of Mathematics through a range of activities, including a networking lunch, a panel discussion, research talks, and an official opening of the exhibit "Women of Mathematics throughout Europe" at the University of Melbourne. The event is funded in part by the Georgina Sweet Award of Prof Kate Smith-Miles, as part of... View Article

Risk Frontiers Seminar Series 2019: Climate Change

Museum of Sydney Cnr of Bridge and Phillip St, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Speakers: Andy Pitman (CLEX), Lisa Alexander (CLEX), Greg Holland (Climate and Energy College), Seth Westra (University of Adelaide), Ryan Crompton (Risk Frontiers)

Climate Change and Australia: Where to Now?

Clemenger Auditorium National Gallery of Victoria, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Bob Brown (Bob Brown Foundation), Dr David Ritter (Greenpeace), Maiysha Moin (Fintona Girls School), with moderator Professor Katie Holmes (Latrobe University The Ideas and Society Program, convened by Professor Robert Manne, is a forum for discussion about the future of Australia and beyond. In 2019 we are hosting a series of discussions regarding some of... View Article

$5 – $25

Connecting postgraduate climate researchers. Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute

Pelham Room 168 Leicester St, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Connecting postgraduate climate researchers. Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute Are you a University of Melbourne PhD candidate or Masters by Research student researching on the topic of climate change? About this Event This is an opportunity to eat, drink and mingle with fellow climate change researchers. The Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute’s Climate Transformations Research Cluster and the Climate &... View Article

LaTrobe Asia Panel: Climate change and conflict in the Himalaya

La Trobe Boardroom City Campus Level 20, La Trobe University City Campus 360 Collins St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne launch of the new La Trobe Asia Brief. About this Event The snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas are instantly recognisable, but the critical role these mountains play in Asia’s climate, hydrology, ecology and geopolitics is mostly underplayed. Despite this importance, or perhaps because of them, there are a number of threats to the environment,... View Article