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International Public Forum on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: The Tropical Australian Experience
Thursday, 3 April 2008 from 2.30pm - 6.00 pm
The outcomes of this Public Forum are intended to contribute to the United Nations International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change* which will be held from 2 to 4 April 2008 in Darwin, Australia. Members of the Expert Group will also be attending the public forum.
Topics addressed will include:
- Effects of climate change on indigenous peoples
- Adaptation measures to climate change
- Carbon projects and carbon trading
- Overview of the UN Expert Meeting
This event will be followed by a social function from 6.00pm - 7.00 pm.
The International Public Forum on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: The Tropical Australian Experience is being organised by Charles Darwin University (CDU), the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS), and the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance (NAILSMA).
Download the event flyer (.pdf, 6MB) >>
* View preliminary documents for the United Nations International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change.
Audio presentations now available...
Download the audio files from this event:
- Opening meeting - Professor Helen Garnett (.mp3, 3.40MB)
- Welcome to Country (.mp3, 2.54MB)
- Introductory remarks - Joe Morrison (.mp3, 3.09MB)
- Summary of expert meeting deliberations (.mp3, 8.23MB)
- Presentation 1: Fire management - Dr Jeremy Russell-Smith (.mp3, 9.35MB) and Dean Yibarbuk (.mp3, 13.3MB)
- Presentation 2: Adaptive capacity of Indigenous peoples - Professor Wendy Brady (.mp3, 15.7MB)
- Presentation 3: Health - Professor Bart Currie (.mp3, 14.6MB) and Dr Ngiare Brown (.mp3, 7.04MB)
- Panel discussion (.mp3, 48.2MB)
- Conclusion - Professor Bob Wasson (.mp3, 4.89MB)
You may have to download free software to view the presentations.
Location
Mal Nairn Auditorium (Building 35)
Casuarina campus
Charles Darwin University
Darwin
Registration
For further information visit www.ias.unu.edu/tki/2008climateforum or email: events@cdu.edu.au or tkmeetings@ias.unu.edu.
