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VCCCAR Seminars

VCCCAR sponsors seminars by leading figures in the field of climate change adaptation. Recent presentations, with links to powerpoint files and other presentation materials, are listed below:

Seminars

Adapting to flood risk under climate change - a review of good policy and practice - Rob Wilby, VCCCAR 2011 visiting fellow

Adapting to flood risk under climate change - a review of good policy and practice - Rob Wilby, VCCCAR 2011 visiting fellow

Date: 
1 September 2011
Event location: 
Royal Society of Victoria, 1-9 Victoria Street, Melbourne.

Rob Wilby is Professor of Hydroclimatic Modelling at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom and a leading researcher on climate variability and change in relation to the management of freshwater environments.

2011 Jonathan Mann Memorial Lecture

2011 Jonathan Mann Memorial Lecture

Watch the video of the 2011 Jonathan Mann Memorial Lecture, an annual public event held on the Albury-Wodonga campus of La Trobe University, with an ongoing theme of The Murray and its People.

Conserving England's natural environment in a changing climate - Dr Nick Macgregor

Conserving England's natural environment in a changing climate - Dr Nick Macgregor

Date: 
18 November 2011

VCCCAR and NCCARF seminar: Watch the video of Nick Macgregor's seminar summarising changes in the natural environment in England, thought to be partly the result of the changing climate.

Presentation from Rob Roggema, VCCCAR 2010 visiting fellow

Presentation from Rob Roggema, VCCCAR 2010 visiting fellow

Date: 
3 December 2010

Rob Roggema gave a presentation at the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) Climate Adaptation Lunchtime Seminar, Royal Society of Victoria.

Communicating about climate change: Reflections on a workshop process - Sam Ham and John Martin

Communicating about climate change: Reflections on a workshop process - Sam Ham and John Martin

Date: 
17 November 2010

Communicating about climate change: Reflections on a workshop process, with Professors Sam Ham (University of Idaho) and John Martin (La Trobe University).

Seminar flyer forthcoming..

Fair and feasible climate change adaptation - Sverker Jagers

Fair and feasible climate change adaptation - Sverker Jagers

Date: 
19 April 2010

Fair and feasible climate change adaptation, A seminar by Associate Professor Sverker Jagers, Department of Political Science, Gothenburg University, Sweden.

See below for a copy of the powerpoint presentation.