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Shame Day in Victoria

by Michael Connor

June 18, 2010

The Victorian Government offers advice to public servants on how to deal with "climate change denialism":

Climate Change Science Seminar Series

DSE [Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment] invites members of the Victorian Public Service to a presentation on: 

Dealing with climate change denialism with Paul Holper, CSIRO 

Popular opinion on climate change often waivers, particularly when the media focus on denialist views and encourage “debates” with climate change scientists.

The Victorian Government, along with other governments in Australia and across the world, rely on the scientific community for advice on climate change and its likely impacts.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is recognised as the international authority on climate change science and denialist views often lack rigor and credibility in comparison.

Paul Holper (CSIRO) will present on ways to approach climate change denialism in a Victorian context. 

Paul Holper

Paul manages the CSIRO’s involvement in the Australian Climate Change Science Program, a $15 million program supported by the Commonwealth Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. This program undertakes observations of the atmosphere, oceans and terrestrial systems, as well as climate model development, and projections of Australia’s likely future climate.

Paul coordinated the most recent climate change projections for Australia (based on IPCC models), announced by BoM and CSIRO in 2007. 

Friday 18 June 

BYO lunch! 

Part of the Victorian Climate Change adaption program 

A Victorian Government initiative 

 

Source: DSE invitation (pdf)

See Paul Holper's presentation here...