This year we’ve joined forces with the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists to present The Wentworth Talks, a series of free bi-monthly presentations and panel discussions at The Wharf led by guest speakers addressing a wide range of topics relating to climate change and the environment.

Our next talk has just been confirmed, and we encourage you to get in early and book your seats by calling the STC Box Office on (02) 9250 1777 or clicking here.


The Wentworth Talks: Professor David Karoly
Climate change: Do you want the good news or the bad news?

Professor David Karoly will separate the truth from the spin on climate change, telling it how it is.

There are fascinating good-news stories about real world solutions that have already been implemented, globally, in Australia and in other countries.

But how far do we have to go to avoid dangerous climate change? What is Australia’s fair contribution to a global response on climate change? How bad might climate change get if we decide to continue with business as usual?


Professor David Karoly is Professor of Meteorology and Federation Fellow of the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne. He is active in research in climate change science, particularly on detection and attribution of climate change. He was a lead author of the chapter “Assessment of observed changes and responses in natural and managed systems” in the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report "Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability" and a member of the core writing team for the IPCC AR4 Synthesis Report.

Prior to his current position at University of Melbourne, he was a professor at The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology and Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology at Monash University.

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