The Global Change Institute is proud to announce a special one-off seminar by
Professor Stephen Palumbi
Jane and Marshall Steel Jr. Professor in Marine Sciences, Director of the Hopkins Marine Station and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford
Gerald Midgley is Professor of Systems Thinking in the Centre for Systems Studies, Business School, University of Hull, UK.
He also holds Adjunct Professorships at the University of Queensland, Australia; Mälardalen University, Sweden; the University of Canterbury, New Zealand; and Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
He was Director of the Centre for Systems Studies at Hull (1997-2003 & 2010-2014). From 2003 to 2010, he was a Senior Science Leader in the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR), New Zealand.
[STOP PRESS: This event is now booked out. The Chasing Coral documentary is also available on Netlix]
Join us for a FREE film screening of Chasing Coral followed by a Q&A session led by The University of Queensland's Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, who also features in the film.
The Challenge of Change Lecture is designed to challenge conventional thinking, question current policy, and address the greatest environmental and sustainability issues facing humanity today.
Previous speakers have included former Queensland Governor, The Hon. Penelope Wensley AC, Australian Ambassador for the Environment Peter Woolcott, and Australian Finance journalist, Alan Kohler.
The University of Queensland’s Global Change Institute (GCI) and Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC) will jointly host the fourth annual UQ Water Forum on 4-5 July 2017.
This year's theme is: The Water Challenge: How can Australia step up?
The UQ Water Forum, a two-day, free event, seeks to foster collaboration, interaction and integration of water research within and beyond The University of Queensland towards interdisciplinary understanding.
‘What next?’ for the sector on water, sanitation and hygiene?
Tom Muller will highlight debates within WaterAid and the wider civil society sector on how to strengthen water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems and advocate for the Human Right to Water to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
By the year 2050, the human population is forecast to expand to nine billion people, requiring 50 per cent more fuel, 70 per cent more food and 50 per cent more fresh water. Sustaining life on earth in the face of increasing demand for resources, coupled with the challenges of climate change and rapid urbanisation, requires transformative and urgent solutions. How will we create a viable bio-economy using renewable resources? And can we weave integrated production systems for fuel, food and pharmaceuticals into the fabric of mega-cities?
Dr Hall will give a seminar on the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals and their impact on the water industry.
Date & Time: Friday, 28 April 2017
9am - 10am
Venue: AIBN Building 75, Level 1 Seminar Room
Speaker(s): Dr Nina Hall, Program Manager (Sustainable Water) Global Change Institute
The health and environmental impacts of the western diet are being increasingly scrutinised and questioned. National dietary health guidelines are being revised to accommodate the importance of eating sustainably as well as healthily.
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