Session 1
Strange Encounters behind the 2°C Firewall: The Global Picture
Professor Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany)
Listen to presentation (with introduction by conference organisers)
Download Presentation
Session 2
Climate risks, probabilities, and projections
Professor Malte Meinshausen (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany)
Listen to presentation
Download presentation
Session 3
Australian climate at four degrees or more of global warming
Dr Penny Whetton (CSIRO) and Professor David Karoly (University of Melbourne)
Listen to presentation
Download presentation
1st Keynote Address
Climate Change: the Critical Decade
Professor Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany)
Session 4
Australia at four degrees: Changes in extreme weather
Dr Karl Braganza (Bureau of Meteorology) and Mr Kevin Hennessy (CSIRO)
Listen to presentation
Download Karl Braganza presentation
Download Kevin Hennessy presentation
Session 5 Impacts
Australian terrestrial biodiversity over four degrees
Professor Lesley Hughes (Macquarie University)
Listen to presentation
Download presentation
Session 6 Impacts
In hot water: The future of Australia’s marine resources in a warm, acid ocean
Professor Ove Hoegh Guldberg (University of Queensland)
Listen to presentation
Download presentation
Session 7 Impacts
Agriculture in an even more sunburnt country
Dr Mark Howden (CSIRO)
Listen to presentation
Download presentation
Session 8 Impacts
Hot in the City: planning for climate impacts in urban Australia
Cool change? How various Australian cities can engage with climate issues
Professor Jan McDonald (University of Tasmania)
Associate Professor Phil McManus (University of Sydney)
Listen to presentation
Download Jan McDonald presentation
Download Phil McManus presentation
Session 9 Impacts
2+2 = 6: Future disease patterns in Australia will not be a simple extrapolation of current trends
Professor Tony McMichael (Australian National University)
Listen to presentation
Download presentation
Session 10 Impacts
Climate Change in a Complex World: Compounding Crises
Professor Will Steffen (Australian National University) and Professor Dave Griggs (Monash University)
Listen to presentation
Download Dave Griggs presentation
Download Will Steffen presentation
2nd Keynote Address
Adaptation and its Limits
Professor Ross Garnaut (University of Melbourne)
Listen to presentation
Download PDF of address
Session 11
Science and Policy: Australia’s Carbon Tax
Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Hon. Greg Combet, MP
Session 12
Climate Change in Australia: Social and Economic Impacts and Opportunities
Professor Ross Garnaut (University of Melbourne), Tony Westmore (ACOSS), Grant Belchamber (ACTU)
Listen to presentation
Download presentation
Session 13
No Island is an Island: Security in a Four Degree World
Challenges and opportunities for adaptation to climate change in our region
Associate Professor Peter Christoff and Professor Robyn Eckersley (University of Melbourne)
Andrew Hewett (Oxfam Australia)
Listen to presentation
Download presentation
Session 14
Can We Successfully Adapt to 4 degrees of Warming? Yes, No, and Maybe
Professor Jean Palutikof (Griffith University) and Professor Jon Barnett (University of Melbourne)
Listen to presentation
Download presentation
Session 15
Mitigation – Can we?
Tony Wood (Grattan Institute)
Anna Skarbek (ClimateWorks)
Peter Cosier (Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists)
Listen to presentation
Download Tony Wood presentation
Download Anna Skarbek presentation
Download Peter Cosier presentation
Session 16
Barriers, opportunities and policy responses
Professor Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany)
Professor Ross Garnaut (University of Melbourne)
Associate Professor Peter Christoff (University of Melbourne)
