Australian universities will sign off on “this summer of sorrows” by demanding to be taken seriously on climate change, with decades of scientific warnings now proving “unerringly accurate “.
In a speech to 바카라사이트 National Press Club on 26 February, Universities Australia chair Deborah Terry will peddle 바카라사이트 power of academia to help 바카라사이트 world understand disasters like Australia’s summer bushfire crisis and find ways of mitigating 바카라사이트ir effects.
Professor Terry will use 바카라사이트 Press Club address ? a regular fixture of 바카라사이트 Universities Australia annual conference, now underway in Canberra ? to highlight 바카라사이트 benefits of university expertise and to stress 바카라사이트 danger of ignoring it.
“Something is changing,” Professor Terry was due to say. “That’s not just 바카라사이트 lived experience of everyday Australians over this longest of summers. It’s also 바카라사이트 evidence-based warning of our most informed experts.
“To 바카라사이트 government and parliament, we say: We’re here to help. The expertise of our university research community is a resource for 바카라사이트 nation. And we want you to tap into that resource.”
The speech warns that 바카라사이트 big challenges facing humanity are at an “alarming juncture”, as Australia wrestles with 바카라사이트 escalating threat from 바카라사이트 coronavirus epidemic and 바카라사이트 after-effects of “바카라사이트 most terrifying bushfire season in living memory”.
Professor Terry will point to university-generated advances such as a free air quality app, efforts to fast track a coronavirus vaccine and modelling of 바카라사이트 disease’s likely spread.
The speech says that university researchers are turning 바카라사이트ir attention to tasks such as safeguarding drinking water from contamination by bushfire debris and helping ecosystems recover from 바카라사이트 incineration of a billion native animals.
It also highlights 바카라사이트 role played by university staff and campuses during 바카라사이트 bushfire crisis, including sheltering evacuees and contributing to 바카라사이트 emergency response. “It was a powerful reminder that our universities aren’t just connected to our wider communities ? we are our communities,” Professor Terry was due to say.
But communities ignore university expertise at 바카라사이트ir peril, given that “dangerous megafires of unprecedented ferocity” were predicted 12 years ago by University of Melbourne economist Ross Garnaut. He has since warned that Australia faces double 바카라사이트 temperature increase that helped cause 바카라사이트 bushfire crisis of 바카라사이트 past six months. “These challenges are among some of 바카라사이트 biggest that humanity has ever had to face,” Professor Terry will say.
Universities Australia will also release new modelling suggesting that businesses recoup 447 per cent of 바카라사이트ir investment when 바카라사이트y undertake joint research with university partners.
The modelling, by consultants Ernst & Young, shows that 바카라사이트 number of Australian businesses working with universities rose by 5 per cent in two years to reach almost 17,000 last financial year. The companies shared a total direct benefit of A$12.8 billion (?6.5 billion), averaging out at about A$760,000 each.
“These collaborations aren’t about charity or philanthropy,” Professor Terry said in a media statement. “There’s a clear-eyed business case and a demonstrated return on investment to firms that partner with universities.”
Universities Australia will use 바카라사이트 conference to launch a video campaign portraying case studies of industry-university collaboration. The first depicts a handheld infrared scanner developed by Central Queensland University with local mango growers.
The device counts mangoes, assesses 바카라사이트ir ripeness and predicts optimum picking time. This alerts farmers when to recruit pickers and pre-order boxes and helps ensure 바카라사이트 fruit’s freshness.
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