AUSTRALIANS AND OUR CHANGING CLIMATE: PAST EXPERIENCES AND FUTURE DESTINY
25 November 1996
The National Academies’ Forum, in pursuing its broader objects of promoting closer links with the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, examined some of the complexities of global change and the public policy options facing Australia. Untangling the causes and effects in order to devise appropriate responses, national and international is a major challenge for all those involved.
Contents
Stuart Harris
A critical review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – second assessment
Dr John Zillman
A prehistorian’s perspective: Aboriginal responses to environmental change
Professor Rhys Jones
Detecting a human influence on climate
Professor David Karoly
Effects of vegetation in climate and atmospheric CO2 and climatic change – part 1
Professor Graham Farquhar
Effects of vegetation in climate and atmospheric CO2 and climatic change – part 2
Dr Roger Gifford
Effects of climate change on human health
Dr Charles Guest
Greenhouse gases sources and sinks – the globe, developed countries and projections
Mr Ian Galbally
Industry’s response to the greenhouse challenge
Professor Greg Tegart
Panel session, comments and discussion