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BAMOS March 2017
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NCCARF Climate Adaptation Research
Weather Tipping 2016 kicks off this weekend
AMOS Weather Tipping Admin team
Webinar Series
Hello weather tippers from your AMOS Weather Tipping Admin team . The AMOS Weather Tipping competition is back for 2017 , and registration is now OPEN . The tipping season will commence on 1 April ( Round 1 : Mildura ) culminating in the Grand Final on 30 September to coincide with the AFL Grand Final . Please mark the start date in your calendars .
The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility ( NCCARF ) works to support decision makers throughout Australia as they prepare for and manage the risks of climate change and sea-level rise . We do this through new research , communication and networking .
Last year ' s rules still apply . Firstly , the fixture features a different site every week , including during the finals . Secondly , if you don ’ t submit your forecast on time ( 8:00pm Friday , local time
in Melbourne ), you ’ ll be allocated the Bureau of Meteorology ’ s forecast plus a In penalty a series of of two online points webinars . That way , we you will ’ ll explore stay in some key touch with the climate competition adaptation and it will topics eliminate . Each the webinar possibility will feature two of a season-ending experts disaster , and . provide opportunity for you , the viewer , to ask questions and join the discussion online . If you ' d like to participate this year then please subscribe to the 2017 season at The tipping webinars . amos . org will . au be . Please live streamed share this at : announcement with your www friends . nccarf and . edu colleagues . au / nccarf-adaptation-webinars
. Best of luck and happy tipping ! Please register your attendance at : https :// nccarfwebinars . eventbrite . com
21 March 3pm AEST
Extreme climate events : future risks and impacts
Extreme climate events – heatwaves , floods , windstorms and bushfires – can quickly become disasters if communities aren ’ t prepared . Extremes are how we will feel the climate change – more so than creeping averages . So how do we prepare for these dramatic events ? Join our webinar panel looking at projections of extreme climate in the future , the impacts these events may have on our built environment and communities , and how we can adapt .
Join our panel of experts :
Jean Palutikof
( NCCARF Director )
Professor Jean Palutikof is Director of the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility at Griffith University . She previously managed the
A series of upcoming webinars by the National Climate Change
Moderator Adaptation Research Facility ( NCCARF ) will explore key climate adaptation topics from extreme events , to urban and natural system , and to trade , aid and tourism .
production of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) Fourth Assessment Report for Working Group II ( Impacts , Adaptation and Vulnerability ), while based at the UK Met Office .
Scott Power
Over the next three months , four webinars will explore these topics with a panel of experts as well ( Griffith as provide University participants ) the opportunity to join in the discussion online .
Dr Scott Power is the Head of Climate Research and the International Development Manager in the Bureau of Meteorology . Scott is also an Honorary Professor in the Global Change Institute at the
The next seminar will be on the topic of trade , aid and tourism under climate change on Wednesday University 19 of Queensland April . Confirmed
. panellists are Professor Jean Palutikof ( NCCARF ), Professor
Jon Barnett ( University of Melbourne ) and Ms Cheryl Durrant ( Department of Defence ).
Matthew Mason
( University of Queensland )
Dr Matthew Mason is a lecturer in Structural Risk Assessment at the University of Queensland . Prior to joining UQ he worked as a catastrophe risk researcher for the industry-focused research centre , Risk Frontiers at Macquarie University . Matthew ’ s key areas of interest include wind engineering , stochastic hazard modelling and catastrophe loss modelling for natural hazards .
Register to join one or more webinars by visiting : nccarfwebinars . eventbrite . com .
19 April 1pm AEST
Trade , aid & tourism under climate change
Climate change in Australia means more than just what happens at home . It can affect Australia ’ s appeal as a tourist destination , alter the competitiveness of our export and create new international tensions that must be managed through foreign policy . Australia has strengths in research and development , natural resource management , energy technologies and climate change adaptation practices that can be mobilised to meet these challenges . Join us for a discussion about Australia in its international context under a changing climate .
Join our panel of of experts including : :
Moderator
Jean Palutikof
( NCCARF Director )
Professor Jean Palutikof is Director of the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility at Griffith University . She previously managed the production of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) Fourth Assessment Report for Working Group II ( Impacts , Adaptation and Vulnerability ), while based at the UK Met Office .
Jon Barnett
( University of Melbourne )
Jon Barnett is a Professor in the Department of Resource Management and Geography at Melbourne University . He is a political geographer whose research investigates the impacts of and responses to climate change on social systems , with a focus on risks to human insecurity , hunger , violent conflict , and water stress . He has done extensive field-work in the South Pacific , China , and East Timor .
Third panel expert to be confirmed
TBC