In November 1987 the BoM and CSIRO undertook maybe the first ever climate education workshop, and called together 200 or so scientists to discuss what the new research into carbon dioxide emissions was showing. It was a world-leading initiative.
Cosmos Digital News Editor asked two people who were at the conference, what it was like.
Cosmos Weekly: Climate education at Greenhouse 87
Originally published by Cosmos as 40 years ago Australia was at the forefront of climate change education – what happened?
Ian Mannix
Ian Mannix is the Digital News Editor at Cosmos.
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