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BrisVegas Part II, Climate Change Studies
Aug. 23rd, 2023 05:46 pmFollowing the Party conference I gave myself a couple of days in Brisbane before the return to Melbourne; after all I am supposed to be on leave. On the first day, I organised a "linner" in the rather beautiful Roma Street Parklands, which was attended to a small collection of Brisbane friends old and new - a big thank you for an afternoon of quality and clever conversation and delicious food from Chakae and Peter, Cameron and Chrissy (and Fox!), and Punky Pauline. The following day, I planned to take a trip on the ferry but decided instead to visit the Queensland Art Gallery, the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, and the Queensland Museum - all conveniently close to one another. I was quite happy with the Art Gallery and Museum, and whilst the Modern Art building was an impressive piece of modernism with wide open spaces is was hilariously somewhat lacking in actual art inside.
With the return to Melbourne, I have thrown myself back into work projects like I never left in the first place which is probably a clear indication that I should go on another "holiday" of some description soon. I have also burrowed deeply into climate science and policy studies with various mid-trimester assignments. An annotated bibliography on climate policy for developing Pacific island nations makes points that the Pacific has been subject to hundreds of years of imperialism, racism, and sexism which has treated the indigenous populations as voiceless and expendable. This continues to this day, as Pasifika people are on the frontline of the impacts of climate change whilst the developed and industrial world continues to reject responsibility for causing it. In the coming fortnight I also will be writing a comparison of vulnerability assessments from New Zealand, Germany, and Nepal, then a comparison between Australia and New Zealand for climate change actions, and finally a comparative paleoclimatology essay on the collapse of the thermohaline circulation. There is so much variety and callenging research with this degree!
With the return to Melbourne, I have thrown myself back into work projects like I never left in the first place which is probably a clear indication that I should go on another "holiday" of some description soon. I have also burrowed deeply into climate science and policy studies with various mid-trimester assignments. An annotated bibliography on climate policy for developing Pacific island nations makes points that the Pacific has been subject to hundreds of years of imperialism, racism, and sexism which has treated the indigenous populations as voiceless and expendable. This continues to this day, as Pasifika people are on the frontline of the impacts of climate change whilst the developed and industrial world continues to reject responsibility for causing it. In the coming fortnight I also will be writing a comparison of vulnerability assessments from New Zealand, Germany, and Nepal, then a comparison between Australia and New Zealand for climate change actions, and finally a comparative paleoclimatology essay on the collapse of the thermohaline circulation. There is so much variety and callenging research with this degree!
