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Main Content

Sea Level Rise Seminar - Presentations

Seminar Invitation

Seminar Program

Seminar Registration Form

Introduction and Welcome

Facilitator - Mr Allan Gear, Floodplain Management Authorities of NSW

Message from the NSW Minister for Planning the Hon. Frank Sartor MP

Message from the President of the Local Government Association and Mayor of North Sydney Council Genia McCaffery

 

Morning Session

Cr David James - Mayor of Pittwater

Jenny McAllister - Director of Climate Change, Air & Noise Branch, Department of Environment & Climate Change

Rob Stokes MP - Member for Pittwater

Dr Philip Haines - Associate, NSW Water & Environment Manager, BMT WBM P/L

John Hudson - Manager, Central Western NSW LiDAR Project, Department of Environment & Climate Change

 

Afternoon Session

Dr Peter Cowell, BA, PhD - Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney

Phil Watson - Coastal & Floodplain Programs, Coastal, Estuaries & Floodplain Management Branch, Department of Environment & Climate Change 

Duncan McLuckie - Manager, Urban Flood, Coast & Floodplain Management, Department of Environment & Climate Change

Daylan Cameron - A/Team Leader, Catchment Management, Natural Environment Unit, Warringah Council

Sue Ribbons - Project Leader Floodplain Management, Pittwater Council

 

Papers

Duncan McLuckie - Adapting For Climate Change Impacts on Flooding

DECC - Floodplain Risk Management Guideline: Practical Consideration of Climate Change

Dr Ian Hannam

 

Article: Earth Changes and Global Warming

Article: Melting Glaciers biggest threat to Sea Level

Article: Arctic Sea Ice: How Fast Will it be Lost?

Article: Tasman Glacier is Melting Fast

Article: Glaciers melting at "alarming rate"

Paper: L. David Roper: Relationship of Antarctica Temperature to Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Methane

 

Conferences

IPWEA National Conference on Climate Change Response

ANUGA Workshop, 16-17 September 2008 - Present Applications and Future Potentials

 

Websites

Sydney Coastal Councils Group

 

Newspaper Articles on the Seminar

Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 23 May 2008: Report counts homes facing climate threat

Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 29 May 2008: Councils demand sea-level rise data

Peninsular Living, July 2008 Edition: Call for combined action on Sea Level Rise