Discovery Science Writers Series

Dr Mark Howden ‘Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change’.

When: Friday 25 June 2010 12.15 pm

Location: CSIRO Discovery, Black Mountain Laboratories, Clunies Ross Street, Acton ACT.

The talk

Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change moves beyond describing the causes and consequences of climate change to providing options for people to work towards adaptation action.

Climate change implications and adaptation options are given for the key Australian primary industries of horticulture, forestry, grains, rice, sugarcane, cotton, viticulture, broadacre grazing, intensive livestock industries, marine fisheries, and aquaculture and water resources.

Co-editor Dr Mark Howden talks about the science behind the book and discusses the process of working with the authoring committee to pull this work together.

Read more about Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change.

The author

Dr Mark Howden is an expert in the area of climate change and agriculture, working with rural industries to adapt to Australia’s changing climate.

Read more about Dr Mark Howden.

Discovery Science Writers Series

CSIRO Discovery presents a series that celebrates authors from the Canberra region who publish in the science arena. Our talks will focus on the science behind the publications as well as the writing process.

Our authors have all recently published, and where possible, copies of their books will be on sale at our events and our authors will sign copies for you.

The Discovery Science Writers Series is presented in association with the Australian Science Communicators ACT Branch.

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