Qld academic to address Dubai climate forum
A Sunshine Coast professor has been invited to give a key address on climate change at the World Economic Forum starting on Friday in Dubai.
Professor Ian Lowe will join about 700 of the world's most influential thinkers to confront urgent global challenges currently facing the planet.
The professor will deliver a lecture about links between climate change and water.
"Not only does climate change influence water availability but the current process for providing and using water is a significant contributor to climate change so there's a lot to be gained by considering these issues together," he said.
Professor Lowe says climate change and the loss of global biodiversity are the biggest problems facing the planet.
He says humans are not living within the limits of natural systems and that the planet needs a cap on its population.
"We need to think about limiting the population by conscious action rather than hoping it'll be limited by disease and starvation," he said.
"It means we need a global approach to stabilising the climate rather than hoping that a few countries will lead and others will follow."
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