third international conference on climate change

FRIDAY, 22 JULY
8:30-9:00 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION OPEN
9:00-9:35 PLENARY SESSION - Larry Pryor, University of Southern California, USA
9:35-10:10 PLENARY SESSION - Peter Nardulli, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
10:10-10:25 COFFEE BREAK
10:25-12:05 PARALLEL SESSIONS
Third International Conference on Climate Change
10:25-10:55 11:00-11:30 11:35-12:05
Room 1 The Indonesian Climate Change
Adaptation at the Local Level:
Key Policy Stakeholder
Perspectives on Sectoral
Coordination and Capacity
Building
Ray Rahayu, Griffith School of
Environment Griffith Climate
Change Response Program,
Griffith University, Dr Richard
Hindmarsh, Griffith School of
Environment, Centre for
Governance and Public Policy,
Brisbane, Australia
Overview: Key policy stakeholder
perspectives and insights with
regard to effective policy
development with regard
especially to sectoral coordination
and capacity building for climate
change adaptation at the local
level.
Stream: Technical, Political and
Social Responses
Room 2 Estimation of Optimal Rotation
Age of Spotted Gum
Plantations Including Stock and
Carbon Values in Southeast
Queensland Australia
Dr. Tek Narayan Maraseni,
Australian Centre for Sustainable
Catchments, University of
Southern Queensland,
Toowoomba, Australia
Overview: The goal of this study
is to estimate the net values and
optimal rotation ages of spotted
gum plantations in medium to low
rainfall area of southeast
Queensland.
Stream: Scientific Evidence
A Regenerated Indicator for
Monitoring Sustainable
Development
Assoc. Prof. Serhan Oksay,
Department of Business
Administration, Kadir Has
University, Istanbul, Turkey, Nur
Eradli, Faculty of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences
Department of Agricultural
Economics, McGill University,
Montreal, Canada
Overview: This paper is aiming to
spot sustainable developers of the
world, among selected countries.
In order to do this the existing
indices are used with different
weighted multipliers.
Stream: Technical, Political and
Social Responses
Dealing with Climate Change:
Developing a Long Range
Transportation Plan Evaluation
Protocol
Dr Praveen Maghelal,
Department of Public
Administration, University of North
Texas, Denton, USA
Overview: This study discusses
the development of a protocol to
evaluate the Long Range
Transportation Plans for its
adherence to climate change.
Stream: Scientific Evidence
The Lived Experience of
Climate Change:
Complementing the Natural and
Social Sciences for Learning,
Knowledge, Policy and Action
Prof. Gordon Wilson,
Department of Design,
Development, Environment and
Materials Faculty of Mathematics
Computing and Technology, The
Open University, Milton Keynes,
Dr. Dina Abbott, School of
Geographical Sciences,
University of Derby, UK
Overview: Knowledge diversity
and conflict on climate change is
not a cause for despair.
Combining the sciences with lived
experiences is potentially a
source of joint learning and
action.
Stream: Technical, Political and
Social Responses
Do They (Char People) Really
Matter in Climate Change
Policy (Donor Agenda) at
National Level? An
Anthropological Framework
Asha Umme Habiba Naznin,
Institute of Development Studies
(IDS) Science Policy and
Research Unit (SPRU)
Department of Geography of the
University of Sussex., IDS, SPRU,
Department of Geography,
University of Sussex, Brighton,
UK
Overview: The root cause of
vulnerability of local people is
ignored in climate change policy
whereas they are predicted to be
the most vulnerable.
Stream: Technical, Political and
Social Responses
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