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The Wellington City Council is holding a public meeting on Wednesday, 21 April to discuss the Council’s draft 2010 Climate Change Action Plan. The meeting is being held in Committee Room 1 at the Council offices from 12pm-2pm. Come along if you want to ask questions or learn more about the Council’s proposed response to climate change.
Go here for a copy of the plan.
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A series of seminars co-hosted by the Institute of Policy Studies, the New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute, and the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington
PDF flyer
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The Wellington City Council is now consulting on its draft 2010 Climate Change Action Plan. The Plan will guide the city’s response to climate change over the coming years. The following site contains links to the draft Plan and information on the consultation process http://www.wellington.govt.nz/haveyoursay/publicinput/climatechange.html.
Please take the time to review the draft Plan and provide feedback to the Council. We want to know your views on whether we are focusing on the right areas and priority initiatives. We want the Climate Change Action Plan to be a shared vision for Wellington so feedback and input from the community and key stakeholders is important to us.
You can also give an oral submission to the Council by indicating your interest to do so in your submission. Consultation on the draft Plan closes 10 May at 5pm.
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Friday 16th April, 12.15-1.30pm.
Nordmeyer Lecture Theatre, Level D
University of Otago, 23a Mien Street,Wellington
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. Read More »
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Podcast: Local Renewable Energy Policies and Actions: Global Survey and Prospects for New Zealand – Eric Martinot
(Quicktime movie, 131 MB)
Podcast: Local Renewable Energy Policies and Actions: Global Survey and Prospects for New Zealand – Zach Rissel
(Quicktime movie, 39 MB)
Two lectures were held one in Wellington (March 30) and one in Auckland. Guest speakers were Dr Eric Martinot and Zach Rissel from the Wellington City Council. These lectures were well received. Links to podcasts from those lectures are attached above. Copies of the PDF’s are attached below.
Dr. Martinot is the lead author of the widely-used REN21 Renewables Global Status Report and a prominent international expert on renewable energy. He is senior research director at the Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies in Tokyo, teaching and research associate of Tsinghua University in Beijing, and teaching and research fellow at Victoria University of Wellington.
Wellington Flyer
Auckland Flyer
Zach Rissel: Influencing the transition to renewable energy.
Dr E Martinot: Local renewable energy policies and actions.
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It’s a collection of research findings, stories and tools exploring five key areas of capacity required for New Zealand’s long-term success. It covers innovative research undertaken with businesses, across policy sectors, communities and individuals and was funded by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.
Link to Hatched
Media release
24 February 2010 – 12:06 pm
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Here are two recently released OECD review papers on cities and climate change action:
- OECD (2009) Cities, Climate Change and Multilevel Governance
- OECD (2009) Competitive Cities and Climate Change
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