What’s On – Edinburgh
Macaulay Institute Present
Climate Change Argument As Part Of International Science Festival
Event: Edinburgh International Science Festival - Climate
Change: Winners and Losers?
Date: Tuesday 01 April 2008
Times: 1.00pm – 1.30pm &
3.00pm
– 3.30pm
Location: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Venue: Exhibition Hall
Description:
As part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival 2008, Dr Robin
Matthews of The Macaulay Institute will lead an informative and insightful
discussion on the issue of climate change. Looking at both sides of the climate
change argument, Dr Matthews will highlight some of the institute’s latest
research on the subject and talk about the ways in which society will be
affected by the potential changes in our climate.
With climate change being the greatest environmental
challenge facing the world today, the event will highlight the likely positive and negative
impacts of an issue which is traditionally shrouded only in negativity. For
example in Scotland, rising global temperatures will bring changes in weather
patterns which will mean longer periods of sun and extended growing seasons,
but in tropical countries, climate change will have potentially detrimental
impacts.
The “Climate Change: Winners and Losers” talk will be
open to members of the public. Admission is free to the event, and booking is
not required. For further information
visit http://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/ or http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/climatechange/
The Macaulay Institute is the premier land use research institute in
the UK. Two hundred and seventy staff are based at the Macaulay Institute at
Craigiebuckler in Aberdeen. The Macaulay Institute aims to be an international
leader in research on the use of rural land resources for the benefit of people
and the environment and is involved in research across the globe; from Scotland
to Chile and China. More about the Macaulay Institute can be found at www.macaulay.ac.uk.
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