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Sir Kenneth Bailey Memorial Lecture. Innovation and Experimentation in the International Climate Change Regime

Theatre G08 Ground Floor, Law, Parkville Campus, 185 Pelham St, Parkville., Victoria, Australia

Lavanya Rajamani (The Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi) The international climate change negotiations, plagued as they are by deep-seated and seemingly irresolvable differences, have had to demonstrate remarkable dexterity over the years in skirting political dysfunction to reach agreement. The agreements reached reflect innovation and experimentation in several respects: the architecture of the legal... View Article

Seminar: Andrew Glikson – Portents of tipping points in the atmosphere-ocean system

Small Events Space, Kambri Cultural Centre Kambri Precinct, University Avenue, Acton, ACT, Australia

At present, the most important strategy to avert such consequences would be investment in CO2 down-draw measures and the channeling water from flooded to desiccated regions, such as from northern Australia to the Murray-Darling basins

Seminar: Understanding tropical precipitation and atmospheric circulation responses to climate change

Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC) 4th Floor, Matthews Building, UNSW, Kensington, NSW, Australia

Rob Chadwick (Met Office UK) Future projections of tropical precipitation show large uncertainties at the regional scales relevant to climate change impacts. In order to narrow this uncertainty and produce robust, useable information for climate change adaptation, the mechanisms that drive regional precipitation change in the tropics must first be understood. In particular, the response... View Article

Public lecture: Climate Change, Water Security, and National Security for Jordan, Palestine and Israel

Theatre 1 University of Melbourne, 207 Bouverie St, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Gidon Bromberg (co-founder and Israeli co-Director of EcoPeace Middle East) Description Gidon Bromberg, co-founder and Israeli co-Director of EcoPeace Middle East, will give a lecture and answer questions on the subject of the recently released EcoPeace report on Climate Change, Water Security and National Security for Jordan, Palestine and Israel. Gidon will present the challenges... View Article

Marine & Antarctic Studies Seminar: Seaweed and seagrass in the future ocean: impacts, opportunities and solutions

Aurora Lecture Theatre 101 Aurora Lecture Theatre, IMAS Waterfront Building, Salamanca, Tasmania, Australia

Coastal ecosystems such as seagrass beds and seaweed communities are facing rapidly changing ocean conditions due to ocean warming, ocean acidification and eutrophication. The three speakers will talk about different approaches to understand the effects that the projected future ocean conditions will have on seaweeds and seagrasses, including omics techniques and field and laboratory based... View Article

Public Lecture: Will the Earth be Too Hot for your Grandchildren to Handle? The Science and Politics of Carbon Emissions and Storage

Glyn Davis Theatre (Formerly Basement Theatre, B117) Glyn Davis Building (Melbourne School of Design) Parkville campus Masson Road, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

This lecture will outline the history of atmospheric temperatures in both the recent and distant past. Professor Huppert will explain the definite connection between the carbon dioxide and methane content of the atmosphere with the average global surface temperature. He will present a range of predictions of the Earth’s future climate, as well as practical... View Article