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 why this area is becoming increasingly serious. The following discussion, led by Chris Cameron from the Wellington City Council, will discuss the linkages between studies of the physical, environmental and socio-economic effects of climate change and the management of appropriate responses in local government and central government.
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The New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities
Making the Right Turn
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
5.30-7pm
Lecture Theatre 1 Old Government Buildings, Victoria University of
Wellington, Pipitea Campus, Stout Street, Wellington
Dr Susan Krumdieck – Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury. Director of Advanced Energy and Material Systems Lab (www.aemslab.org.nz) pioneering R&D in transitional technologies and systems for power, fuels and transport.
Paki Maaka, Urban Design Manager, HUTT CITY COUNCIL
How policy, planning, investment, and behaviour will adapt with oil production and the climate
