2010 International Climate Change Adaptation Conference
Climate Adaptation Futures
Preparing for the unavoidable impacts of climate change
29 June - 1 July 2010
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Closing Plenary: Looking forward
July 3, 2010 - 5:12 am
Closing Plenary: Looking forward
Session 3.5 | 3.45pm – 5.15pm | 1st July 2010
Chairs: Rik Leemans, Earth System Science Partnership and Wageningen University – Presentation (PDF)
Speakers:
• Towards IPCC AR5: Chris Field, Co-Chair, Working Group II, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – Presentation (PDF)
• Reflection on conference: Tony McMichael, ANU
• Panel discussion: Future directions in adaptation: needs, barriers and [...]
3.2 Plenary: Four Case Studies in Adaptation
July 3, 2010 - 1:00 am
Session 3.2 | 8.30am – 10.30am | 1st July 2010
Chair: Lesley Hughes, Macquarie University, Australia
Speakers
Drought proofing rural economies in semi-arid areas: lessons from NE Brazil: Antonio Magalhães, Esquel Brazil Foundation, Brazil – Presentation (PDF)
The urban poor in developing countries: the biggest adaptation challenge: David Dodman, International Institute for Environment and Development, UK – Presentation (PDF)
The [...]
1.1 Opening Plenary
July 2, 2010 - 2:33 am
Session 1.1 | 8.30am – 10.30am | 29th June 2010
Chair: Professor Ian O’Connor, Vice Chancellor, Griffith University
Speakers
Welcome to Country, Mr Graham Dillon, Kombumerri elder
Welcome by conference convenors Jean Palutikof, NCCARF and Andrew Ash, CSIRO – Jean Palutikof Presentation (PDF)
Welcome: Hon. Penny Wong, Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water
Professor Joseph Alcamo, Chief Scientist, UNEP
Dr [...]
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July 1, 2010 - 11:18 pm
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2.2 Plenary: The science/policy interface
July 1, 2010 - 4:12 am
Session 2.2 | 8.30am – 10.30am | 30th June 2010
Chair: Andrew Haines, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Speakers
Equity and the economic impacts of adaptation: Neil Adger, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, UK – Presentation (PDF)
Climate change adaptation in a post-Copenhagen world: the view from Japan: Nobuo Mimura, Ibaraki [...]
1.5 Welcome Reception
June 30, 2010 - 10:30 pm
Plenary 1.5 | 5.45pm – 6.15pm | 29th June 2010
Speakers
Climate change: a personal view of adaptation and mitigation in the Australian context, Tim Flannery, Macquarie University, Australia
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1.2 Frontiers in adaptation science
June 30, 2010 - 10:26 pm
Plenary 1.2 | 11.00am – 12.40pm | 29th June 2010
Chair: Bryson Bates, CSIRO, Australia
Speakers
Uncertainty/limits to adaptation/adapting to +4oC: Steve Schneider, Stanford University, USA – Presentation (PDF)
Food security/natural environments: Mark Howden, CSIRO, Australia – Presentation (PDF)
Sustainability and adaptation: Atiq Rahman, BCAS, Bangladesh
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June 30, 2010 - 12:11 am
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Conference Opening Plenary
June 28, 2010 - 11:58 pm
The conference has started and the place is buzzing.
The opening plenary is no under the way with:
Chairs: Professor Ian O’Connor, Vice Chancellor, Griffith University
Welcome to Country, Mr Graham Dillon, Kombumerri elder
Welcome by conference convenors Jean Palutikof, NCCARF and Andrew Ash, CSIRO
Welcome: Hon. Penny Wong, Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and [...]
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