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To Be Or Not To Be: Climate Change & the Loss of Species
Posted 14 Feb 2025 09:00AM
Updated on 14 Feb 2025 11:06AM
Professor Lesley Hughes is a Distinguished Professor of Biology and former Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Integrity & Development) and Interim Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Macquarie University. Her research has mainly focused on the impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems.
She is a former federal Climate Commissioner and former Lead Author in the IPCC’s 4th and 5th Assessment Report. She is a founding Councillor with the Climate Council of Australia, a former Director for WWF Australia, and a member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists. She has recently been appointed as a member of the Climate Change Authority.
TO BE OR NOT TO BE: Climate Change & the Loss of Species
When: Thursday 6 March
Time: 4pm - 6pm
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8458286068