The rise of China in the new global economic order has made for a more prosperous and stable world, according to Associate Professor Mark Crosby from the Melbourne Business School.
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World leading reproduction expert Professor Roger Short, of the University of Melbourne, says Australia’s population growth is out of control increasing the rate of global warming.
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Professor Goad is one of three speakers at Wednesday afternoon’s Festival of Ideas session The Suburb Redeemed and the End of the Quarter Acre Dream.
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Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty has warned doing nothing on climate change is a dangerous experiment that Australia can not afford to be part of.
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Australia faces severe challenges from changes in climate and our necessary response to these challenges will lead to great changes in our society, says Director of the Festival of Ideas Patrick McCaughey.
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With climate change projections indicating extreme weather events will become more frequent and occur with greater intensity, researchers are using the wine industry as a model to examine potential adaptation strategies for food production more generally and are highlighting potential adaptive management strategies.
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Part of a special performance for the Festival of Ideas, two contemporary compositions are musical reflections on the effects of climate change on landscape, oceans and community. By Katherine Smith.
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Even in difficult economic times, the drumbeat of climate change, how to respond to it and what to do about it in matters large and small, keeps thumping away. By Patrick McCaughey, Director, Festival of Ideas
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Do we have the ideas to meet the unprecedented challenge of climate change? Laureate Professor Peter Doherty believes humanity is being forced to face its very future for the first time.
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In the lead up to the University's "Festival of Ideas: Climate Change, Cultural Change", Visions looks at new research being completed at the School of Land and Environment into the impact of climate change on Australia's viticulture industry.
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Climate change doesn't have to be all about science.
The University's Festival of Ideas in June will feature musical works by two University of Melbourne composers that reflect on the effects of climate change on landscape and oceans.
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"Climate change is an intergenerational issue," Youth Ambassador Linh Do explains of her role as a speaker at the University's inaugural Festival of Ideas From 15-20 June 2009.
"It's not something young people or academics have to deal with alone," she says.
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Scientists have severely underestimated the impact of climate change and politicians can no longer afford to delay action, University of Melbourne climate change expert Professor David Karoly has warned.
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