Australian Farm Institute 2019 Roundtable

Session: After Hours Forum

Facilitator: Gabrielle Chan, The Guardian Newspaper

Guest speaker: Dr. Annette Cowie, Principal research scientist, Climate, NSW DPI and co-author IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land

Presentation summary:

Dr Cowie is co-leader of the International Energy Agency Bioenergy research network ‘Climate and sustainability effects of bioenergy within the broader bioeconomy’, and a member of the Science Policy Interface of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. Her current research focuses on sustainability indicators and climate impact assessment in agriculture and forestry, including life cycle assessment of bioenergy and biochar systems. Dr Cowie’s keynote presentation at the AFI Roundtable After Hours Forum focused on the role of biochar in environmental restoration, especially in agricultural systems, as well as the role of agriculture in sustainable land management to address climate change impacts.

Click or copy/paste link below for Roundtable slide decks and speech transcripts

http://farminstitute.org.au/news-and-events/ART_2019/Roundtable-2019-speakers

https://www.ipcc.ch/report/srccl/

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Dr. Annette Cowie, IPCC report co-author