| Sunday 13 November 2005 |
| 17:00 |
Registration
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| 18:00 |
Welcome reception
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| Monday 14 November 2005 |
| 08:00 |
Registration
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| 09:00 |
Welcome
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| 09:10 |
Conference opening
His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery, AC, CVO, MC(Retd)
Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia
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| 09:30 |
Ministerial presentation
The Hon. John Thwaites, Minister for Environment, Victoria
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| 09:50 |
KEYNOTE - The science of climate change underpinning private and public policy decisions
Dr Graeme Pearman
ZIP file (32MB)
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| 10:30 |
Climate change and the finance and risk management sectors
Mr Bill Peck, General Manager - Risk Management & Compliance, AON Holdings, Australia Ltd.
PPT file (2MB)
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| 11:10 |
Morning tea
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| 11:40 |
Climate change and business
Mr Tony Wood, General Manager, Public and Government Affairs, Origin Energy
PPT file (948KB)
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| 12:20 |
Geosequestration
Dr Peter Cook, Executive Director, CRC for Greenhouse Gas Technologies
PPT file (5MB)
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| 13:00 |
Lunch
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| 14:00 |
Scenarios for tackling climate change
Dr Fiona Wild, BP
PPT file (1MB)
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| 14:30 |
NSW greenhouse gas abatement scheme
Mr Rob Fowler, NSW Government
PPT file (504KB)
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| 15:10 |
Afternoon tea
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| 15:40 |
How to save 100 million tonnes of carbon emissions? Energy and risk management.
Panel session: 10 min presentations, followed by facilitated group discussion; AGO to Chair. Mr Mark O'Neill, Executive Director Australian Coal Association, Dr John Wright, Director, CSIRO Energy Transformed Flagship, Prof. Ralph Sims, Director, Centre for Energy Research, Massey University, New Zealand
ZIP file (10MB)
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| 17:00 |
Poster session and mixer
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| Tuesday 15 November 2005 |
| 08:30 |
Registration
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| 09:00 |
Ministerial presentation
Senator the Hon. Ian Campbell, Minister for the Environment and Heritage
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| 09:40 |
Climate change in Australia and New Zealand: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability
Mr Kevin Hennessy and Prof. Blair Fitzharris
PPT file (9MB)
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| 10:20 |
KEYNOTE - Climate change policy in New Zealand: elements, implementation, and lessons on effectiveness
Mr Bill Bayfield, General Manager, Sustainable Industries and Climate Change Group, New Zealand Ministry for the Environment
PPT file (635KB)
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| 10:50 |
Morning tea
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| 11:20 |
How can we be sustainable in a greenhouse world?
Panel session: 10 min presentations, followed by facilitated group discussion. Dr Ian Woods Senior Research Analyst, AMP; Mr Roger Beale, Consultant, Allen Consulting; Mr Ian Carruthers, Australian Greenhouse Office; Dr Anna Littleboy, CSIRO Exploration and Mining
ZIP file (8MB)
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| 12:40 |
Lunch
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| 13:40 |
KEYNOTE - Climate change mitigation - the UK's experience
Mr Chris Leigh, Head, National Climate Change Policy Division, UK Environment Department
PPT file (218KB)
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| 14:20 |
Climate change and investment
Mr Mark Mills, Director, Generation Investment Management, UK
PPT file (137KB)
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| 14:50 |
Climate change and business
Mr Sean Lucy, Practice Leader, Climate Change, Phillips Fox
PPT file (304KB)
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| 15:20 |
Afternoon tea
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| 15:50 |
Where are we going and what do we need? What industry needs from researchers and government.
Panel session: 10 min presentations, followed by facilitated group discussion. Dr Lorraine Stephenson, Sustainable Development Manager, Origin Energy; Mr Ross Young, Executive Director, Water Services Association of Australia; Dr Martin Blumenthal, Program Manager, Grains Research and Development Corporation; Cr Fraser Brindley, Melbourne City Council
ZIP file (5MB)
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| 17:00 |
Poster Session
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| 19:30 |
Lecture - Sleeping giants: climate feedbacks, extremes, abrupt changes and beyond
Dr Will Steffen, Australian Greenhouse Office
PPT file (17MB)
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| Wednesday 16 November 2005 |
| 08:30 |
Registration
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| 09:00 |
Australia's future contribution to understanding greenhouse science
Dr Geoff Love, Director of Meteorology, Bureau of Meteorology
PPT file (3MB)
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| 09:40 |
Climate change - interactive session (Part 1)
Dr Roger Jones and Dr Ben Preston, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
PPT file (586KB)
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| 10:00 |
Key issues for Australasia's climate change science
Ms Jo Mummery, Australian Greenhouse Office; Dr Andy Reisinger, NZ Climate Change Office
ZIP file (2MB)
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| 10:45 |
Morning tea
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| 11:15 |
What climatic surprises are in store? Extremes, abrupt events and dangerous climate change
Panel session: 10 min presentations, followed by facilitated group discussion. Dr Will Steffen, AGO; Dr Kate Harle, CSIRO; Dr Scott Power, Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre; Dr Penny Whetton, CSIRO
ZIP file (7MB)
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| 12:25 |
Climate change - interactive session (Part 2)
Dr Roger Jones and Dr Ben Preston, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
PPT file (586KB)
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| 12:40 |
Lunch
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Measurements and observations |
Sequestration and the carbon cycle |
Climate change impacts and adaptation |
Mitigating emissions |
| 13:40 |
Carbon sink/source strength of an Australian savanna and the role of fire.
Jason Beringer
ZIP file (48MB)
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The role of biospheric feedback in a warming Australia.
Andy Pitman
PPT file (5MB)
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Agriculture and forestry: Reducing vulnerability to variability and change.
Jim Salinger
PPT file (10MB)
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Improving the bottom line through energy efficiency-EPA Victoria's greenhouse program.
John A Marsiglio
PPT file (1MB)
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| 14:00 |
European Emissions of greenhouse gases based on observations at the mace head baseline station.
Richard Derwent
PPT file (2MB)
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Vulnerabilities of the carbon cycle.
Joseph G. Canadell
PPT file (4MB)
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Observed and future climate change impacts on the Great Barrier Reef.
Janice Lough
PPT file (21MB)
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From greenhouse challenge to challenge plus-Broadening the partnership.
Shayleen Thompson
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| 14:20 |
Past and future radiative forcing by long-lived greenhouse gases.
Paul Fraser
PPT file (8MB)
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Bio-sequestration of carbon in Aaustralia's tropical savannas: Capacity, uncertainties and opportunities.
R.J. Williams
PPT file (9MB)
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Why most estimates of coastal erosion due to climate change are wrong and how to fix them.
Peter Cowell
PPT file (1MB)
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Energy Efficiency in the building Code of Australia addressing abatement and adaptation.
Dr Tony Marker
PPT file (703KB)
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| 14:40 |
Observed climate change in Australia.
Michael Coughlan
PPT file (1MB)
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Dramatic decline in net ecosystem carbon exchange in native forest due to drought and insect attack.
Heather Keith
PPT file (14MB)
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Living and adapting in a changing climate.
Brian Sadler
PPT file (16MB)
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The role of renewable energy in addressing climate change.
Denis Smedley
PPT file (3MB)
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| 15:00 |
Panel
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| 15:20 |
Afternoon tea
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Measurements and observations |
Sequestration and the carbon cycle |
Climate change impacts and adaptation |
Mitigating emissions |
| 15:40 |
Observed decadal trends in vegetation cover over the Australian continent.
Michael Raupach
PPT file (8MB)
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Quantifying the benefits of temporary carbon sequestration.
Ian Enting
PDF file (62KB)
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Context-Sensitive integrated assessment.
Amanda Lynch
PPT file (5MB)
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Solar energy solutions.
Andrew Blakers
PPT file (22MB)
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| 16:00 |
20th Century sea level rise.
John Church
PPT file (2MB)
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Plantations for Greenhouse-Putting carbon back to work.
Graeme Anderson
PPT file (19MB)
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Will climate change affect the distribution of cropping in Australia? A case study using goyders line.
Mark Howden
PPT file (2MB)
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Oxyfuel technology-An option for the reduction of CO2 emissions from coal-power plants in Germany.
Sonja Gonschorek
PPT file (2MB)
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| 16:20 |
Changes and variations in daily temperature extremes across east Asia and the west pacific.
Neville Nicholls
PPT file (2MB)
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The cost-effectiveness of carbon sequestration in harvested and unharvested eucalypt plantations.
A.J. Richardson
PPT file (895KB)
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Fundamental roadblocks to climate impact research.
Kevin Walsh
PPT file (448KB)
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Regional greenhouse gas inventories a useful tool? Lessons learned from two New Zealand case studies.
Maurice Marquardt
PPT file (2MB)
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| 16:40 |
Panel
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| 17:00 |
Close
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| 19:30 |
Conference dinner
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| Thursday 17 November 2005 |
| 08:30 |
Registration
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| 09:00 |
How can we be sustainable in a greenhouse world?
Meeting the greenhouse challenge on the land.
Dr Michael Robinson, Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting
PPT file (26MB)
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| 09:40 |
Regional and local climate change - Identifying likely impacts and adaptation options
Dr David Wratt, Principal Scientist, Climate Applications, NIWA, New Zealand
PPT file (6MB)
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| 10:20 |
Morning tea
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| 10:50 |
Climate change: wetter or drier?
Dr Michael L. Roderick, CRC for Greenhouse Accounting
PPT file (4MB)
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Climate change impacts and adaptation |
Policy responses |
Water resources |
Greenhouse accounting |
| 11:30 |
Impact on Australian viticulture from greenhouse induced climate change.
Leanne Webb
PPT file (11MB)
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Technology toolbox – how to fast-track action to combat climate chaos
Fiona Wain
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IOCI: How is the south-west Western Australia climate changing what is causing it to change and what is the current climate baseline?
Pandora Hope
PPT file (5MB)
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Models and tools for assessing greenhouse impacts on the carbon cycle in Australia's rangelands.
John Carter
PPT file (4MB)
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| 11:50 |
Change in flowering dates of Australian plants: 1983-2004.
Marie R Keatley
PPT file (2MB)
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Can silos deliver whole of government outcomes?
Judy Lawrence
PPT file (1MB)
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Facing reduced winter rainfall in southern Australia: The challenge ahead.
Bertrand Timbal
PPT file (9MB)
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Tracking the fate of carbon in forest products in Australia.
Fabiano Ximenes
PPT file (16MB)
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| 12:10 |
Determining tree species climatic requirements and climate change impacts on their distribution.
Trevor H. Booth
PPT file (2MB)
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Providing a carbon price signal while preserving economic competitiveness: Practical options for Australia.
Hugh Saddler
PPT file (116KB)
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Climate change and Melbourne's water supply, sewerage and drainage systems.
Bruce Rhodes
PPT file (3MB)
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Queensland remnant woodlands have changed, leading to an increased store of biomass carbon.
Steven Bray
PPT file (9MB)
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| 12:30 |
Higher daytime leaf temperatures contribute to lower freeze tolerance under elevated CO2.
Marilyn C. Ball
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Communicating the consequences of greenhouse policy choices: Why a foregone gain is not the same as a cost.
Steve Hatfield Dodds
PDF file (493KB)
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IOCI: How will the future climate of south-west Western Australia be affected by the greenhouse signature?
Brian Ryan
PPT file (6MB)
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First results from the study of environmental and management drivers of nitrous oxide greenhouse gas emissions in Australia agro-ecosystems.
Ian Galbally
PPT file (10MB)
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| 12:50 |
Panel
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| 13:10 |
Lunch
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Communicating climate change |
Policy responses |
Water resources |
Climate modelling |
| 14:10 |
Educating Business energy consumers in climate change solutions.
Julia Rackley
PPT file (3MB)
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Oceanic Implications for climate change policy.
Ben McNeil
PPT file (5MB)
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The impacts of climate change and variability on the water resources of the Murray-Darling Basin perspective on responding to the challenges.
Wendy Craik
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Changes in drought risk in New Zealand under global warming.
Brett Mullan
PPT file (1MB)
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| 14:30 |
Communicating on climate change.
Neil Plummer
PPT file (830KB)
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Plant response to climate change and implications for the real asset value of Australia's rural lands.
David Ugalde
PPT file (3MB)
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Climate change and variability - risks to the shared water resources of the murray-darling basin.
Gary Allan
PPT file (25MB)
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An analysis of the climate impacts on overturning circulation in the southern ocean.
Stephanie M. Downes
PPT file (579KB)
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| 14:50 |
High school students' beliefs and understandings about the greenhouse effect and intentions to act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Dr Premnadh M Kurup
PPT file (157KB)
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Carbon Tender - Would you like credibility with your carbon offset?
Jack Holden
ZIP file (8MB)
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Assessing the impacts of climate change and variability on the water resources of the Mmurray-darling basin - expectations from the climate research.
Awadesh Prasad
PPT file (1MB)
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An intercomparison of model-simulated historical and future changes in climate extremes.
Julie M Arblaster
PPT file (4MB)
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| 15:10 |
Getting global warming into the classroom
Jaci Brown
PPT file (31MB)
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Key insights to help achieve deep cuts in green house gas emissions whilst creating jobs and a stronger economy.
Michael H Smith
PPT file (2MB)
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Climate and land use change and the hydrology of the Glenelg Hopkins region: Impacts and adaptive capacity.
Craig Clifton
PPT file (5MB)
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Climate change impact assessment in the GBR integrated simulation tools.
Alex Smajgl
PPT file (9MB)
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| 15:30 |
Panel
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| 15:50 |
Conference close
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