STATE OF INNOVATION Summit: Climate Innovation

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STATE OF INNOVATION Summit

Climate Innovation

One of the most innovative institutions, NASA, describes climate change as one of the most complex issues facing us today. It involves many dimensions – science, economics, society, politics and moral & ethical questions – and is a global problem, felt on local scales, that will be around for decades and centuries to come.

Carbon dioxide, the heat-trapping greenhouse gas that has driven recent global warming, lingers in the atmosphere for hundreds of years, and the planet (especially the oceans) takes a while to respond to warming. So even if we stopped emitting all greenhouse gases today, global warming and climate change will continue to affect future generations. In this way, humanity is “committed” to some level of climate change.

The current warming trend is of particular significance because most of it is extremely likely (greater than 95 per cent probability) to be the result of human activity since the mid-20th century and proceeding at a rate that is unprecedented over decades to millennia.

Earth-orbiting satellites and other technological advances have enabled scientists to see the big picture, collecting many different types of information about our planet and its climate on a global scale. This body of data, collected over many years, reveals the signals of a changing climate.

MC/MODERATOR

Andrew D Moore, Principal Scientist, Life Cycle Logic

PRESENTERS / PANELLISTS

Hon Wilson Tuckey, former federal Minister for Forestry and Conservation and Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government.

Professor Ray Wills, Managing Director at Future Smart Strategies

Charlie Caruso, Executive Officer at Climate Outcomes Foundation

Dr Vanessa Rauland, Managing Director at ClimateClever

Peter Kasprzak, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Innovate Australia

Professor Peter Newman AO, Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University

The presentations will be followed by a Q&A session and a general discussion moderated by MC, Andrew D Moore.

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