Leading climate scientists, economists, energy experts and social scientists from Curtin and Murdoch universities and policymakers from across Southeast Asia came together at Curtin for the International Symposium on Addressing Weather Extremes in Southeast Asian Cities in May.

More than 60 people including the Hon Reece Whitby MLA, Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Action; Reuben Kooperman, Honorary Consul-General of Thailand in Perth; Madam Nur Eliza Jemal Zainal, Consul-General of Malaysia in Perth; Listiana Operananta, Consul-General of Indonesia in Perth; YB Tuan Leong Tuck Chee, Local MLA for Pandamaran Constituency, Malaysia; Professor Parisha A. Bahri, Pro Vice-Chancellor, College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Murdoch University; Mayor Patrick Hall, City of Canning and Claire Murray, Director, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade WA State Office attended the successful event.

The Symposium focused on how to develop ‘nature-based interventions’ to address concerns over warming cities and featured keynote speaker, Professor Petra Tschakert from the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry.

Thank you to Professor Tschakert; Professor Mark Ogden, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Science and Engineering; Professor Sonia Dickinson, Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor, Faculty of Business and Law; and Professor Gretchen Benedix, Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research for your involvement.

A special thank you and congratulations to project lead and symposium chair Associate Professor Ashraf Dewan from the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences and project co-lead Associate Professor Fazlul Rabbanee from the School of Management and Marketing for the great success of this event!

Read more in the pre-event media release here.