Webinar - Climate change: how worried should we be?

Climate change: how worried should we be?

This seminar with Professor Lesley Hughes will cover the latest climate science, the implications for human health, and what we need to do to ensure a safer world. Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, Founding Director of the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, will host this event.

View our recording on the AIHI YouTube channel

About the speaker

Professor Lesley Hughes

Lesley Hughes is Distinguished Professor of Biology and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Integrity & Development) at Macquarie University. Her principal research interest has been the impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems. She is a former Lead Author in the IPCC’s 4^th and 5^th Assessment Report, a former federal Climate Commissioner and now a Councillor with the Climate Council of Australia. She is also a member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, a Director of WWF-Australia and Board member of the Australian Institute of Health Innovation.

About AIHI

The Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI) is an internationally recognised research-intensive centre within Macquarie University, Sydney. We collaborate widely, conducting high impact research into health services and systems to make a positive difference for patients, healthcare professionals and society.