Ross Garnaut, the economist leading the Climate Change Review Update for the Australian Government, will give a public lecture in Melbourne on Thursday 3 February 2011 to mark the release of the first of eight papers to be released as part of the 2011 update. The lecture will reflect on the two years of public discussion since the 2008 Report, outline the approach to updating the Review, and provide Professor Garnaut’s framework for how Australians can best evaluate the costs and benefits of acting on climate change. The first paper, entitled Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Climate Change Action, is due out at the same time.