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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