What is Climate Science?

MRSG's Ron Glanville hosts a thoroughly accessible presentation on Climate Science in a recent event organised by Veterinarians for Climate Action.

Dr Robert Glasser

‘Dr Glasser was until recently the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction, Assistant Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Office of Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). He was also a member of the Secretary General’s Senior Management Group and the Deputy Secretary General’s Climate Principals Group.

Dr Glasser was previously a board member of the Global Call for Climate Action (GCCA), a global alliance of more than 450 national and international organisations focussing on climate change advocacy and he was the Inaugural Board Chairman of the CHS International Alliance, a new organisation resulting from the merger of People in Aid and the Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP). His other previous activities include Advisory Panel member of the Climate Vulnerability Monitor; member of the Principals Steering Group of the United Nations Transformative Agenda for Humanitarian Action; and member of the Project Steering Group for the World Economic Forum project on The Future Role of Civil Society. See https://www.vfca.org.au/media_release_2

Professor Mark Howden

Pre-eminent Aussie climate scientist Mark Howden presented to some of the veterinary profession’s best and brightest this week.

Mark is a wealth of knowledge and we hope you find this video as informative and interesting as we did.

An event organised by Veterinarians for Climate Action.

More on Mark: ‘Professor Mark Howden is Director of the Climate Change Institute at the Australian National University. He is also an Honorary Professor at Melbourne University, a Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and a member of the Australian National Climate Science Advisory Committee. Mark has over 420 publications of different types. He helped develop both the national and international greenhouse gas inventories that are a fundamental part of the Paris Agreement and has assessed sustainable ways to reduce emissions. He has been a major contributor to the IPCC since 1991, with roles in the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Assessment Reports, and was a Nobel Prize recipient in 2007.’