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4 Degrees and Beyond International Climate Conference

Index 4 Degrees and Beyond International Climate Conference

The 4 Degrees and Beyond International Climate Conference, subtitled Implications of a Global Climate Change of 4+ Degrees for People, Ecosystems and the Earth-system, was held 28–30 September 2009 at Oxford, United Kingdom. [1]

21 relations: Climate change in the United Kingdom, David Karoly, Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Jean Palutikof, Met Office, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (biologist), Oxford, Penny Whetton, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Robyn Eckersley, Ross Garnaut, Tony McMichael, Tyndall Centre, U.S. News & World Report, United Kingdom, University of Melbourne, University of Oxford, Will Steffen, 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Climate change in the United Kingdom

Climate in the United Kingdom has been a subject of protests and controversies and various policies have been developed to mitigate its effects.

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David Karoly

David John Karoly (born 1955) is an Australian atmospheric scientist.

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Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research

The Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Change — named in honour of George Hadley — is one of the United Kingdom's leading centres for the study of scientific issues associated with climate change.

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Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

Hans Joachim "John" Schellnhuber (born 7 June 1950) is a German theoretical physicist and founding director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and ex-chair of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU).

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Jean Palutikof

Jean Palutikof is founding Director of the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) at Griffith University, Australia.

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Met Office

The Met Office (officially the Meteorological Office) is the United Kingdom's national weather service.

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Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (biologist)

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (born 26 September 1959, in Sydney, Australia), is the inaugural Director of the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland, and the holder of a Queensland Smart State Premier fellowship (2008–2013).

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Oxford

Oxford is a city in the South East region of England and the county town of Oxfordshire.

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Penny Whetton

Penelope Whetton (born 5 January 1958) is a climatologist and an expert in regional climate change projections due to global warming and in the impacts of those changes.

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

Philosophical Transactions, titled Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (often abbreviated as Phil. Trans.) from 1776, is a scientific journal published by the Royal Society.

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Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) is a German government-funded research institute addressing crucial scientific questions in the fields of global change, climate impacts, and sustainable development.

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Robyn Eckersley

Robyn Eckersley (born 1958) is a Professor and Head of Political Science in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia.

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Ross Garnaut

Ross Gregory Garnaut (born 28 July 1946, Perth, Western Australia) is a distinguished professor of economics at the Australian National University and both a vice-chancellor's fellow and professorial fellow of economics at The University of Melbourne.

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Tony McMichael

Professor Anthony John McMichael AO FTSE MBBS PhD (3 October 1942 – 26 September 2014) was an Australian epidemiologist who retired from the Australian National University in 2012.

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Tyndall Centre

The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research is an organisation based in the United Kingdom that brings together scientists, economists, engineers and social scientists to 'research, assess and communicate from a distinct trans-disciplinary perspective, the options to mitigate, and the necessities to adapt to current climate change and continuing global Warming, and to integrate these into the global, UK and local contexts of sustainable development'.

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U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report is an American media company that publishes news, opinion, consumer advice, rankings, and analysis.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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University of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford (formally The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England.

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Will Steffen

Will Steffen (born 1947) is an American chemist.

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2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference

The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly known as the Copenhagen Summit, was held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 7 and 18 December.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Degrees_and_Beyond_International_Climate_Conference

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