Garnaut climate change review update

The Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute and the Monash Sustainability Institute are pleased to present:

Reflections on the Australian climate change discussion, Ross Garnaut
6-7 pm, Thursday 3 February 2011
BMW Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne
Register at http://garnaut-public-lecture.eventbrite.com

Ross Garnaut, the economist leading the Climate Change Review Update for the Australian Government, will give a public lecture in Melbourne on Thursday 3 February 2011 to launch the first of eight papers to be released as part of the 2011 update - Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Climate Change Action. The lecture will reflect on the two years of public discussion since the 2008 report, outline the approach to updating the review and provide Professor Garnaut’s framework for how Australians can best evaluate the costs and benefits of acting on climate change.

In November 2010, Professor Ross Garnaut was commissioned by the Australian Government to provide an independent update to his 2008 Climate Change Review. He is also an independent expert adviser to the Multi-Party Climate Change Committee. The Garnaut Climate Change Review - Update 2011 will release a series of papers in early 2011 addressing developments across a range of subjects including climate change science and impacts, emissions trends, carbon pricing, technology, land and the electricity sector. A final report is to be presented to the government by 31 May 2011 and released to the Australian community at that time.

For further information, contact enquiries@msi.monash.edu.au