Understanding and adapting our communities to the new world of climate change impacts is essential to ensuring our continued prosperity.
In association with the Victorian Government’s Department of Sustainability and Environment, the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute (MSSI) and Office for Environmental Programs (OEP) are hosting a public lecture featuring leading international researchers in the areas of economics, social mobilisation and assessment of global change. This lecture will examine the costs of climate change for business, government and the community, and engage the audience with the complex and dynamic problem of adaptation, as a challenge for society at large.
Speakers:
Dr Samuel Fankhauser is an economist and Principal Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics. He is a member of the UK Government Committee on Climate Change and is a former Deputy Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Research interests: carbon markets, the economics of education and the social costs of climate change.
Dr Hans-Martin Füssel is a specialist in conceptual frameworks for climate change adaptation assessment, notably ‘Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies for Human Health’ for the World Health Organisation. He is a senior research fellow at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Research interests: Global climate change vulnerability assessment, international adaptation funding, climate change and global inequity, climate change and human health, welfare optimization in global climate-economy models.
Discussant: Ms. Rebecca McNaught.
Rebecca is Senior Programme Officer for the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre. She supports these organisations in the Asia Pacific region to better understand and address the humanitarian issues of climate change, and works globally to engage Red Cross/Red Crescent youth on the topic.
Tuesday 2nd June, 5.30-7pm
Venue: Economics and Commerce Building ‘The Spot’, 198 Berkeley Street, Carlton
Bookings: 8344 3099
email: cprebble@unimelb.edu.au
This event is part of Victorian Climate Change Adaptation Week – www.climatechange.vic.gov.au
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