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19 May 2009

Australia-China Climate Change Forum - Podcast

Prof Jiahua Pan & Mr Robert Owen-Jones

To listen to Forum sessions, simply download selected file to your personal computer session-01.mp3 session-02.mp3 session-03.mp3 australia-china-climate-change-forum-keynote-address-by-hon-penny-wong.mp3 * Access PowerPoint  presentations at Products section on CCI homepage Photo: Prof Jiahua Pan and Mr Robert Owen-Jones Photo by: Mr Darren Boyd, College of Asia and the …

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20 Jan 2009

High level forum on Australia, China and Climate Change

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A high level public forum on Australia, China and climate change will be held at ANU on Wednesday 15 April 2009. The forum will be hosted by the ANU China Institute, ANU Climate Change Institute, China Economy and Business Program and the East Asia Forum. It will provide an important opportunity for independent dialogue between Chinese and Australian experts on issues leading up to the United …

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20 Jan 2009

What is the cost of not mitigating climate change?

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Is there a technological fix that can solve the problem of climate change? What is the cost of not acting to mitigate climate change? Does climate change represent a threat to national and global security? Join the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions on 10-12 March 2009. Thousands of experts within various fields of climate research from green technology, transport and energy to …

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28 Oct 2008

ANU Reporter - Special Edition

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To celebrate the launch of the ANU Climate Change Institute, the ANU magazine looks at the breadth of climate-related research taking place at the University.  Download your ANU Reporter special edition.  Climate Change Special …

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23 Oct 2008

Master of Climate Change

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From 2009 The Fenner School of Environment and the Crawford School of Economics and Government at The Australian National University are drawing on the depth of expertise across the University to offer the Master of Climate Change graduate program. This program offers students unique breadth and diversity in addressing the multiple dimensions of the climate change problem through access to world-leading experts in climate change science and policy. To …

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22 Sep 2008

‘Climate change has sealed our fate’: Kiribati President

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The President of Kiribati said his country is destined to become uninhabitable due to ocean-level rise in a frank address at ANU last week.His Excellency Anote Tong called on Australia and the rest of the international community to help provide skills training to his people so that they would be more attractive as migrants.The leader of the central Pacific nation said he was resigned to the …

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18 Sep 2008

Climate Change, Security & Complexity: the State of Play

In this seminar Dr Richard Tanter discusses the analytical and policy approaches to climate change and security. Dr Richard Tanter is Professorial Fellow in International Relations at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Senior Research Associate at the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability. At the Nautilus Institute he coordinates ‘Austral Peace and Security Net’, the Australian Forces Abroad briefing book series, and the Climate Change and Reframing Australia-Indonesia Security …

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09 Sep 2008

Climate Change impacts: Indonesia

Climate change has climbed up the agenda in the global public and policy discussion. Indonesia is no exception, as the country is vulnerable to future climate change impacts and is a major greenhouse gas emitter. Climate change is not just an issue of higher temperatures and sea-level rise, but of flow-on effects throughout the climate system, in particular changes in rainfall patterns. Indonesia can expect longer dry seasons and shorter …

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09 Sep 2008

Macro economics: Climate Change & Energy

Rapid global economic growth, particularly in China and India, has important implications for global energy use as well as causing a rapid rise in greenhouse gas emissions with implication for climate change. This program focuses on the importance of energy use and climate change as well as the associated policy responses on the macro-economy. This program focuses on: - Methodologies for projecting long term energy use and carbon dioxide …

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12 Dec 2006

Welcome to the ANU Climate Change Institute!

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Climate change is rapidly becoming the defining challenge for humanity in the 21st century. Dealing with climate change demands new types of knowledge – every bit as demanding and rigorous as traditional academic knowledge but more integrated and connected, and more closely linked to practitioners searching for solutions to the climate change challenge. The ANU is in an exceptionally strong position to contribute to the generation of these …

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