Key Past Events
FREE PUBLIC FORUM: What US and China’s Action on Climate Change means for Australia
Climate change requires decisive action from across the international community. Countries with a history of high emissions of greenhouse gases - such as the US and Australia – need to act. So too do growing economies such as China. So what are the US and China doing to reduce emissions? And what does this mean for Australia and its unique position as a high per capita emitter, major coal exporter, and political middle power? The world is watching.
POST CARBON PATHWAYS: Report launch and panel discussion on climate change leadership
Post Carbon Pathways: Creating a just and resilient post carbon future, by John Wiseman,Taegen Edwards, and Kate Luckins draws on in-depth interviews with leading international researchers, policy makers and activists on actions needed to drive the rapid implementation of large scale post carbon economy transition strategies.
Free Public Lecture: Addressing the myths of Climate Change: Science, Impacts, Adaptation
This lecture will provide an insight into some of the key climate change myths from the perspective of three prominent climate scientists.
Free Public Lecture: Petra Hellegers - The Role of Water Economics in Food Security
Water resources are under increasing pressure, due to world's growing population and economy.
Public Lecture, Prof Paul B. Thompson - 'The Fundamental Problem in the Ethics of Food Security'
Farmers benefit when food prices go up, but the urban poor suffer.
Public Lecture: Andy van den Dobbelsteen, 'Fossil-free Cities: Towards intelligent cities ready for the energy crisis'
Speaker: Prof Andy van den Dobbelsteen
Professor of Climate Design & Sustainability
Implementing Gross National Happiness: The View from Bhutan
Gross National Happiness (GNH) is Bhutan's balanced development philosophy which seeks to integrate equitable and sustainable socio-economic development with environmental conservation, cultural promotion and good governance.
Free lecture: Andreas Ernst - 'Neighbourhood support in heat waves as climate change adaptation – an agent‐based simulation'
Professor Andreas Ernst, Vice Executive Director, Centre for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel
Free Public Forum: Roy Neel, 'Towards a just and sustainable post carbon economy'
Roy Neel
Chief of Staff to Al Gore and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee.
Podcast available: http://harangue.lecture.unimelb.edu.au/Lectopia/Lectopia.lasso?ut=2353&id=124604
Creating Healthy Sustainable Societies Conference 2011
The conference brings together leading thinkers and researchers from the fields of health and sustainability to provide a forum to meet and discuss future priorities for research. There will be a focus on public health driven advocacy, emerging health and sustainability research, and environmentally sustainable healthcare.
Public Forum: Climate Change Knowledge, Values and Action
The Garnaut Climate Change Review Update 2011 provides further confi rmation of two seemingly paradoxical trends.
Podcast now available: http://harangue.lecture.unimelb.edu.au/Lectopia/Lectopia.lasso?ut=1224&id=123565
CONFERENCE: 'Four Degrees or More? Australia in a Hot World'
Conference Homepage: www.fourdegrees2011.com.au
Free film screening: The Economics of Happiness
David Suzuki: "A powerful film that cuts deeply to the heart of the global crisis. Magnificent!". Join us for a special, free screening followed by an opportunity for discussion with producer and director, Helena Norberg-Hodge.
Summit: 'National Community Climate Network'
The national Community Climate Network held its third summit for grassroots climate action groups and campaigners in Melbourne on Saturday 9th to Monday 11th April.
Public Lecture: John Gummer, Lord Deben on 'Climate Change Action and Conservative Politics'
The Rt Hon John Gummer, Lord Deben spoke about the role played by politics, policy, business and civil society in delivering climate change consensus.
Visit this webpage to watch the video: http://live.unimelb.edu.au/episode/climate-change-action-and-conservative-politics
Public Forum Series: Water Security and Sustainability, March-May 2011
Current political focus on water security and vulnerability is on the short-term fix with little evidence-based decision making.
Free Public Lecture: 'The recent extreme weather - A scientific perspective'
Presented by the Monash Sustainability Institute, the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, and the Melbourne Centre of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society.
Sir Mark Oliphant Conference, 2011: Sustainable Urbanisation: a resilient future
This innovative one-off conference, brought together inter-disciplinary researchers and practitioners to advance the knowledge and implementation of resilient sustainable urban development.
TEDx videos now available online - click below.
Hosts: The University of Melbourne, Swinburne University of Technology, in conjunction with Sir Mark Oliphant Conferences.
Public Lecture: Prof Ross Garnaut - Reflections on the Australian climate change discussion
Presented by the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, the Monash Sustainability Institute, and the Garnaut Climate Change Review.
Public Event: Naomi Oreskes - Merchants of Doubt...from tobacco smoke to global warming
Presented by the Monash Sustainability Institute and the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute. Video podcast of the University of Adelaide event - click here.
Free public Lecture/Panel Discussion: Prof Tim Jackson - Prosperity Without Growth
Co-sponsored by the Centre for Public Policy and the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute:
Public Lecture: Barry Smit - Unnatural Disasters, The Fractured Science and Politics of Climate Change
Podcast available.
Hosted by the MSSI and sponsored by the Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand (ACSANZ) and the Government of Canada.
Public Forum: After Copenhagen: The Future of Climate Change Politics and Policy after the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15)
A Cross-Disciplinary University of Melbourne Forum hosted by the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute; the McCaughey Centre, the Melbourne School of Population Health, the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab and the Centre for Public Policy.
Public Lecture: Climate Change as a Security Risk - Water, Food and Health as Conflict Constellations in India
Co-sponsored by the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, Asialink, and the Australia India Institute.
The Costs of Climate Change
Co-sponsored by the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute and the Office for Environmental Programs, in association with the Victorian Government's Department of Sustainability and Environment.
Public Lecture: Bill McKibben - ''Because the World Needs to Know' - Building an International Climate Movement'
Presented by the Office for Environmental Programs and the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute.
Symposium - Climate Change Science: Impacts and Adaptation for Victoria
Understanding and managing the risks of climate extremes is an important challenge for Australian scientists as well as for planners and politicians. This is one of a series of annual Royal Society Victoria Symposia on scientific issues of importance in Victoria.