Seminars

NCCARF Public Seminar Series

NCCARF hosts a series of regular free public seminars open to members of the public, students of all ages, educators and policy makers interested in how our society must adapt to survive the unavoidable impacts of climate change.

These events feature top international speakers currently working at the forefront of climate change research, adaptation and mitigation. Topics include health and wellbeing, farming and food production, land and marine flora and fauna biodiversity, water resources and social issues.

Events are followed by question time and an informal 'meet the speaker' and networking opportunity. For more information on future seminars or to register email nccarf@griffith.edu.au

Upcoming Seminars:

View recordings and slides from previous seminars

August 5, 2010: 'Social science and climate adaptation – some starting points' Dr Nadine Marshall, CSIRO
July 21, 2010: 'Adaptive Response to Sea Level Rise in the Florida’s Gold Coast' Dr Tim Chapin, Florida State University
July 6, 2010: 'Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research at the UK Met Office Hadley Centre, Diogo De Gusmao, Hazel Thornton, UK Met Office
June 28, 2010: 'Adapting to climate change in cities: A New York perspective' Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA-GISS
June 9, 2010: 'Knowledge for adaptation - a challenge for climate science', Professor Will Steffen, ANU
April 28, 2010: Climate change and Australia's biodiversity: can it adapt? Professor Lesley Hughes, Macquarie University
May 19, 2010: 'What controls year-to-year and decade-to-decade variability in Queensland rainfall?', Dr Nick Klingaman, University of Reading, UK
March 30, 2010: 'Climate Services for Adaptation Planning' Dr Chris Gordon and 'Atmospheric Reconstructions over the Earth', Dr Rob Allan, the Met Office Hadley Centre, UK
March 29, 2010: 'Un-Natural Disasters: the Fractured Science and Politics of Climate Change', Professor Barry Smit, University of Guelph, Canada
November 17, 2009: Professor Tim Smith, Director Sustainable Research Centre - Enhancing adaptive capacity in coastal communities
September 29, 2009: 'The Legal Dimensions of Climate Change Adaptation', Professor Jan McDonald, Griffith University
October 22, 2009: Dr Sandra Schuster, Munich RE, 'Managing the unavoidable - Natural Catastrophes'
Aug 20: 'Climate Change and the Future of Coral Reefs', Professor Terry Hughes, JCU
July 30, 2009: 'Networks for Adaptation', Jeff Price, WWF
July 30, 2009: 'CIAS and Climascope', Rachel Warren, Tyndall Centre, UK
July 28, 2009: 'Hurricane Katrina - The Storm and its Effects on Planning and Design', Andrew Garcia, US Army Corp of Engineers
July 21, 2009: 'Climate Change: Loving an even more sunburnt country?' Mark Howden, CSIRO
June 12, 2009: 'The Economics of Adaptation', Dr Samuel Fankhauser, London School of Economics
June 12, 2009: 'Vulnerability to climate change: concepts, assessment approaches, and applications' Dr Hans-Martin Fussel, PIK
June 4, 2009: 'Adaptation - A time for Action', Andrew Ash, CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship
May 21, 2009: 'Flood, famine and dangerous weather: What can the past tell us about adapting for future climate change?', Professor Jean Palutikof, NCCARF
May 8, 2009: 'Public Health: Adapting to climate change', Dr Kristie L Ebi, IPCC
March 27, 2009: '2009 Heat waves and bushfires in SE Australia: are they related to climate change?' Professor David Karoly, University of Melbourne