climate change - are you ready?

tuesday 25th september 2007 - university of reading

conference proceedings

morning session presentations

presentations (7.5 mb)

• welcome address
  vice chancellor professor gordon marshall, university of reading
• keynote address
  mr john gilliland, chairman, rural climate change forum
• climate scenarios
  prof julia slingo, walker institute for climate systems research
• impact of climate change on land use
  university of reading
• agricultural impacts and opportunities
  dr jonathon scurlock, national farmers union
• environmental impacts and water usage
  mr robert runcie, environment agency
• carbon accounting for land managers
  prof allan buckwell, country land & business association
• supporting adaptation: guidance, tools and learning through doing
  mr roger street, uk climate impacts programme
  

afternoon session presentations 

presentations (32.5 mb)

• water harvesting, irrigation and abstraction
  dr keith weatherfield, cranfield university
  mark hall, hunter hall partnerships, fruit growers
  
• horticulture and plants
  facilitator prof peter mills, warwick hri
  prof geoff dixon, institute of horticulture
  
• energy management
  dr keith richards, thames valley energy
  william opie, bennett opie food company
  practical case study grower
  
• soil management
  facilitator dr john conway, rac
  practical case study
  bob evans – soil erosion

speakers' notes

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