Past Events
EARTH: FIRE & RAIN
April 16, 2012
Brisbane Conference Centre
EARTH: FIRE & RAIN
The Australian and New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference will provide a forum to examine the issues surrounding natural and man-made hazards.
16th to the 18th of April 2012 at the Brisbane Convention Centre.
Brisbane, Australia
Visions of sharing responsibility for disaster resilience
- March 29, 2012
- RMIT University
Visions of sharing responsibility for disaster resilience
This one-day workshop to be held at RMIT’s city campus on March 29th 2012 will examine the idea and practice of sharing responsibility for disaster resilience from a wide range of perspectives.
A principle of ...
Planet Under Pressure 2012
- March 26, 2012
- London, United Kingdom
Planet Under Pressure 2012
New Knowledge Toward Solutions
26-29 March 2012
London, United Kingdom
Climate Change and Extreme Events: Understanding and Managing the Risks
- March 19, 2012
- Village Roadshow Theatrette, State Library of Victoria Entry 3, 179 La Trobe Street, Melbourne
Free public event
Climate Change and Extreme Events: Understanding and Managing the Risks
Highlights from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation
6:30–8:00 pm
Monday, 19 March ...
Asia-Pacific climate Change Adaptation Forum
- Oct. 27, 2011
- United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
Asia -Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum 2011
Mainstreaming Adaptation into Development: Adaptation in action.
27-28 October 2011
United Nations Conference Centre
Bangkok, Thailand
Climate Change Adaptation Congress
- Oct. 13, 2011
- Melbourne Town Hall
Climate Change Adaptation Congress- Creating a Climate Resilient Future for Australia
Melbourne Town Hall
Melbourne, Australia
Public risk perceptions, understandings, and responses to climate change - Prof Joseph Reser
- Aug. 24, 2011
- RMIT University
When: Wednesday 24 August 2011, 4.00pm-5.00pm
Where: Emily McPherson Building, RMIT University City Campus, Multi Purpose Room, (13.3.7) Cnr Russell and Victoria Streets, Melbourne
Register: Online by 22 August at http://reser-melbourne.eventbrite.com
What do Australians know and feel about the threats climate change presents, and how ...
Emergency Management and Climate Change Adaptation Workshop
- May 20, 2011
- RMIT University
This workshop will include a number of international experts speaking in a workshop format in a whole day event.
WA Seminar Flood Recovery in the UK
- April 19, 2011
- University of Western Australia, Perth, Robert Street Lecture Theatre, Building G16
Seminar - Tuesday 19th April - 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Introductory comments: Professor John Handmer, RMIT University
Keynote presentation: Dr Rebecca Whittle,
‘Flood Recovery in the UK’
In June 2007, the English city of Hull was devastated by flooding which
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Flood Recovery in the UK
- April 12, 2011
- Multi-purpose Room Emily McPherson Building RMIT University
Recovery Workshop - With Dr Rebecca Whittle
Emily Mcpherson Building cnr Victoria and Russell Streets, Building 13, Level 3, Room 7, RMIT University
April 12 2011 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Refreshments following
Rebecca Whittle is a senior research associate in the Lancaster Environment ...
Emergency Media & Public Affairs
- April 10, 2011
- Canberra
Emergency Media & Public Affairs Conference 2011
Partnering with the Media
Sunday 10 April to Tuesday 12 April 2011
Rydges Lakeside Hotel Canberra
National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility
- April 6, 2011
- Cairns Convention Centre
The 2011 NCCARF Conference will be a one day event held in conjunction with Greenhouse 2011, on Wednesday 6 April, Cairns Convention Centre.
The aim of the NCCARF Conference is to bring researchers and end users together, to provide an
update on NCCARF activities and advances in knowledge across NCCARF’s ...
‘Learning from Experience: Presenting NCCARF Synthesis Research’
- Dec. 7, 2010
- Mecure Hotel Melbourne, 13 Spring Street, Melbourne
NCCARF conducts a program of research to synthesis and integrate existing and emerging climate change adaptation knowledge for delivery to end users. This event presents results from this program over its first two years of operation, and introduces plans for the future.
Learning from experience
Examining past extreme events and ...
Risk and Resilience in Melbourne’s Peri-urban Region
- Oct. 26, 2010
- Operations Room, Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority, Level 6, 55 Collins Stree
A group of overseas experts in managing disaster recovery will participate in a symposium on international and Australian experience in disaster recovery organized by RMIT University School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning and the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority. The group is examining the Victorian experience after ...
Climate Change and Emergency Management - Can We Plan To Adapt?
- Sept. 16, 2010
- RMIT University
In September the Emergency Management Network hosted the visit of Dr Lisa Schipper, a research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute. Lisa’s research interests include examining the socio – cultural aspects ...
Climate Change and Emergency Management - Can We Plan To Adapt?
- Sept. 14, 2010
- University of Western Australia
In September the Emergency Management Network hosted the visit of Dr Lisa Schipper, a research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute. Lisa’s research interests include examining the socio – cultural aspects of vulnerability to climate change and other natural hazards. She has undertaken research in Central America, (El Salvador, ...
Adapting to Extreme Heat
- June 28, 2010
- Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
This event was a half day workshop organized jointly by the Human Health and Emergency Management NCCARF Networks on the 28th June 2010.
The context of the event was that Climate Change will bring about more extreme heat events and adaptation must occur to avoid loss of life, and system ...
Resilience for recovery from climate extremes
- May 24, 2010
- RMIT University
In May 2010 a ‘Resilience for recovery from climate extremes’ workshop / seminar was held in May as a primer to a major workshop planned for late 2010. The May workshop set out to outline key issues on the topic which is currently engaging many researchers and practitioners. A number ...