The ANU Climate Change Institute welcomes Dr Kristie Ebi, Executive Director of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Technical Support Unit for Working Group ll, AR5.  To coincide with Dr Ebi’s public lecture the CCI will host a roundtable discussion on Wednesday 6 May 2009 at Meeting Room D, Coombs Building.  The event will be an open exchange providing an opportunity to explore and better understand IPCC WGll, AR5 issues.

Roundtable participants

Prof Tony McMichael
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health.

Dr Kristie Ebi
Executive Director of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Technical Support Unit for Working Group ll, AR5 (Impacts, Vulnerability, Adaptation)

Prof Alistair Woodward
Head of School, School of Population Health, University of Aukland. Lead author WGll, AR4.

Dr Frank Jotzo
Assistant Director ANU Climate Change Institute. Research Fellow, RMAP Economic Division.

Dr Daniel Connell
Research Fellow Crawford School of Economics and Governance. ANU Water Initiative.

Dr Jacqueline de Chazal
Postdoctorate Fellow National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health.

Dr Leo Dobes
Policy and Governance Program, Crawford School of Economics and Governance.

Dr Kersty Hobson
The Fenner School of Environment and Society.

Mr Jamie Pittock
The Fenner School of Environment and Society.

Everyone is welcome to participate and ask questions in the roundtable discussion. This a free event. RSVP is required as the meeting room has limited seating.

Photo: Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the IPCC addressing the Copenhagen Climate Change Scientific Congress in March 2009.