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Future Events & Grant Opportunities

Current update:

Water Quality Research Australia (WQRA) in which Flinders University is a stakeholder, is seeking submissions for water-related PhD projects to commence in 2009.
Projects need to fall in the areas of drinking water, recycled water or wastewater. WQRA will select three (3) PhD projects for top-up scholarships (paid as stipend)  to the value of $5,000 over 3.5 years. These scholarships will also provide a consumables budget of up to
$15,000 over the term of the scholarship. Scholarship holders will join teams undertaking water quality and water treatment related investigations at one or more of the participating organisations in WQRA.

The deal could well tempt talented candidates and improve scope to achieve research outcomes. Note, applicants will need to apply for an APA or equivalent scholarship from Flinders. For your reference, the current APAI stipend is $26140 per year, so with the $5000 on offer it brings the payable stipend to $31640, which should be competitive. More info/forms on Flinders scholarships are available via the link below.
http://www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships/

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Research Associate & Senior Research Officer Agribusiness & Economics Research Unit (AERU) Lincoln  University, New Zealand
What's the issue of the day? Food miles? Tourism? Sustainability? Well, that's what we do!
Visit our website  for further information and how to apply for vacancy numbers 08-181, 08-182 and 08-180.  All applications should be accompanied by a covering letter, application form and CV.  This will remain open until the vacancies are filled.
http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/jobs

Conference - Affordable Low Emission Energy and Water
In Canberra on the 12 November 2008.
The French Embassy in Canberra and the Forum for European Australian Science
and Technology cooperation (FEAST) are pleased to announce a high-level
conference on the 'affordability challenge' for achieving low emission energy
and potable Water. 
http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/research/2008/08/13/conference-affordable-low-emission-energy-and-water/

Engaged Environmental Citizenship
A one day symposium, hosted by The Australian Sociological Association’s Environment and Society Working Group.
2 December 2008, University of Melbourne
This is a preliminary event at the annual TASA conference.

$75 million Climate Ready program opens for business .
Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research,
today announced that the Rudd Government's $75 million Climate Ready program is
open for applications.

Climate Ready will support Australian businesses developing new products,
processes and services to tackle climate change by providing dollar-for-dollar
support for research and development, proof-of-concept and early-stage
commercialisation activities.
http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/research/2008/07/29/75-million-climate-ready-program-opens-for-business/

DON’T LET THE MURRAY RIVER DIE
PUBLIC RALLY – PARLIAMENT HOUSE NORTH TERRACE ADELAIDE
11.30AM AUGUST 1ST 2008
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Premier's Science and Research Fund (PSRF)
The Premier's Science and Research Fund (PSRF), incorporating the Sustainable
Energy Research grants Program, is an initiative of the South Australian
Government and the Premier's Science and Research Council. The fund was
established to facilitate investment in key science and research initiatives of
strategic and sustainable value to the state.
http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/research/2008/07/04/premiers-science-and-research-fund-psrf/

Garnaut to report back to the government, on emissions trading, next week.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/25/2285703.htm

Conference on Low Emission Water and Energy.
Canberra, November 12.
Hosted jointly by The French Embassy in Australia with the Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation (FEAST).
http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/research/2008/06/11/conference-low-emission-water-and-energy-canberra/

Conservation Council of  South Australia's (CCSA) Policy Review Summit on Water.
CCSA is in the process of developing a blueprint for environmental action in SA.
We are analysing South Australian environmental policy in the context of a changing
climate.

This Summit will be held on Thursday 12th June 2008, 10.00am – 4.00pm at Enterprise House, 136 Greenhill Rd, Unley,

Other forthcoming summits which will focus on Planning & Urban Development, Waste, Biodiversity,
Coast & Marine issues and Energy. For each policy review, CCSA will present our draft findings and listen to the perspectives of people
from outside of the environment movement. The findings of all six reviews, incorporating  feedback,
will be published in 2009. For further information please contact
policyreview@ccsa.asn.au or call (08) 8223 5155.

CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship in Adaptivve Responses to Climate Change Impacts on rangelands

For more information please refer to: https://recruitment.csiro.au/asp/job_details_prnt.asp#pos
(reference: 2008/382 - OCE Postdoctoral Fellowship - Adaptive responses to climate change impacts in rangelands)

Post Kyoto meetings
The next UN climate change meeting, to work on the post Kyoto agreement launched in Bali last year, will be in Germany in June. It will discuss the funding of technology to mitigate climate change, especially help for developing countries.

The world can reach a significant new climate change pact, by end of 2009, if current talks momentum keeps up, says head of UN climate panel (IPCC)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/05/2235016.htm

Post-Doc position and 2 PhD positions
for a research project on
"Climate Change Impact Assessment and Adaptation options in
vulnerable agro-landscapes in East-Africa".
The Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Muncheberg, Germany, calls for applications on the following positions:
Further information may be obtained from Dr. Karen Tscherning
Tel: 0049 (0)33432 82441 or "tscherning@zalf.de"

FLINDERS UNIVERSITY  SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHY, POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Approaches to Documenting Coastlines which are Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge’
Seminar Series Semester One, 2008 Dr Frances Mowling, Principal Consultant, Climate Change Programs Rural Solutions SA
Thursday, 8 May 2008, 1.00 – 1.50 pm, Room 242 Social Sciences North

Prof Michael Northcott of Edinburgh University, prolific author with several books on climate change and ethics including his recent A Moral Climate: The Ethics of Global Warming (2007: Orbis Books), will present a Public Lecture on
Climate Change and our responsibilities
on Thursday 24th April at 8 pm
in the Adelaide West Uniting Church (Bradman Drive near airport, next to the Brooklyn Park campus of the Theology School]. 
Hosted by the Flinders University School of Theology, where Prof Northcott is a Visiting Scholar, this timely and scholarly presentation will be enlivened by a creative mix of ethics, science, theology, sociology, and economics as these disciplines affect governmental policy and the public response.

NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION RESEARCH FACILITY

OUTLINE AND APPLICATION GUIDELINES for
ADAPTATION RESEARCH NETWORKS
The research investment by the Department of Climate Change will focus upon strengthening adaptation research institutional capacity and upon investment in priority research tasks. The $50 million investment is being structured with 3 prime components:
up to $10 million to establish and manage a new Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (hosted by Griffith University); 
up to $30 million for specific research projects to support implementation of the National Adaptation Research Plans  and
up to $10 million to support the activities of Adaptation Research Networks.
Submission deadline: Friday 6 June, 2008
Click here for more information.
http://www.griffith.edu.au/research/nccarf/
Email: m.waschka@griffith.edu.au
Phone: 07 3735 7786

Vacancy announcement: Program Leader - Social Sciences
$107,015 - $137,952
Bureau of Rural Sciences Social, Biosecurity and Information Sciences Branch, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Canberra, Job No: 08-0121

BRS is an essential part of the Government’s capacity for integrated evidence-based policy development.
The role includes:
• Lead the Social Sciences Program, which provides policy relevant scientific advice, assessments and tools for decision-making, to DAFF and other clients.
• Manage project delivery and human and financial resources within BRS operating systems to achieve timely and relevant outcomes.
• Manage client relationships for both existing projects and the development of potential projects.

Core themes of the Social Sciences work program include:
• Social adaptation to climate change
• Social dimensions of water (analysis of adaptation to change including institutional arrangements, access and availability to water)
• Changes in productive landscapes, especially periurban, fisheries and forests
• Community engagement studies of bio-security issues

For more information about the position please contact Kim Ritman on 02 6272 4671.
For full details, visit our website at www.daff.gov.au/recruitment.

Agri-Food Research Network Conference, 

in Sydney from 26-28 November. 

A pre-conference fieldtrip to examine local food initiatives in the Hawkesbury River region will take place on Tuesday 25 November. Latest details are posted on the updated conference website:
http://www.geosci.usyd.edu.au/news_events/afrn08/index.shtml

CEDA / KPMG Forum
Water for the future - A South Australian overview
CEDA is privileged to make this platform available to Senator the Honorable Penny Wong, Minister for Water, to deliver a major speech on water policy.
New Date: Monday 7 April 2008
Conference: 8.45am for 9am to 11.45am Luncheon: 12.15pm to 2pm
Venue: Hyatt Regency Adelaide Hamilton.Calder@ceda.com.au
NOTE: Please note that this event has been rescheduled. It was initially advertised for Wednesday 26 March.

Workshop: Future directions for Australian climate change science
12-13 March 2008
Annual symposium: Dangerous climate change: Is it inevitable?
9 May
Both hosted by The Australian Academy of Science in
The Shine Dome, Australian Academy of Science, Gordon Street, Canberra
 http://www.science.org.au/events/scienceflyer_program.pdf

NEW ZEALAND GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY 24TH CONFERENCE
Inequality, Sustainability and Policy - Geography Across the Divide
Victoria University of Wellington, July 2-5, 2008
Web will be open for online registration - April 1st 2008
Convened special sessions proposals submission deadline ­ April 1st 2008
Paper titles and abstracts submission deadline - May 1st 2008
Early bird registration period finishes - June 1st 2008
     
Please direct any questions to Kate Satterthwaite (nzgs2008@vuw.ac.nz) and
visit the conference website http://www.vuw.ac.nz/nzgs2008/

CSIRO Position No. 2008/177 – Social Scientist – Water Resources                        The position involves research and methodological leadership across a number of projects in the urban and rural water areas as well as with regional catchment managers. All research is team-based and combines both leading small teams under the direction of the principal investigator, as well as participating in other teams. The person will be required to develop their own proposals within the strategic directions of the Flagships, seek funding, and be responsible for the delivery of the research. The successful applicant will also be required to adopt a mentoring role for the development of capability of more junior staff and to undertake group leadership roles as required.
Applications Close 5 March 2008  Further information can be found at: http://recruitadmin.csiro.au/asp/Job_Details_Int.asp?RefNo 08%2F177

```Guest Lecture: "Mega Cities: City Size, Climate Change and the Quest for Global Sustainability"
Tues, 6th of March 2008, 1pm - 1.50pm, Flinders University Room 242 SSN).
Dr. Bernhard Stratmann

Job Vacancy announcement
The Social Sciences Program (SSP) within the Bureau of Rural Sciences is looking for Social Scientists. The SSP focuses on a number of high priority areas including climate change and drought (social adaptation), peri-urban (bio-security) and water (institutional analysis and adaptation). The Program provides good opportunities to develop research, management and leadership skills.
The selection criteria are available at: http://www.daffa.gov.au/about/jobs
 For more information contact Mr Patrick Stakelum, Acting Program Leader SSP, on 02 6272 3490. Applications close: 4th March 2008.

Free public lecture:
Requirements for Effective International Climate Change Action: Australia's Role.
Featuring Professor Ross Garnaut.
 Wednesday 20 February 2008; 4.15pm to 5.15pm (doors open at 4.00pm)
Adelaide Convention Centre (hall C), North  Terrace, Adelaide
Enquiries: Danielle Kowalski, phone 8204 9278 or email
kowalski.danielle@dpc.sa.gov.au
Presented by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and the Garnaut Climate

Social Worlds, Natural Worlds
British Sociological Association conference
Friday 28th – Sunday 30th March 2008, University of Warwick
Key note speakers: Nikolas Rose (LSE), Garry Runciman (University of Cambridge), Kate Soper (London Metropolitan University).
Conference theme
The theme of this conference invites engagement with contemporary debates about the relationship between the natural and the social and the ways in which the nature-culture distinction is being challenged by developments within both social theory and empirical research. Conference booking form available from www.britsoc.co.uk/events/acregister
Enquiries: bsaconference@britsoc.org.uk
Web address: http://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/conference.htm

FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
University of Technology, Mauritius, 5-7 January 2009.

The deadline for the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 14 February 2008.

http://www.SustainabilityConference.com

Call for Papers: "Rural Sociology as Public Sociology: Past, Present, Future" Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting July 28-31, 2008 Abstract Due: Feb.1,2007
http://convention2.allacademic.com/one/rss/rss08/

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Impacts of Changing Land Use on Subsurface Water Resources in Semi-arid Regions.
The International Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management (ICE WaRM)  presents the 2007 Birdsall-Dreiss Lecturer Dr Bridget Scanlon:

7 February, 3-5pm, Australia Asia Water Centre, Level 4, 77 Grenfell Street, Adelaide

FEAST (Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Co-operation.
Call for proposals. Deadline 25 February 2008.
http://www.feast.org/?opportunity&ID=1051

Updated news about 3rd Solar cities congress to be held in Adelaide next February.
SOLAR SCHOOLS COMPETITION – AMAZING RESULTS!

DEZHOU ANNOUNCED AS 2010 CONGRESS HOST

http://www.solarcitiescongress.com.au

Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists scholarships for 2008 for Honours and Postgraduate Students.
Applications close 18 December.
http://www.wentworthgroup.org/science-program/

The UN climate summit to start new negotiations on what will follow Kyoto after 2012, will be held from 3-15 December in Bali.
Kevin Rudd, Penny Wong, Peter Garrett and Wayne Swan for Australia, and representatives of 150 other countries, will arrive next week.

Business Call to Bali Negotiators
150 Global business leaders from Europe, US, China and Australia (including Tesco, Nokia, Lloyds and Nike) have called on the world leaders meeting in Bali to establish a legally binding and comprehensive international agreement on climate change.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7120324.stm

14th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management.
“People and Place: Linking Culture and Nature”
June 10-14, 2008 at the University of Vermont in Burlington.

ISSRM is the official annual meeting of the International Association for Society and Natural Resources, and is the largest  international gathering of academics, researchers, graduate students, and practitioners interested in the application of social science to
natural resources and environmental issues. 
The web site for the 2008 ISSRM is now “live” and can be found by logging on to www.ISSRM2008.org.

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The University of South Australia will next year launch an online business course, the Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Business to teach how to tackle sustainability challenges around energy, water, biodiversity and climate change. The program will be aimed at both senior managers and up and coming ones looking for a professional edge.

Schultz Oration:
Confronting Water Scarcity: Water Futures for South Australia?
Professor Peter Cullen Adelaide Thinker in Residence, 2004
Friday 16 November 2007,  5 - 7pm (including supper)
Lecture Room 102 Napier Building, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide
RSVP to FR3cE  (08) 8201 2193 or (08) 8201 3552  gillian.napier@flinders.edu.au

2007 Investigator Lecture Insurmountable Opportunities: Success in a Resource-Limited World

James Bradfield Moody General Manager, International Development CSIRO, New Inventors judge.
Wednesday 21 November at 6.30pm, Hall D, Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide. Admission free. Registration required by Friday 16 November - on-line or by email to alumni@flinders.edu.au or telephone on (08) 8201 3707.

'Climate Change: Challenging Business, Transforming Politics'. European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS).
Amsterdam, July 2008.
Call for papers.  
- Deadline for abstract submissions: 13 January 2008
- Response to authors: 8 February 2008
- Deadline for full paper submissions: 1 June 2008
http://www.egosnet.org/conferences/collo24/sub_19.shtml

Walk Against Warming
1pm Sunday 11 November
Meet outside GPO Victoria Square 12.30

Contact: Tim House 0432 140 093 sasenate@getup.org.au

CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Issue: Global Warming, Governance, and the Law
Fiona Haines, Nancy Reichman, and Colin Scott, as editors of Law & Policy, are bringing together a series of papers on the legal and policy issues around global warming. We are interested in papers in all areas of law and policy related to climate change from any relevant academic discipline including:

• Global warming and redress through the civil law

• Measures for redress for vulnerable island nations: Is there a role for naming, shaming and blaming?

• Reducing emissions: the role of non-governmental actors and the private sector

• The politics of the name: global warming vs. climate change

• Comparative analyses of policy measures both within the industrialized world, but also within the industrializing regions of Central and South America and Asia

• Moral persuasion and the global warming debate: Is there traction beyond economic interest?

• Playing the politics of uncertainty: Do policy arena and place make a difference?

• Global environmental governance/leadership and global warming: Is the call for global governance the likely way forward?

• Dealing in reality: policies and challenges in responding to climate change and its affect on local populations

INTERESTED IN SENDING US A PAPER?
Email us:
Nancy Reichman nreichma@du.edu
Fiona Haines fsh@unimelb.edu.au
Colin Scott colin.scott@ucd.ie
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
January 31, 2008
Law & Policy journal information: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/lapo

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THE FULL PROGRAM IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE THIRD STATE OF AUSTRALIAN CITIES CONFERENCE Adelaide 28-30 November Register on-line at www.unisa.edu.au/soac2007

Proposals invited to develop Climate Change Adaptation Skills for Professionals
Tertiary education / training institutions and professional associations
providing professional development and accreditation programmes geared
towards architects, engineers and planners are encouraged to apply.
Small grants are available to support activities to incorporate climate change adaptation into tertiary accreditation and professional development programmes.
http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/impacts/about.html or by
phone 02 6275 9035 or e-mail adaptation_projects@environment.gov.au_
<mailto:adaptation_projects@environment.gov.au>
Applications must be received by COB 3 December 2007. *

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Robert Kennedy Junior and Canada's Premier of Manitoba, Gary Doer have been confirmed as a keynote speakers at the Solar Cities Congress in Adelaide in February

Australasia Pacific Extension Network’s
APEN National Forum’07
13-14th November 2007, ANU, Canberra
Registration: www.apen.org.au/forum07 or call (02) 6024 5349
The program has been designed to make the most this unique high calibre gathering, with Forum’07 themes including: Extension & its role within NRM and Agriculture; latest Climate Change data and impact assessments; theories and methods of extension practice; contemporary hot topics in capacity building and practice change; and, career pathways for professionals.

The Law of Climate Change.
NELA National Conference 27-28 March 2008 Fremantle.
# Comparative analysis of climate change laws in other Asia-Pacific jurisdictions
# Policy development and law reform
# Addressing climate change issues in transaction documents
# Regulation of emissions trading schemes and geo-sequestration projects
# All aspects of climate change litigation including consideration of the rights of future generations
For more information contact the NELA National Secretariat at nelaaust@ozemail.com.au or visit www.nela.org.au

Solar Cities Congress
Adelaide 2008

The world’s leading lights in sustainable urban development, solar technology and the built environment will speak over three illuminating days. The diverse and inspiring program will feature over 90 speakers from 30 countries, including a mayoral forum, panel discussion and field tours.
For Information and registration click here.

UN sponsored conferences to discuss climate change and post Kyoto measures.
United Nations Climate Change Conference, 3-14 December, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia
http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_13/items/4049.php

A film soon to be in production, Carbon Nation, focusing on the solutions to global warming. We are looking for stories for this feature doc we're making. You can use my email for replies. Our business proposal is on the same website. http://web.mac.com/peterbyck/iWeb/carbon_nation/carbon_nation.html" byck@pacbel.net

Subject: The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority social sciences Seeks Project manager with qualifications and experience in social or economic research or social science project management in the context of natural resource management and/or conservation. http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/corp_site/about_us/employment/pn345.html

APEC annual forum, in Sydney September 2-9
Will bring together 21 leaders of countries responsible together for 60% of global warming (including US and China). The meeting and its final declaration is expected to centre on climate change.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22302852-28737,00.html

Australian Conservation Foundation Public Forum, To question the federal senate candidates, about their policies on Climate Change and Water
Sat 8 September 12.45 - 1.45 Maughan Church Cn Franklin & Pitt Street Adelaide CBD
http://www.ccsa.asn.au

A meeting with Professor Richard Green, Director of the Institute of Energy Policy and Research at the University of Birmingham.
From 12 - 2.00 pm on Friday 10 August in the Flinders University Registry,
The IERP is a multi-disciplinary "virtual" institute focused on energy research and policy, using the strengths of academics in foreign and domestic universities to develop innovative solutions to global energy issues.

The potential for the establishment of a relationship with the IERP is being explored as part of the University City vision for Adelaide. This would involve collaboration between Universities, researchers and Government in Adelaide and the IERP.

It might be particularly useful for Professor Green to hear about the work being done in the areas of bio-remediation, bio-fuels and nuclear energy and will provide an opportunity for him to tell about the work at the Institute.
The URL for the Institute and Professor Green is: http://www.ierp.bham.ac.uk/

Watch INSIGHT about alternative energies. To be repeated next Monday at 2:30.

Climate Change and Rural Health
A one day seminar on the challenge of climate change for health in rural and regional Victoria.
Wednesday August 22 8:30am-5:00pm Graduate House The University of Melbourne
Presented by the Climate Adaptation Science and Policy Initiative (CASPI) and the Menzies Foundation.
To register go to http://www.caspi.unimelb.edu.au or call 8344 4708.

2008 Training Course on the Human Dimension of Global Environmental
Change - Participation in Earth System Governance. Berlin February.
February 18th to 27th, 2008, Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin A great opportunity at the Free University of Berlin for advanced doctoral students and recent PhDs. Instruction will be in English; costs in Berlin will be covered.

Application submission deadline: 15th October, 2007
Notification of acceptance: 15th November, 2007
Training course paper due: 21st January, 2008
Further information will be posted on
http://www.fu-berlin.de/ffu/hdgec-school
For more click here.

PUBLIC SEMINAR
LOCAL ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE & WELL-BEING
with PROFESSOR TONY McMICHAEL ((National Centre for Epidemiology and
Population Health, Australian National University)
Thursday 26 July 2007, 3-5pm, Lecture Theatre 2, Flinders Medical Centre
Details at:
http://healthandsociety.flinders.edu.au/PDF/FLYER_Environment%20Seminar_Final.pdf

Live Earth concerts July 7 Johannesburg, London, New Jersey, Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai, Sydney and Tokyo
Gore will call for 50% global cuts in emissions and 90% in developed world by 2050.

Flinders / AINSE "Frontiers in Biodiesel" Workshop
The workshop is being run at the AINSE Lecture Theatre
on Monday the 9th and Tuesday the 10th of July at ANSTO, Lucas Heights, NSW.
Click for promotional brochure and registration form.
See also Academic News Page for more.

Education for sustainability workshop
Adelaide 19 July
Click here.

Emissions Trading and Transport
In conjunction with the Transport Branch of the SA Division
Friday 27th July, 2007 12 pm – 4.30 pm
Seminar Room 1, Transport SA, 33 Warwick Street, Walkerville
RSVP TO: Lisa Cuculowskyj 8267 1783 lcuculowskyj@engineersaustralia.org.au
TO REGISTER: Fax this notice to 08 8239 0932 then forward registration with payment by 24th July 2007. 11 Bagot Street, North Adelaide 5006
Ph: 8267 1783 Fax: 08 8239 0932
For more details click here.

Ecology and Community Development: People and places in a changing world
Melbourne 26, 27, 28 March 2008
There will be two streams to the conference, academic papers and community workshops & forums - these streams will run concurrently
www.deakin.edu.au/arts/cchr/conferences_seminars.php Ph: 03 5227 2113, 03 9244 6274

'Sustainable Economic Growth for Regional Australia' (SEGRA) 11th annual Conference. 12-19 September Wollongong Climate Change and Amalgamation Dominate Regions Debate.
www.segra.com.au/segra Email: info@managementsolutions.net.au
Website: www.managementsolutions.net.au

$1.6m Funding from Bunnings,
for initial 2 year period, for projects in Australia and NZ that create credible carbon offsets to help reduce the size of their carbon footprint.
Applications: by 31 July 2007 to dbeards@bunnings.com.au
For more information: http:www.bunnings.com.au

15th Conference of the International Soil Conservation Organization --
Soil and Water Conservation, Climate Change and Environmental Sensitivity
Budapest, Hungary, May 18-23, 2008
For more information visit: http://www.isco2008.com or
http://www.isco.org

Talk about Desalination Plant for South Australia
The SA Government will allocate $3 million for a full environmental study for a possible desalination plant. A working group was established recently to investigate the viability and possible locations for a desalination facility, advising Minister Kaylene Maywald.

A member of the working group - Mr. John Williams, SA Water Special Projects - will be at Flinders University to talk about the committee's brief and issues, and invite responses.
Thursday 21 June 12.30-2pm in Room 1305 Level 1 Physical Sciences Building.

Climate Change Choices with Patsy Decline
Free
Payneham Library 21 June 7-9pm
For bookings ring 8391 7504

Next Tuesday 12 June, on SBS at 8.30 Future Focus looks at solar energy.

Queensland Conservation (QCC) is seeking to employ an appropriate person to deliver The Big Switch program in Queensland.
The Big Switch is a joint community engagement program run by Greenpeace Australia Pacific and the Conservation Councils of Australia. Its focus is to inform and encourage individuals, businesses and groups to participate in actions to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions (in line with a 30% reduction by 2020).

Closing date 8 June. Ring 07 3221 0188 for more information.

Climate Change: Challenges and opportunities for Australia
with Professor Frank Muller, Launching the Don Dunstan Foundation's initiative
Creating the Climate for Change.
Date: Tuesday 5 June 2007 Time: 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Venue: Room 102, Napier Building at the University of Adelaide
Bookings: By registration form. No charge.
http://www.dunstan.org.au/events/climatechange.html

FREE Workshop World Oil Decline: The Future of Fuel Prices
Mt Pleasant, Tuesday 5th June,6:45pm - 9:30pm BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
Ph. 8568 1907 Email: mpnrc@bigpond.com <mailto:mpnrc@bigpond.com>

Land & Water Innovation Research Call

Land & Water Australia is currently seeking highly innovative and high risk R&D projects targeting the sustainable use and management of Australia’s natural resources. Total funds available for this Call are $1.5m, with projects eligible to commence from 1 July 2008. Applications should be lodged by Thursday 21 June 2007.
http://www.lwa.gov.au/Apply_for_Funding/Innovation_Call_2007-08/indexdl_2671.aspx

Job for social scientist/senior social scientist with CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems. In Canberra. Job 2007/146 - Social Scientist - Resource Use Transitions. http://recruitment.csiro.au/asp/Job_Details.asp?RefNo=2007%2F146

XII World Congress of Rural Sociology
6-11 July 2008 Goyang, Korea
FIRST NOTICE AND INVITATION TO SUBMIT SESSION PROPOSALS
http://www.irsa-world.org/XII/program/index.html

Invisible Hands, Quick Fingers and Mapping Minds Emerging Tools to Respond to and Influence Community Values in Natural Resource Management
Living Laboratories Research Open Day on Social & Economic Instruments
Wednesday 13th June 2007, 9.15 till 5:15
Enterprise House, 136 Greenhill Road, Unley RSVP to Sophie Hastwell: shastwell@icewarm.com.au by 31 May 2007.

ABC TV Thursday 24 May – 8.30 ‘Crude’ the story of oil. 10.00 Catalyst ‘People Power’ against climate change.

The 2007 Riversymposium offers an award of Young Water Scientist,
for PhD and Masters students working in water research.
Entries are now open and close June 15 2007. Click here for nomination form.

Riversymposium international conference on river management held annually in Brisbane as part of Riverfestival (a 10 day community and environmental festival celebrating our waterways and culture.)
Full details of the symposium and the exciting program for 2007 are available from its website – http://www.riversymposium.com
This year they are partnering with The Nature Conservancy, a major international conservation organization and will bring together key international leaders to address the critical issues of river management and environmental flows. Over one third of delegates are apparently from overseas and overall the event anticipates over 1000 delegates will be attending, representing a good opportunity for students to receive recognition for their work and gain exposure to experts in the industry. It is also an opportunity for Flinders to be recognized for its outstanding academic success.

Prime Minister’s Report on Carbon trading scheme due end of May. See Current media for leaks.

‘Connect07 - Conservation in a changing climate conference’
Conservation Council of SA. 19 to 21 May.

The conference is for anyone who has an interest in climate change and who shares a common interest in ensuring we take action to avoid dangerous climate change and make the transition to a sustainable future. In particular, the conference aims to promote communication throughout the conservation sector and the environmental movement. It will be an opportunity to link activists with educators, representatives from government departments and agencies, Non-government organisations, fieldworkers and community members.

The underlying core theme of the conference will be the impacts of climate change and how it will affect all sectors of South Australia’s community and environment. As part of the programme, staff from the Department for Environment and Heritage will be making presentations.
http://connect07.org.au

International Polar Year
For Report click here
For more information, visit the International Polar Year 2007-2008: http://www.ipy.org and ICSU http://www.icsu.org/1_icsuinscience/ENVI_Ipy_1.html

Resources and training for schools:
1. Free online new solar and renewable energy resources for classrooms,
for students in Years 5-10.
Each topic provides:
* fun and interactive classroom activities with curriculum connections
* background information
* useful diagrams
* interesting experiments.
http://www.originenergy.com.au/education

2. Educational Pathways towards Environmental Sustainability workshop.
Wednesday May 23rd 4.00-6.30pm Monarto Zoo, Princes Highway
Free (light supper and certificates provided)
Come and hear from 4 schools about their journey towards environmental sustainability
RSVP before Friday 18th May to Pippa Kerby: Fax - 8532 5300.
Lower Murray Environmental Education for Sustainability Working Group and the SA Murray Darling Basin NRM Board.

3. Green Schools Connect is calling all schools that need a helping hand to assist their local environment.
To apply or for more information visit:
http://www.conservationvolunteers.com.au/greenschoolsconnect
Freecall 1800 032 501

4. Education for Sustainability - what and how?
The first session is running on Thursday 24 May 2007. Registration is FREE, book online at https://www.envapps.sa.gov.au/opinio/s?s=105

For anyone looking to develop new skills in education for sustainability, with schools and communities. More information is available by calling Andrea Brown on 8463 3905 or mailto:env.edu@saugov.sa.gov.au

FREE Workshop World Oil Decline: The Future of Fuel Prices
Mt Pleasant, Tuesday 5th June, 6:45pm - 9:30pm
The workshop will feature 2 DVD's covering the Peak Oil issue and discussion time with James Ward from Flinders University and others from the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas (ASPO - Australia) and Beyond Oil SA.
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Ph. 8568 1907
Email: mpnrc@bigpond.com

Uranium: Energy, Security, Environment,
International Expert Workshop,
at the Art Gallery, Adelaide,
7-8 June 2007,
hosted by Flinders International Asia Pacific Institute, Flinders University.
Speakers include: Dr Ziggy Switkowski, Chair of the Uranium Mining, Processing and Nuclear Energy Review; Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe, from the School of Biomolecular and Physical Sciences, Griffith University; Mr Mark Hibbs, Editor of Nucleonics Week; Dr Trevor Findlay, Director of the Centre for Treaty Compliance, Carleton University; Dr Satu Limaye, Director of the East-West Center, Washington DC; Dr Tatsujiro Suzuki from the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan; among other local and international specialists on the political and strategic aspects of both the nuclear fuel cycle and climate change.
http://fiap.flinders.edu.au/UraniumConf.html
Or contact Mary Lyons, mary.lyons@flinders.edu.au, ph: (08)8201 5115

National Environmental Law Association (NELA)
2008 National Conference The Law of Climate Change
Fremantle WA, 27-28 March
nelaaust@ozemail.com.au

The Conservation Council of SA (CCSA) will be holding its CONNECT 07 Conference
from 19-21 May at Enterprise House, 136 Greenhill Road, Unley .
The core theme will be the impact of rapid climate change across a range of environmental issues, and our response to it.
The conference program and registration form are available from the conference website http://www.connect07.org.au or from CCSA reception on 8223 5155.
Registrations close on Monday 14 May.

EELN: NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO THE DISCUSSION PAPER
http://www.urbisjhd.com

Count down to Banksia Awards - Entries close 8th May 2007
Click here.

Coming 'Futurefocus' programmes on SBS TV:
http://www20.sbs.com.au/futurefocus/#24Apri

'Insight' on SBS TV next week (Tuesday 1 May, 7.30 pm) will look at what California is doing about climate change.

Prospect Residents Energy Forum for Environmental Responsibility (PREFER)

Forum to be held on:
Wednesday, 2nd May
7.00pm for a 7.30pm start
Prospect Town Hall, Prospect Road, Prospect
please RSVP via return email or on 0432 650 701.
Click here

New skills in education for sustainability, Register for a new and exciting, free professional development series for anyone looking to work with schools and communities. 24 May. To secure your place email brown.andrea@saugov.sa.gov.au or phone 8463 3905 by 15 May 2007. Click here

The ANZ Society for Ecological Economics biennial conference. "Re-inventing Sustainability: A climate for change" Noosa 3-6 July, 2007. Key speakers include John Dryzek (political ecologist), John Gowdy
(key ecological economist working on climate change), Leith Boully (founding member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists), and Richard Denniss (Strategic Advisor to the Australian Greens).

5th National Waterwatch Conference, 'Sustaining, Showcasing and Sharing - building on the past, steering towards the future'.
'Call for Abstracts'
The conference will be held at the Australian National University's Manning Clark Centre in Canberra from the 26th to the 29th of November, 2007. Extremely reasonable registration and accommodation packages will be available. Click here .

Climate change: Adapt or ... ?
Come along to hear from two of SA's leading climate change experts:

Professor Nick Harvey, co-author of the 4th IPCC report, Climate Change
2007: Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation
Professor Barry Brook, Chair of Climate Change, University of Adelaide

date: Wednesday 9 May 2007
time: 12.30pm to 2.00pm
venue: SA Water House, Level 4 Auditorium, 77 Grenfell Street, Adelaide
rsvp: by 4 May 2007 to <mailto:greenhouse@saugov.sa.gov.au>
greenhouse@saugov.sa.gov.au or phone 8204 2999.

Fixed term lectureship in Urban/Economic Geography
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/home/index.asp
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/geo/

My Climate Schools Competition by British Council .
For 16-18 year olds. Closing 1 June. Prize trip for 3 to UK
Click here.

Second Global Conference On Economic Geography
25-28 June 2007, Beijing International Convention Center, China

Conference website: http://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/geoywc/conference/econgeog.html

Jointly Organized By The Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China and The Department of Geography, National University of Singapore

Deadline for abstract and registration fee
Date: 30 April 2007 (3 more weeks only)

ECOMAPPING WORKSHOP
Tuesday 10th April 2007 5pm for 5.30pm start - 7:30pm
Black Forest Primary School 679 South Road; BLACK FOREST 5035
(Light organic supper provided)
An easy way to identify environmental issues in your school!
Easy to involve your students! A simple, easy way to address climate change

UNESCO APNIEVE – Values and Sustainability: Learning Heroes!
Registration Form (and Tax Invoice)
ABN Number: 70 224 755 802

Venue: Education Development Centre
Address: Hindmarsh
Date: Wednesday 2nd May, 4.30 – 7.00pm
Workshop fee: $30 non-members, $25 members (refreshments included) (No GST is charged.)
Enquiries: Contact Sue or Owen by email: owensue@iprimus.com.au
Mobile: 0432 972 596 or 0431 988 148

Workshop for anyone with an interest in preparing papers for the 2008 Solar Cities Congress
Friday April 13, 10-12 in the Noel Stockdale Room, Flinders University Library.
Alison Dwyer, the project manager for the Capital City Project Team, will introduce the session and answer any questions about the congress.
We will then ask everyone to speak for about five minutes on any preliminary ideas they have for papers, and then we would hope to split into small groups with linked interests, to see if there is a potential for developing joint or grouped papers (multidisciplinary if possible).

Negotiations are in progress for publication of papers in Energy and Buildings, Energy Policy and Solar Energy.
For more on the Congress see
http://www.solarcitiescongress.com.au

IAG 2007 Conference July 1-6, Monday to Friday, Melbourne University, Parkville campus.
Call for Papers – Specialist Sessions Sponsored by the Institute of Australian Geographers Environmental Sustainability Study Group
Social and Policy Dimensions of Climate Change in Australia and its Near Neighbours
Conveners:
Jon Barnett (first contact for abstracts and bio)
SAGES
University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Tel: 03 8344 0819
Email: jbarn@unimelb.edu.au
http://www.sages.unimelb.edu.au/IAGconference/index.html

2007 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science
Nominations Now Open
External closing date: Friday 27 April 2007, AEST 5.00pm
https://sciencegrants.dest.gov.au/SciencePrize/Pages/Overview.aspx

The 2007 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes
The first ever national science prizes focused on climate change:
Entries close 4 May 2007.
http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/eureka

FORUM ON WATER ISSUES ATSE
The supply of water for various purposes in South Australia and the impact upon Adelaide is a topic of concerned community discussion.
WHEN 5.00 to 7.00 pm Tuesday 3 April 2007
WHERE Plant Research Auditorium South Australian Research and Development Institute Waite Campus
For enquiries and registration contact:
Brown, Sheila (DEH) mailto: Brown.Sheila@saugov.sa.gov.au

2007 Banksia Forum Engendering change through commitment 19 – 20 July 2007
Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre
Darling Harbour
Sydney Australia
banksia@emailing.com.au

Workshop on preparing papers for the Solar Cities Congress (Adelaide 2008).
Friday April 13, 10-12, Noel Stockdale Room, Flinders University Library.
Organised by the Climate Change Research Network

We will ask everyone to speak for about five minutes on any preliminary ideas they have for papers, and then we would hope to split into small groups with linked interests, to see if there is a potential for developing joint or grouped papers (multidisciplinary if possible). Please pass this on to postgraduate students and others who may have an interest in presenting.

The Congress' technical committee has organised for papers to be published in three international journals - Energy and Bulidings, Energy Policy and Solar Energy. The Energy Policy journal is appropriate for publishing social and public policy
papers.

RSVP constance.lever-tracy@flinders.edu.au
(but if you decide to come at the last minute, please do so).
For more on the congress see:
http://www.solarcitiescongress.com.au/welcome.htm

Opportunities for Research Cooperation with Europe (Previously advertised Flinders OoR Newsletter 18 January 2007)
The 10 themes for collaborative research include
• Environment (including climate change)
• Fusion energy research
• Nuclear fission and radiation protection

Call for Papers
'Water for People': Development Vol. 51 No. 1
Abstract and brief biopic: Email:4 May 2007
Full paper (within 3,000 words): 30 October 2007
Kuntala.Lahiri-Dutt@anu.edu.au
Development is the flagship journal of the Society for International Development (SID) (www.sidint.org/development) published quarterly by Palgrave Macmillan, London.

The Natural Resource Centre Alliance presents free community workshops
World Oil Decline: The Future of Fuel Prices
Various locations from 4 April – 5 June
For details click here.

Public Workshop
Mapping the Future of the Southern Fleurieu in Light of Climate Change
The Goolwa to Wellington LAP Group presents Mr Chris Raymond (SA DWLBC)
RSVP: Chris Raymond by Monday 2nd April 2007
Ph: 8303 9700
raymond.chris@saugov.sa.gov.au

Don Dunstan Foundation
Addressing the Challenge of Climate Change through Green Productivity
To be delivered by Heinz-Werner Engel
Tuesday 3rd April, 5.15pm for a 5.30pm start
Adelaide University - Napier Bldg Lecture Rm 1.2 (1st floor)

Institute for Sustainable Systems & Technologies
Climate Change, Ecological Accountability using Ecomapping as a Visual Reporting Tool
Wednesday 11th April
University of South Australia (City East) - 12.15 for a 12.30 start
Basil Hetzel Bldg
Lecture Room H2.02 (2nd floor)

Last week

Workshop for those with an interest in preparing papers for the 2008 Solar Cities Congress
The workshop will be on Friday April 13, 10-12. in the Noel Stockdale Room, Flinders University Library.
We will ask everyone to speak for about five minutes on any preliminary ideas they have for papers, and then we would hope to split into small groups with linked interests, to see if there is a potential for developing joint or grouped papers (multidisciplinary if possible). Please pass this on to postgraduate students and others who may have an interest in preparing papers for the Congress.

The Congress' technical committee chair, Wasim Saman, has organised for papers to be published in three international journals - Energy and Bulidings, Energy Policy and Solar Energy and advised that the Energy Policy journal is appropriate for publishing social and public policy papers.

RSVP for the Workshop: constance.lever-tracy@flinders.edu.au
(but if you decide to come at the last minute, please do so).
For more on the Congress: http://www.solarcitiescongress.com.au

5th Australian Stream Management Conference
Albury 21-25 May
Early bird registration closes on March 19.
http://www.csu.edu.au/research/ilws/news/conference.html

Flinders University Environmental Studies:
Nine weekly lectures on global warming – all welcome
Every Wednesday and Friday 12-1
Social Science North Lecture Theatre III.

River Murray - Teaching with an indigenous Perspective
10-4pm Saturday 10th March 2007 at Tandanya, Grenfell Street, Adelaide.
Join Tandanya and MurrayCare staff for an informative day with elders,
service providers and educators. The program for 2007 has been revamped to offer teachers:
* practical ideas for teaching indigenous issues.
* updated knowledge on water conservation and River Murray issues
* information about the drought, climate change and the effect on our water resources.
* an update on the many educational resources available on indigenous
issues, water and River Murray.
* the process to organise a local indigenous speaker for a class.
Organic Fingerprinting in Estuarine Environments The Examination of Carbon Inputs to Biogeochemical cycles. By FR3cE visiting scholar, Dr. Alison Reeves Flinders University Room 103 Lower Level School of Biology Off Anchor Court. Tuesday 20 March 2007 12.00 - 2.00
Lunches and drinks supplied.

The Institute for Land, Water and Society at Charles Sturt University is hosting the 5th Australian Stream Management Conference in Albury from 21 to 25 May.
Over 100 speakers will present papers across 5 themes, including climate change, under the conference banner of Australian rivers: making a difference. A feature of the conference is field trips to sites including the Murray, Mitta Mitta and Ovens Rivers and the Wonga Wetlands. For more information and to register online visit the conference website http://www.csu.edu.au/research/ilws/news/conference.html

International Polar Year: Largest polar research project for 50 years begins this week. It will involve thousands of scientists from more than 60 nations working on 220 projects - Arctic and Antarctic
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6389857.stm
http://www.abc.net.au/nature/news/NatureNews_1857404.htm

What’s going to replace petrol?
ABC TV Catalyst, next Thursday, 1 March at 8pm repeated Tuesday 6 March at 1.30pm.

International Advanced Course on Renewable Energies, Turkey May 2007.
http://www.rerdec.org/

TWO POSTDOCTORAL/RESEARCH FELLOW - PARTICIPATORY PLANNING Formulating tools to incorporate values and transparent trade-offs in water planning. One will be employed and located with Griffith University at Brisbane and the other with CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems in Darwin.
For details for the Griffith University position visit ww.griffith.edu.au/hrm/employment/ or phone 07 3735 4010. Reference Number GLS16251/07 or contact Assoc Prof Poh-Ling Tan, p.tan@griffith.edu.au.
For the CSIRO position visit: www.csiro.au/careers or phone 1300 301 509. CSIRO
Reference Number 2007/127 or contact Dr Sue Jackson, sue.jackson@csiro.au.

Cool Aid, the national carbon test
How to calculate and reduce your carbon footprint
4 March, Channel 10, 8.30pm, and Sunday Mail.

Institute of Australian Geographers Conference
1-6 July 2007, central Melbourne, VIC, Australia
All the calls for papers, and the provisional program, are now available here
http://www.sages.unimelb.edu.au/IAGconference

GREENHOUSE 2007
2-5 October 2007 The Hilton, Sydney
Call for abstracts
In late 2007, there will be a watershed in climate change understanding, with the release of the extensive findings of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. Greenhouse 2007 will present an opportunity for scientists and representatives from industry and all levels of government to hear the latest findings in climate science, and discuss the implications for Australia and the region. The conference will particularly focus on projections for the future; the use of probabilities for risk management; the impact climate change will have on human activity; and changing perceptions of climate change. There will be numerous examples of industry and government approaches to tackling climate change, as well as presentations on the latest Australian and international science findings. This high-profile, prestigious international event is designed for representatives from industry, research organisations, government, and the community.
http://www.greenhouse2007.com
For registration
http://www.greenhouse2007.com/registration_guidelines.htm

CALL FOR PAPERS: 2ND INTERNATIONAL SALINITY FORUM, ADELAIDE 31 MARCH – 3 APRIL 2008
http://www.internationalsalinityforum.org
The Forum will explore the wider issues pertaining to the theme of Salinity, Water and Society. Headline speakers include Professor Brian Wynne (Lancaster University - sociology of science and technology) and Professor Roland Robertson (University of Aberdeen - sociology of globalisation and founder of the concept of Glocalisation), as well as biophysical and social scientists and community people
from around the world.

EMS Forum in Toowoomba May 2007
http://www.ems.asn.au/events/2007_forum/

Call for Papers – Specialist Sessions Sponsored by the Institute of
Australian Geographers Environmental Sustainability Study Group
IAG 2007 Conference July 1-6, Monday to Friday, Melbourne University,
Parkville campus.
http://www.sages.unimelb.edu.au/IAGconference/index.html

Call for papers for International Solar Cities Congress Adelaide 2008

Invitation to hear a sceptical take on Stern Report, click here.

Liberals pledge desalination plant to secure Adelaide's water future. Read more here. E-bulletin from the Hon Ian Evans.

ENVIRONMENT & SOCIETY RESEARCH NETWORK
8th CONFERENCE of the EUROPEAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
Glasgow, UK, 3-6 September 2007
The Environment & Society Research Network (ESN) of the European Sociological Association (ESA) invites you to submit papers, to be presented at the Eight ESA Conference in Glasgow, UK More information on special sessions is available on our website: www.esa-esn.org.
Abstracts of no more than 200 words should be submitted through the online submission form on the conference website www.esa8thconference.com. The deadline for submission is 28 February 2007.

Dr Mark Fisher from SOCPES is taking the lead in organising a forum for Flinders researchers working in areas related to fuel and energy, to be held in early February. Click here for more details.
Email: mark.fisher@flinders.edu.au Tel: 12124

Call for Papers – Specialist Sessions Sponsored by the Institute of Australian Geographers Environmental Sustainability Study Group IAG 2007 Conference July 1-6, Monday to Friday, Melbourne University, Parkville campus.
Session 4. Social and Policy Dimensions of Climate Change in Australia and its Near
Neighbours Click here for more details.
http://www.sages.unimelb.edu.au/IAGconference/index.html
ESSG Contact: Nick Gill, <mailto:ngill@uow.edu.au> ngill@uow.edu.au
Please email paper title, abstract and short bio note directly to convenors
by April 1, 2007.

Government's task force on carbon trading to report today (7 February).

Final version of the fourth. Authoritative, IPPC Assessment Report, due on Friday, 2 February will give the latest (‘conservative’) verdict of thousands of climate scientists.
Draft copies indicate it will say:
1. Global warming will occur sooner and be worse than previously thought. Estimated temperature rises by 2100 between 2 and 4.5 degrees, with 3 degrees most likely, if no action taken.
2. Where past assessments spoke of ‘likely’ disastrous scenarios this century, the new report describes them as ‘extremely likely’ or ‘almost certain’.
3. Industrial emissions have had five times more effect on climate than any solar fluctuations.
4. Recent events:
• 12 of last 13 years were warmest since records began.
• Ocean temperatures have risen at least 3km beneath the surface.
• Glaciers, snow cover and permafrost have decreased.
• Sea levels rising almost 2mm each year.
• Cold days, nights rarer.
(Source Guardian Weekly, 26 January, p3).

SA Liberals Demand Energy Summit
Opposition Energy Spokesman Martin Hamilton-Smith has called for a two day energy summit to consider the issues of climate change, the merits of renewable energy, carbon emissions issues and nuclear power generation.
Mr Hamilton-Smith has written to all three university Vice-Chancellors, Business SA, the SA Chamber of Mines and Energy and conservation groups asking them to be involved with the summit.
SA Chamber of Mines and Energy acting chief executive Andrew Blue welcomed "independent and academic-led debate that took emotion out of . . . the nuclear energy and climate change question" (The Advertiser, 25 January, pp1,8).

City of Bendigo and La Trobe University:
Conference on Renewable Energy and Regional Australia. Creating Local
Economic Development Opportunities.
16-18 September 2007
Call for Papers. Registrations will open in March 2007.
Patricia Ibbotson <P.Ibbotson@latrobe.edu.au>

Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities (CERF) Programme
Second Round of National Funding - Fellowships and Significant Projects
The second round of research funding grants is now open for applications.

As was the case with the establishment of large scale, multi-year, multi-disciplinary Research Hubs, funding for projects and fellowships are preferentially targeting environmental public good research across CERF's four broad Priority Research Areas (PRAs). Note that the details of the PRAs have changed for this funding round.

What is a CERF research fellowship?
CERF research fellowships are intended to provide support to assist in bringing acknowledged, world-class scientists (Australian or international) to work for a specified period within an Australian institution on an activity relevant to one of the Priority Research Areas. A key criterion for the assessment of CERF research fellowships is the degree to which the fellowship will enhance Au