Dr Debra Roberts
Dr Debra Roberts, Head of eThekwini Municipality Sustainable and Resilient City Initiatives Unit, Chief Resilience Officer, Durban, Honorary Professor in UKZN’s School of Life Sciences, and Co-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Working Group II.
Topic
This presentation will examine the key findings of the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Working Group II Report. This report assesses the global impacts of climate change and the options that exist for adaptation. The vulnerability of human and natural communities will be highlighted and the challenge of achieving climate-resilient development explored.