The Melbourne Newsroom

Distinguished economist and University of Melbourne Vice Chancellor’s Fellow Professor Ross Garnaut will discuss the key findings in his final report on climate change at a free lecture tomorrow night.

World-renowned UK politician, The Rt Hon John Gummer, Lord Deben will discuss the issues associated with delivering climate change consensus in a public lecture hosted by the University of Melbourne's Sustainable Society Institute this Thursday 24 March.

Scientists have identified a significant problem with current biodiversity management programs and are urging for a large-scale review into conservation techniques that deal with the effects of climate change. The research is published in the latest edition of Nature.

A price on carbon is back on the agenda following yesterday's announcement of a minority Gillard Government says Dr Peter Christoff of the Department of Resource Management and Geography at University of Melbourne, but an emissions trading scheme like the one pushed by Labor in its first term is unlikley.

Expert scientists from across Australia have joined forces to enhance public understanding of climate change science through an innovative question-answer style report, launched yesterday.

Internationally-renowned conservation biologist Professor Stephen Hopper will present novel ideas on how we can use plants to mitigate climate change, in a public lecture at the University of Melbourne this week.

The following text comes from the 2010 Hamer Oration held at the University of Melbourne on Thursday August 5, 2010.  The speech was given by Professor Ross Garnaut, a Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow in Economics at the University.

 

Researchers at the University of Melbourne have teamed up with the Sustainable Agriculture Fund (SAF) to tackle the challenges the Australian farming industry will face in maintaining productivity under a changing climate.

A biologist working to protect threatened ecosystems and a physical chemist exploring the applications of quantum materials are both recipients of Australian Laureate Fellowships, administered by the Australian Research Council.