17 September 2010 – 8:25 am
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Christchurch Convention Centre
Christchurch, New Zealand
Tuesday 5th – Friday 8th July 2011
Call for abstracts document
7 September 2010 – 12:29 pm
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NIWA Link
The Healthy Urban Atmosphere research programme is New Zealand’s only long-term air quality research programme.
NIWA is leading the programme, which is funded by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, and is collaborating with a number of other NZ and overseas organisations.
Here we bring you updates from a selection of the research projects underway.
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Meteorological and climate change themes at the 2010 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases, N Wilson (nick.wilson@otago.ac.nz)1, D Lush2, M G Baker1
This report outlines selected highlights of presentations that took place at the 2010 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases.
PDF Climate Change and ID’s – Conf report 2010
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15-16 November 2010
New Zealand National e-Conference
The first decade of the 21st Century has confirmed the warnings of the previous fifty years –the historical development path of increased consumption of finite resources is not sustainable. Air, water, energy, soils, forests, fish. Over exploitation enabled by new technology and emboldened by new economies has brought the world’s resources, ecosystems, and even the climate to the tipping point. The benefits of profligate energy use, new technology and economic growth are obvious, but may be undermined by costs in degradation of social fabric and environmental viability. But change is happening. The Signs of Change Conference will show-case examples of fundamental change in a wide variety of contexts
General Information Flyer
Call for outlines/abstracts
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13th August, 2010 at 12-1pm (New Zealand Time)
Please see attached flyer for webinar link in procedures.
Flyer
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Podcast: Prof Bob Lloyd – Transition to RE – Can it be made in time (Quicktime movie, 134 MB)
Podcast: Prof Lloyd – Transition to RE - Questions (Quicktime movie, 72 MB)
PDF of Presentation
Professor Bob Lloyd is from Australia, he came to New Zealand in 2002 after having worked for the Australian Coo-operative Research Centre for Renewable Energy (ACRE), based at Murdoch University in Perth. His current research interests at Otago University, where he is the Director of Energy Studies and Associate Professor in the Physics Department, lie in energy conservation in residential housing and energy management including world energy resources and peak oil.
Existing sources of energy such as fossil fuels and uranium are finite and so will eventually be depleted. If we want sustainable energy, the energy MUST come from renewable sources. The talk will examine if this can be done in time with existing resources. The talk will also look at the main problems, namely that our existing financial system is based upon continued economic growth and economic growth is based on a cheap and expanding energy supply.
