Vale Stephen Schneider
We have been very saddened to hear the news of Stephen Schneider’s death. Just over two weeks ago Stephen delivered a keynote address at the 2010 International Climate Change Adaptation Conference at the Gold Coast. Stephen had an innate ability to engage, inform and challenge people about the reality of climate change and [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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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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 [...]
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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A focus on reducing climate-driven disaster risk in rural and urban communities in southern Africa has earned climatologist Coleen Vogel the fourth Burtoni Award for contributions to climate change adaptation and science.
The Burtoni was created to promote and stimulate climate change adaptation research and policy, by honouring those who have made significant contributions to the [...]
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