Past events

Past events

05
Dec
2017

Fear, fearlessness and environmental activism: The Lock the Gate Alliance »

12.30pm 5 December 2017

This event is the fourth part of a four part series: Governance and the power of fear.

27
Nov
2017

Climate Café: Can cartoons transform our attitudes to climate change? »

12.15pm 27 November 2017

The evidence that our climate is changing due to human activity is overwhelming. Yet attitudes towards climate change vary widely within the Australian community, with a small minority of people denying this evidence. Many more are ambivalent about the issue.

13
Nov
2017

EnergyLab Canberra: Embracing the opportunities offered by community generation »

5.30pm 13 November 2017

As the cost of renewable energy generation is falling it has become increasingly popular for Australians to invest in community generation. How can we embrace the opportunities offered by community generation?

09
Nov
2017

Dispelling the Fog of War: Climate Change & International Security »

5.45pm 9 November 2017

This event comprises a brief artistic and musical performance followed by a public lecture.

24
Oct
2017

Can the Paris Climate Agreement survive the Trump stress test? »

6pm 24 October 2017

Since President Trump’s announcement that the US would pull out of the Paris Agreement on June 1st, there have been mixed messages emerging from the US about its climate targets.

12
Oct
2017

Faults, gases and leakage: locating and quantifying CO2 and methane leaks »

1pm 12 October 2017

Reducing emissions from the extraction, transportation, and burning of fossil fuels is an important mechanism for many countries in order to limit their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reduce the impacts of climate change. Fugitive methane emissions occur during the mining of coal, the production of conventional gas, and extraction of unconventional gas extracted from coal seams or shales, and its further processing, storage and transportation.

29
Sep
2017

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: its role and prospects »

1.30pm 29 September 2017

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is perhaps the biggest science-policy experiment ever, involving thousands of researchers and practitioners in each assessment cycle since its establishment in 1998.

28
Sep
2017

Blueprints for a Post-Anthropocene Greenhouse Earth »

7pm 28 September 2017

n 27 January, 2017, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the arms of its doomsday clock to 2.5 minute to midnight, the closest it has been since 1953, with implications for humanity and nature. This book elaborates projections by the Atomic Scientists, presenting blueprints of a future geologic period, climate and biosphere based on our current understanding of the Earth's history and current developments in the atmosphere-ocean-cryosphere system.

28
Sep
2017

Community Perceptions of Climate Change vulnerability, natural hazards and relocation: insights from Nabukadra and Navuniivi villages in Fiji. ...

5pm 28 September 2017

This month there will be have two student presentations. The first will be presented by Fenner Masters student, Alexandra Nichols. Alexandra will present her recent research on climate change and relocation in Fiji. The second presentation will consist of a student seminar series and will be presented by students from this year’s Fiji Field School.

18
Sep
2017

Agriculture in an increasingly sunburnt country »

1.30pm 18 September 2017

Matching genetics and management to the operating environment is the fundamental challenge of agriculture. To not do this either incurs unnecessary risk/cost or misses out on opportunities. Climate is a fundamental part of the operating environment of agriculture in Australia, affecting all parts of the supply chain as well as communities and economies.

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