Climate Change and Health: Research Methods and Policy Issues
29 September - 2 October 2003, Canberra

Day 1

Greg Ayers (Aust - CSIRO)
"The Australian climate: present and future."

Summary
Presentation (3.44MB)

Bob Watson (World Bank)
"Climate change and other global environmental changes: challenges for science and policy-maker."

Tony McMichael (Aust)
"Evolution of health impact research: international and national approaches."

Rosalie Woodruff (Aust)
"Highlights of the 2002 Australia/Oceania Study"

Simon Hales (NZ)
"Modelling the transmission potential for vector-borne disease."

Sari Kovats (UK)
Are extremes more important than changes in climate means?"

Jonathan Patz (US)
"Case studies: climate, land-use, biodiversity and health."

Alistair Woodward (NZ)
"Vulnerability and adaptation: implications for research and policy."

Summary
Presentation (1.71MB)

Kirk Smith (US)
"Poverty and climate change: cause, effect or effect modifier?"

Jo Mummery (Aust)
"Implications for policy the roles of adaptation and mitigation."

Day 2

Bob Watson
"The genesis and role of the IPCC"

Kevin Hennessy
"The evolution of climate modelling"

Kirk Smith
"Developed and developing countries"

Tony McMichael
"Health impacts research methods: Past, present and future"

Alistair Woodward
"Research challenges: scale, complexity, uncertainty, policy applicability"

Neville Nicholls
"Climate variability and change in Australia."

Sari Kovats
National assessments of volnerability and adaptation

Sari Kovats
National assessments of volnerability and adaptation

Jonathan Patz
US Experience: National Assessment: approach.

Day 3

Applications of time-series analyses and seasonal variations

Paul Wilkinson
Introduction and exmples

Summary
Presentation (1.16MB)

Tord Kjellstrom
Direct effects of heat on mortality

Niels Becker
Food Poisoning - Salmonella

Paul Beggs
Pollens and other aero-allergens

Jonathan Patz
Spatial/GIS methods; remote-sense data

U. Kitron
Risk maps: transmission and burden of vector-borne diseases

Sari Kovats
Interannual climate variability and health: what can El Nino tell us?

Sari Kovats
El Nino and health

Simon Hales
El Nino

Tony McMichael
Issues in climate scenario-based modelling.

Simon Hales
Modelling

Day 4

Rosalie Woodruff
Climate, environment and Ross River virus disease: Can we improve our understanding?

Katie Glass
RRV

Simon Hales
RRV

Paul Beggs
RRV

Tony McMichael
Estimating climate-attributable disease burdens

Tord Kjellstrom
Ancillary health benefits from mitigation

Jim Butler
Measuring the cost of health impacts - approaches and limitations

Tony McMichael
Adaptation or Mitigation

Sari Kovats
Bridging science and policy:
Developing adaptive strategies

Tord Kjellstrom
Bridging science and policy:
Approaches to risk assessment

Tony McMichael
No-regrets, Precautionary Principle, etc

Colin Butler
CC and health - and sustainable development