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NOTICE OF PUBLIC TALK - CLIMATE AND HEALTH

Guest speaker: Dr. Glenn McGregor
Title: "Heat waves - Causes, consequences, and responses"


Where: Conference Room, Ground Floor, NIWA Auckland, 41 Market Place,
Auckland Central 1010
When: 1230pm, 19 June 2009
Duration: Approx 40 minutes, followed by tea/coffee.


Glenn is a graduate of the University of Auckland (BSc and MSc - 1st
Class) and the University of Canterbury (PhD). Currently he is Professor of
Physical Geography and Climatology and Director of the School of Geography,
Geology and Environmental Science at the University of Auckland. He has
previously worked in Geography departments at King's College London, University
of Birmingham, Hong Kong Baptist University and the University of Papua New
Guinea as well as holding a research fellowship in the Institute of Low
Temperature Science at the University of Hokkaido, Japan. Glenn is Chief Editor
of the Royal Meteorological Society's International Journal of Climatology, the
WMO Commission on Climatology's Lead Expert on Climate and Health, an Executive
Board member and President elect of the International Society of Biometeorology.

Principal climate and health research questions of interest to Glenn are
(a) what is the role of climate as a stressor on health? (b) are climate based
predictions of health outcomes possible for a range of timescales?
(c) to what extent might climate variability and change affect health
and existing or predicted stresses on health? (d) what are the
uncertainties associated with climate change related health projections?
(e) what is the nature of the interaction between extreme weather and
climate anomalies and the urban socio-economic landscape in terms of
health outcomes? (f) does society possess the capacity to adapt to
climate variability and change through modifications to health
infrastructure, management and policy by adopting specific adaptive
measures?

Glenn has been involved with numerous climate and health research
projects, such as seasonal climate forecasting and health in the UK,
investigating London's urban heat island, experimental heat health watch warning
systems for 5 European cities, as well as the development and testing of summer
season health forecasting models.


If you would like to attend, pllease RSVP to Georgina Griffiths,
gm.griffiths@... by June 18th.

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Georgina Griffiths
Senior Climate Scientist
National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd.,
41 Market Place, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010 Private Bag 99940,
Newmarket, Auckland 1149, New Zealand
Tel: +64 9 375 4506 Fax: +64 9 375 2051
Mobile: 027 293 6545
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Atmospheric Research Ltd.