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Apr 2008 - Climate Change Bootcamp

Date: 30 April 2008
Time: 8.30am – 4.30pm
Venue: The Pavilion Function and Conference Centre,

EIANZ brought together leading Queensland research facilities, government agencies and service providers to guide the professional development of practitioners. Griffith University’s Climate Change Adaptation program, the EPA’s Office of Climate Change and leaders in the field of carbon mitigation and climate change joined forces with EIANZ to bring you the Climate Change Boot Camp.

The Boot Camp had a practical “skills based” focus to empower environmental practitioners, to respond to current and future impacts of climate change within their business or profession.

The Boot Camp aimed to:

  1. Heighten awareness of key principles, new knowledge, tools and case studies related to addressing climate change
  2. Identify any gaps that may exist in the tools and resources required to support practitioners in responding to climate change impacts and follow up on these matters with institutional providers.

The following speakers presented on the day. Click on the name below to download the presentation. Not all speakers had presentations available.

What are the climate change impacts that an environmental practitioner must address? Mary Maher
What is going to be your Commitment to "battling" climate change? Prof Peter Spearritt
Capability and Skills of Environmental Professionals Dr Neil Tindale
What does Climate Change mean for South East Queensland in 2026 - visioning excersize Yollana Shore
In addition to general presentations, six stream sessions were held for part of the day.
These sessions workshopped the following key areas
Mitigation – carbon capture and offsets Fiona Waterhouse
Energy conservation David Mills
Biodiversity – nature conservation Tim Low - 1
Tim Low - 2
Human health and well being Dr Peter Davey
Infrastructure projects Cathy Crawley
Communication and awareness Jennifer Bartlett
Outcomes from each session Sessions




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