The 2010 program of Sydney Ideas, the University of Sydney's international public lecture series, will kick start on Tuesday, 23 February, 2010 with a timely lecture from world renowned climate change scientist Dr Michael Oppenheimer.
In this exclusive co-presentation with the University's Institute for Sustainable Solutions,Professor Oppenheimer will discuss how Government policy - at a local, national and international level - needs to catch up with the science behind global warming.
Professor Oppenheimer, a long-time participant in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and a lead author of the Pick's Fourth Assessment Report, will also discuss the recent controversy surrounding the scientific reporting of global warming.
Michael Oppenheimer is the Albert G Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and the Department of Geosciences at Princeton University. Originally trained in astrophysics, he spent two decades with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), a US non-governmental, environmental organisation, where he served as chief scientist and manager of the Climate and Air Program.
Event details
What: "Global Warming: How policy can catch up to the science and solve the problem" - Dr Michael Oppenheimer at Sydney Ideas, the University of Sydney's international public lecture series. Co-presented with the University of Sydney's Institute for Sustainable Solutions
When: 6.30pm on Tuesday, 23 February, 2010
Where: The Seymour Theatre Centre, Cnr of Cleveland St and City Road, University of Sydney
Cost: $20 full/$15 concession. Free tickets are available for University of Sydney students and staff from the Seymour Theatre box office. Please bring ID.Bookings: Phone (02) 9351 7940
(Source Syney Uni website)
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