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Climate change is the single biggest threat to human health and wellbeing. Rising temperatures, along with more intense and frequent extreme weather events are impacting human health and wellbeing in complex and compounding ways. These impacts are felt disproportionately in communities across Australia and the globe.
The University of Melbourne’s Climate Collaborative Action for Transformative Change in Health and Healthcare (CATCH) Lab works to accelerate climate change and human health research, engagement and education for enhanced impact.
Join the Climate CATCH Lab and global, regional and national climate and health experts to unpack the transformative changes needed for climate resilient and responsive health systems. The inaugural Climate CATCH Lab Oration will feature expert insights from:
- Ged Kearney, MP, Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, Commonwealth Government of Australia
- Professor Kris Ebi (Keynote speaker), Professor of Global Health in the University of Washington Center for Health and the Environment; Miegunyah Fellow, University of Melbourne
- Professor Jane Gunn, Dean, Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
- Professor Kathryn Bowen, Deputy Director, Melbourne Climate Futures and Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
Join us for this vital discussion, followed by light refreshments.
The Climate CATCH lab is a joint initiative of the University of Melbourne School of Population and Global Health and Melbourne Medical School, within the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Science, and Melbourne Climate Futures.
Join a panel of esteemed scientific, policy and climate leaders for a discussion on the role of Australian universities and scientists in the interdisciplinary challenge of reaching the UN’s sustainable development goals.
Hosted by physicist and science communicator Associate Professor Suzie Sheehy, panellists include:
Professor Harry Quiney, Head of School of Physics, University of Melbourne
Dr. Amanda McKenzie, CEO of Climate Council Australia
Rita Adjei, Wattle Fellow and PhD candidate focused on sustainability education
Plus additional panellists to be announced!
This lecture forms part of the 2024 JULY LECTURES IN PHYSICS
A series of free public lectures exploring physics: from the most fundamental questions to its influence in society.
Physics and Sustainable Development
Scientists, politicians, and communities alike recognise the imperative to bridge scientific disciplines and forms of knowledge to address the complex challenges of our time. In this years’ lecture series, we ask what role physics has in meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development goals. Coinciding with the first year of the UN International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development, these lectures will explore the intersection between physics and sustainable development: from climate action to affordable and clean energy, education to gender equality and beyond.