The annual Somerville Lecture celebrates the contribution of Professor Warren Somerville to the scientific and Bathurst communities, and in 2012 the lecture will be delivered by Charles Sturt University (CSU) scientist Dr Andrew Rawson at the new Flannery Centre in Bathurst on Tuesday 17 April. Dr Rawson is an adjunct associate professor at the CSU School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences who teaches climate change science at CSU in Orange. He is also a senior scientist with the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, and his primary role within the NSW government is to provide scientific support to climate change policy development. Dr Rawson has contributed to the NSW Greenhouse Plan, the NSW Soils Policy, and the NSW Climate Impacts Profile. The topic of Dr Rawson’s lecture is, Climate Change – reconciling modern climate change with the geological record. CSU education lecturer and Somerville Lecture spokesman, Dr Peter Wilson, said, “This is the third Somerville Lecture and it will be a very appropriate inaugural event at the newly-completed Flannery Centre. The subject of climate change is now an abiding topic of public interest and debate, and the Centre will provide a focus for practical environmentally responsible training and skills development.”