Join us for our first event in a new Series: Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki Lincoln University Excellence Series. This series has been designed to showcase leadership in various disciplines including the opportunity to promote the University’s distinctive and impactful applied research. This series celebrates research excellence and promotes a public forum to a broader community, highlighting Lincoln University’s specialist land-based contribution to driving New Zealand’s prosperity and intergenerational wellbeing.
Kicking off our first sessions is Anita Wreford, professor in the AERU at Lincoln University, will speak about what climate change means for agriculture in Aotearoa New Zealand. Based on over twenty years’ research experience in this area, she will explore the complex relationship agriculture has with climate change as both a major contributor to the problem, while facing increasing physical risks from the changes – all while providing food for a growing population and underpinning our rural communities. Anita will explore some of the drivers for change in agriculture, the potential economic and social impacts of addressing climate change, and the need to develop a shared vision for the future of agriculture as a nation.
Timings
4.00 pm - Networking and drinks
4.15 pm - Welcome & introduction from LU Vice-Chancellor
4.20 pm - Presentation from Speaker
4.50 pm - Summary
5.00 pm - Networking and questions over drinks and nibbles
5.30pm - Event Ends
About Our Speaker
Professor Anita Wreford
Anita is Professor in the AERU, which is where she completed her PhD in 2007. Since then Anita has worked in several research institutes and policy environments both in New Zealand and the UK including the internationally renowned Tyndall Centre at the University of East Anglia. Anita’s research has focused on climate change adaptation and her expertise in this area is reflected through her roles as lead author on two Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports - the Special Report on Climate Change and Land (2019) and the Australasia chapter of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (due 2022). She leads the Deep South National Science Challenge’s Impacts and Implications Programme, shaping the adaptation research direction and investment in New Zealand.
Anita has worked closely with policymakers on climate change both at national level and local government and conducted work for the EU Commission, the OECD and the New Zealand, Scottish and UK Governments. Anita currently leads four research projects within the area of climate change adaptation and is collaborating on several others. She supervises a cohort of PhD students across several research programmes and institutions. Anita has recently joined the Editorial Board of the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics and is regularly invited to speak to academic, industry and community groups on topics relating to climate change.
Research profile Anita Wreford
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