Email received from Chris Cameron, Wellington City Council.
The recommendations contained within the report of the Climate Change office were passed unanimously by Wellington city council committee on the 3rd of Dec. Read More
Wednesday, 18 November, 11.30-12.30
Turnbull House, 11 Bowen St, Wellington
Professor Tord Kjellstrom, Director, Health and Environment International Trust, Nelson and Visiting Fellow, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University; also affiliated with University College London and Umea University, Sweden
Dr Geraint Emerys, Chief Adviser – Health & Safety – Workplace Department of Labour | Te Tari Mahi
PDF Flyer
Podcast: Making the Right Turn – Susan Krumdieck (Quicktime movie, 96 MB)
Podcast: Making the Right Turn – Dwayne Fletcher (Quicktime movie, 69 MB)
Making the Right Turn, How policy, planning, investment, and behaviour will adapt with oil production and the climate
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 and Dwayne Fletcher, Senior Policy Advisor (Strategic Development),Hutt City Council spoke on October the 21st 2009 abouth this important issue and video podcast are now availalble.
Thursday 8 of October 2009 at 5:15pm to 6:15pm
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON
NEW ZEALAND CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Climate: Changes, Causes and Consequences
David Wratt, Chief Scientist (Climate) NIWA
GBLT1, Government Buildings, Pipitea campus, Victoria University
Friday 9 October 2009 12.30-1.30pm
CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES
Creating healthy, just and eco-sensitive cities
Professor Tony Capon, Australian National University, convenor of the Australian Climate Change Adaptation Research Network for Human Health
Nordmeyer Lecture Theatre, University of Otago Wellington, 23A Mein St, Newtown
Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum, Dunedin
Friday 6 November 2009
For further information go to the website or contact:
Dr Geoffrey Craig
Email geoff.craig@otago.ac.nz;
Telephone: (03) 479 8665.
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 from 1990 levels by 2050″ – global temperatures will rise 6.3 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of this century. That’s nearly twice the temperature increase that scientists predict will spell irreversible climate chaos.
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
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 following link http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/maps/campus_pipitea.aspx
No RSVP is required nor is there an attendance fee for this seminar.
An international Conference on Local renewable Energy and Climate Policy.
October 1-2, 2009
International House of Japan
Tokyo, Japan.
The Ministry of Economic Development today released the latest edition of the New Zealand Energy Greenhouse Gas Emissions report. It presents statistics on direct greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector and industrial processes, with annual data from 1990 to the end of 2008. Read More
The British High Commission present
A speech on “Low Carbon: High Potential” by Chris Bryant MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs Read More
Attached is the brochure concerning the NZ Governments approach to the 2020 Emissions Target including some of the challengers associated with setting the target.
On 8th July, Johan Mackenbach from Erasmus University, Rotterdam together with Chris Cameron from the Wellington City Council presented a seminar concerning Health and Climate Change. Please click in the attachments below to look at their presentation PDF’s. A video link to this seminar will be available shortly.
PDF Flyer
Johan Mackenbach’s PDF Presentation
Chris Cameron’s PDF Presentation
Dr Guy Coulson (NIWA), Dr Ian Longley (NIWA) and Dr Jo Cavenagh (Landcare Research) presented an exploration of the conflicts and trade-offs between different policies intended to solve different problems. The intention was to start a debate on how these conflicts could be identified and resolved. Joining them was Tim Mallett from Environment Canterbury and Ted Taylor from the Greater Wellington Council. Read More
