Hi all,
Apologies for cross posting.
Those of you in the North East of England may be interested in the following upcoming event.
Sent on behalf of Krista McKinzey of the Climate Change Schools Project. Please contact Nicola Hall [log in to unmask] with questions etc.
Best wishes,
Lorraine
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Title: 2012 Climate Change Schools Project Public Lecture Series - 'The science of climate change and the challenges for communicating this to the public and our policy makers'
Presented by: Professor Paul Hardaker (FRMetS CMet CEnv)
Chief Executive, Royal Meteorological Society
Summary:
Paul's talk will focus on how we measure and model our changing climate, what we understand about these changes and where the greatest areas of uncertainties are in our current understanding. The talk will also discuss the challenges in communicating this uncertainty to policy makers for mitigation and adaptation programmes and to a public who are increasingly polarised around the debate on the human impact on climate.
Description:
• Date: Weds. 1st February 2012
• Venue: Science Learning Centre North East (Durham University), Front Street, Pity Me, Durham DH1 5BZ
• Time: 4:15 pm (4 pm for registration/refreshments) to 6 pm
• Cost: £10 per person (payable by cash or cheque on the door - if cheque, please make it payable to Durham University)
To book: RSVP no later than Weds. 18th January 2012 by emailing Nicola Hall [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
• your name
• organisation (if applicable)
• and also your dietary requirements.
Biography:
Professor Paul Hardaker (FRMetS CMet CEnv)
Chief Executive, Royal Meteorological Society
Paul is a mathematician by background whose early research work focused on modelling and instrument studies in radio propagation, working with organisations such as British Telecom, the European Space Agency and the Rutherford-Appleton Labs. He later moved to the Met Office where he spent 14 years in a variety of roles including heading up an international consultancy on hydrometeorology, and the Remote Sensing and Observations Branches. He then became Programme Director for the Met Office's Development Programmes and latterly the Met Office's Chief Advisor to Government, providing support to the Government in areas such as climate change policy and the civil contingency programme.
Paul has led the UK delegation to several UN and EU technical committees on meteorology, he has been a member of the Physics Advisor Panel at the University of Wales, one of the Government's Science and Society Champions, Chairman of one of the national e-Science projects, and the founding editor of the international journal Atmospheric Science Letters (ASL). Paul has also been the Interim General Manager for EcoConnect, a joint-venture between the UK and New Zealand Governments to provide environmental services across the globe, and for 3 years, a Non-Executive Director and Chief Scientist of a City company working in risk management. He was Chairman of the Research Council's programme on the Flood Risk from Extreme Events (FREE) and has held a visiting professorship at the University of Salford. For five years Paul was also a Board member of the Society for the Environment and a Non-Executive Director and latterly Deputy Chair of the Board of NHS Berkshire West.
Paul is currently Chief Executive of the Royal Meteorological Society (the Learned and Professional Society for weather and climate). He is also a visiting professor at the University of Reading and has provided external support to the Universities of Manchester and Leeds on aspects of their Weather and Climate academic courses. Paul is also a member of the Science Steering Group for the UK's Joint Weather and Climate Research Programme.
Paul is a member of the Board of the Science Council and the Chairman of Sense about Science, a charity that helps to equip people to make sense of science at the heart of topical public issues. He is a member of the Standards Quality Council for the qualifications awarding body PAA\VQSET, a reviewer for the Queen's Anniversary Prizes, and a member of the Steering Group for the e-Research South consortium. Paul is also a regular contributor to the media on weather and climate.
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Dr. Krista McKinzey
Climate Change Schools Project Manager
Science Learning Centre North East
Durham University
Front Street
Pity Me,
Durham
DH1 5BZ
Phone: 0191 370 6205
Mobile: 0777 486 0886
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