PUBLIC LECTURE: Climate change, our lifestyle choices and the accelerating extinction of species

Water Corporation of Western Australia

and the University of Western Australia

present a public lecture by

Professor Ian Lowe AO, Emeritus Professor, Science, Technology and Society, Griffith University, Brisbane

Abstract: Climate change is real, it is happening now and it is accelerating as our lifestyle choices increase greenhouse gas emissions. The sixth major extinction event in the history of the planet was already being caused by the growing demands of the increasing human population. Climate change is adding a new and alarming dimension to the loss of species. The prospect of catastrophic losses in our lifetimes demands an urgent and concerted response.



Profile: Professor Ian Lowe AO, is Emeritus Professor of science, technology and society at Griffith University in Brisbane, an adjunct professor at Sunshine Coast University and QUT, an honorary research fellow at the University of Adelaide and a consultant to the CSIRO Division of Sustainable Ecosystems.

Professor Lowe was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2001 for services to science and technology, especially in the area of environmental studies. In 2002 he was awarded a Centenary Medal for contributions to environmental science and won the Eureka Prize for promotion of science. His contributions have also been recognised by the Prime Minister's Environment Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement, the Queensland Premier's Millennium Award for Excellence in Science and the University of NSW Alumni Award for achievement in science. Professor Lowe was named Humanist of the Year in 1988.

Professor Lowe studied engineering and science at the University of NSW and earned his doctorate in physics from the University of York. He is the author or co-author of 10 Open University books, 6 other books, 40 book chapters and over 500 other publications or conference papers.

Professor Lowe has made countless contributions to newspapers, radio, television and periodicals since 1991. He gave the ABC's Boyer Lectures in 1991 and was a member of the advisory group for Brisbane's Ideas at the Powerhouse for the four years of that event. He is a member of the board of Major Brisbane Festivals Ltd and is President of Queensland Academy of the Arts and Sciences.

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