2022 ATSE WEBINAR SERIES
Educating, collaborating and mitigating climate change through technology
Presented by the ATSE ACT Division
Thursday 3 February
12.00-1.00pm AEDT
The Global Challenge of Climate Change
International collaboration is crucial when it comes to developing solutions to climate change, as it fosters a long-term approach that is greater than the sum of its parts. Global policies and programs that encourage action, investment and adaptation to the effects of greenhouse gas emissions are critical to everyone, and the Australian research community is actively doing its part.
Australia is positioned to take a leadership role on climate adaptation through the use of low-emissions technologies and also importantly through leading edge climate modelling and prediction techniques. Developed right here in response to our continents diverse and ever-changing conditions, these projection tools provide insight to extreme events that many Australian’s have already experienced, but the global community have only just started to experience.
Through this presentation you will hear from leading climate change experts, Dr Jaci Brown and Professor Mark Howden who are ensuring Australia is contributing to global climate solution.
Dr Jaci Brown is the Research Director for the Climate Science Centre in CSIRO’s Ocean and Atmosphere Business Unit. Jaci’s research has spanned tropical oceanography, climate projections, fisheries, high resolution ocean defence tools, and seasonal atmospheric processes in Australia.
Professor Mark Howden is the Director of the ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions and a Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He has worked on climate variability, climate change, innovation and adoption issues for over 30 years in partnership with many industry, community and policy groups via both research and science-policy roles.
Moderator
Dr Andy Sheppard FTSE
Speakers
Dr Jaci Brown — Research Director, CSIRO Climate Science Centre
Professor Mark Howden — Director, ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions
SPEAKERS
Dr Jaci Brown
Research Director, CSIRO Climate Science Centre
Dr Jaci Brown is the Research Director for the CSIRO Climate Science Centre (CSC). This research program delivers an array of ocean, atmosphere and climate information designed to help Policy Makers and guide adaptation and mitigation decisions for a more secure and resilient Australia. Projects such as the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Climate Systems Hub are lead out of the CSC and they also participate in projects such as the Australian Climate Service that delivers to the Emergency and Disaster Sector, and the Climate Resilience Enterprise Mission that delivers to Australia’s finance sector for climate risk.
Jaci has worked as a climate scientist for over 20 years. Her strength is in the ability to adapt knowledge to many stakeholders. While her career started in oceanography, she diversified to work on seasonal climate and climate projections for Australia and Pacific Islands. She is passionate about ensuring the information we provide is fit for purpose for actionable decision making. Her previous role was in the CSIRO Agriculture and Food Business Unit exploring how to deliver effective information in ways it could ease decision making on farms.
Professor Mark Howden
Director, ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions
Professor Mark Howden is Director of the Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions at The Australian National University.
He is also an Honorary Professor at Melbourne University, a Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and is the Chair of the ACT Climate Change Council. He was on the US Federal Advisory Committee for the 3rd National Climate Assessment, was a member of the Australian National Climate Science Advisory Committee and contributes to several major national and international science and policy advisory bodies.
Mark has worked on climate variability, climate change, innovation and adoption issues for over 30 years in partnership with many industry, community and policy groups via both research and science-policy roles. Issues he has addressed include agriculture and food security, the natural resource base, ecosystems and biodiversity, energy, water and urban systems.
Mark has over 420 publications of different types. He helped develop both the national and international greenhouse gas inventories that are a fundamental part of the Paris Agreement and has assessed sustainable ways to reduce emissions. He has been a major contributor to the IPCC since 1991, with roles in the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and now Sixth Assessment Reports, sharing the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with other IPCC participants and Al Gore.