PINT OF SCIENCE
FESTIVAL
Climate Change: “The Challenge of Our Generation”
Whether it is biodiversity, food supply, public health, or transport, climate change is poised to change everything we think we know about our lives and the lives of our children and beyond. The United Nations has called climate change “the challenge of our generation” and scientists are stepping up to the plate in response. Find out what scientists are doing to help mitigate the effects of climate change, in the hopes of leaving a thriving and habitable planet for our generation and those to come!
This event is specially brewed for young audience, join us after school for a Kopi Sci!
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Thursday 23 May - Doors open at 4.45pm - Event starts at 5.00pm
Café Diabolo - 1 Sarkies Rd Singapore 258130
Winston Chow
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore
The four C’s of climate science
What are they, why they matter, and why the last “C” is the most important. What are they? Come to my talk and find out! Dr Winston Chow is an Assistant Professor of Geography at the National University of Singapore researching on how cities affect weather & climate, and how weather & climate affects cities. He is a Principal Investigator for the Cooling Singapore initiative , and was recently selected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to be a Lead Author for their Cities chapter in the Sixth Assessment Report on Climate Change due in 2021. He enjoys talking and writing about these research issues, and he tweets sporadically on many topics (unrelated to climate change) at @winstontlchow
Melissa Low
Research Fellow, Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore
Melissa Low is a Research Fellow at the Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore. Melissa holds a Master of Laws (LLM) in Climate Change Law and Policy (with distinction) from the University of Strathclyde and a Master of Science in Environmental Management from the National University of Singapore. She serves as Chief Curator for the National Youth Council Singapore’s Young ChangeMakers Programme, a youth-for-youth initiative that provides a dynamic space for social innovators to convene, collaborate and curate ideas to create collective impact on society. Outside of work, Melissa started an eco-friendly/ social book swop movement in Singapore in 2011, called Books and Beer.