30 September 2009 – 11:31 am
Posted in media and urban design
CABE commissioned Ian McMillan to write a poem on the theme of austerity and prosperity to mark its 10th anniversary. Ian is poet-in-residence for The Academy of Urbanism and Barnsley FC and presents ‘The Verb’ on BBC Radio 3.
30 September 2009 – 11:29 am
Posted in climate change and news & events and research
The latest report from the UN Environment Program, argues that even if the international community enacts every climate policy proposed at this point – an optimistic scenario that includes “U.S. cuts that would reduce domestic emissions 73 percent from 2005 levels by 2050, along with the European Union’s pledge to reduce its emissions 80 percent [...]
29 September 2009 – 1:17 pm
Posted in climate change and news & events and transport and Uncategorized and urban design
VUW Climate Change Research Institute and Wellington City Council The Next Steps for Living with Climate Change 12 October 2009 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm The Icon Room, National Museum Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington This meeting provides four summaries of some of the latest developments in climate change science relevant to New Zealand and covers [...]
24 September 2009 – 2:34 pm
Posted in Uncategorized
It was interesting to read the Editorial in yesterday’s The New Zealand Herald hoping that the new Super City will put to rest what they percieve to be a doomed drive for density. Perhaps though the comment below is a call for more co-benefit research: Governments and their officials have been hard to convince of [...]
23 September 2009 – 8:20 am
Posted in climate change and news & events
The New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute would like to invite you to the upcoming seminar – Climate: Changes, Causes and Consequences Speaker: David Wratt, Chief Scientist (Climate) NIWA Date: Thursday 8th of October 2009 Time: 5:15pm-6:15pm Location: GBLT1, Government Buildings, Pipitea campus, Victoria University For directions to the Pipitea campus please click on the [...]
21 September 2009 – 1:41 pm
Posted in news & events and NZ policy issues and transport
on the Minstry of Transport’s Road Safety Strategy for the next ten years.
18 September 2009 – 2:48 pm
Posted in news & events and transport and Uncategorized
From the Statistics NZ website Commuting Patterns in New Zealand: 1996–2006 Speakers: Martin Ralphs and Rosemary Goodyear, Senior Research Statisticians, Statistics New Zealand When: Thursday 24 September 2009, 2:30pm–3:30pm Where: Spectrum Theatre, BP House, Cnr Customhouse Quay and Johnston St, Wellington Seminar: Commuting patterns in New Zealand have come under increasing scrutiny because of growing [...]
