Climate reality week - John Cook from Skeptical Science.com to speak at UQ
Sun, 02/05/2010 - 12:09am — Mike
UQ Climate for Change is running several cool events for Climate Reality week. A nationwide event organised by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC), this week aims to remind everyone that we cannot escape the realities of climate change by ignoring the problem, we need to take action.
On Friday May 7th, John Cook, author of the website Skeptical Science will be giving a lunch time talk at the University of Queensland about "The reality of climate change" and true scientific skepticism (map).
After John's talk there will be a panel discussion also featuring:
Prof Ove Hoegh-Guldberg - Director, Global Change Institute, UQ and expert on coral reefs and climate change
Jessie Wells - Oxfam Australia
Megan Evans - UQ Climate for Change
Update: The AYCC and UQ Climate for Change have produce a short climate change fact sheet. It covers some basic climate science and deals with some of the most common myths and misconceptions out there. Be informed, have a read of it.