The Environmental Protection Agency is hosting a series of lectures on climate change over the coming six months.
The seven-part series will explore key aspects of climate change - ranging from predictions and impacts, to its economic and political consequences. Speakers are top international experts.
The series starts with two lectures to be given by lead authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report on climate change. They will take place on Tuesday 20th November and Tuesday 27th November in the Davenport Hotel, Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
Time for each lecture:
- 6.00 pm Refreshments and Registration
- 6.30 pm Lecture
- 7.30 pm Question & Answer Session
- 8.00 pm ends.
The seven-part series includes:
1. The science of climate change - facing the facts
2. Time for action? - options
3. Meltdown? - evidence of climate change from polar science
4. Hotter? Drier? Wetter? ... Impacts of climate change on earth systems
5. Technological solutions: grey clouds and silver linings
6. Gain v Pain - political and economic consequences and options
7. Our Own Backyard - Ireland's response to climate change challenges l/land opportunities.
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