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Eastern Bays Climate Resonse Network

Kia ora

The submissions on the Representation Review recommendations including the dissolution of Community Boards has closed.

Thank you for those who made a submission to Council about the representation review. 379 submissions were received from Hutt City's 114,000 residents, of which 204 or 54% were from Eastbourne and Eastern Bays' 5,000 residents. The public hearing will be held on 26 August, with Council considering the final representation proposal on 10 September 2024.

Mean while, there may be something useful below - as always, thanks to the Glean Report!
Hosted in partnership with the Natural Hazard Commission Toka Tū Ake, join us as we highlight the diverse range of cutting-edge research into natural hazards happening in Wellington.
 
🌐 Building Wellington's earthquake resilience together
TUE 13 AUG | 6.30–7.30pm
Expert geoscientists discuss what we know about our largest and most active fault, the Hikurangi Subduction Zone, share the latest tsunami results for Wellington Harbour, and how scientists and iwi are working together to protect Māori facilities.
BOOK NOW: https://t.ly/0BXLR
🌐 Weaving mātauranga Māori with resilience planning
TUE 27 AUG | 6.30–7.30pm
Three renowned speakers from Te Toi Whakaruruhau o Aotearoa will share their perspectives on taking a te ao Māori approach to resilience planning and responding to the needs identified by communities in accordance with kaupapa Māori.
BOOK NOW: https://t.ly/xOGoe
Reservations are recommended.

Te Pūaha Talks - A series of free online webinars for Foundation North grantees, community organisations and the not-for-profit sector.
 

Climate action - Get Sh*t Done! with Esther Whitehead
Wednesday 14th August 2 - 2.45pm
Coming up this week CSI associate Esther Whitehead helps us put the action into climate action. 

Session 2 - Perfect is the enemy of good 

This session will start by looking at how perfectionism can slow down action, and how to get ‘good enough’ outcomes by keeping your actions simple and measurable. We will then look at how you can communicate to your stakeholders throughout the journey towards achieving your outcomes.

Register here.

 
Connecting to our communities through research
Kia ora,
Greetings from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
As a university that is proud of its research culture, Victoria University of Wellington places great emphasis on ensuring that our research has real-world impact. Our researchers are passionate about finding solutions to some of the world’s biggest problems and imagining different ways of understanding the human condition.
I’m pleased to invite you to Matira, an event that will showcase research across diverse fields, including climate resilience and adaptation, energies for the future, sustainability, public health and wellbeing, politics and society, and the application of Indigenous knowledge.
The showcase will be followed by a panel discussion, From Ideas to Impact, which will delve into the value of research in creating societal, economic and environmental benefit. To be moderated by our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nic Smith, the panel will include members of our staff, as well as some of the organisations that we partner with.
2024 continues to be a year of significant change for Aotearoa New Zealand’s research sector. Given the important role universities play in addressing key questions that society faces, we hope you will join us in coming together to reflect on how we can collaborate now and in the future.
I hope you can join us for this showcase and panel discussion.

https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/events/2024/09/matira-research-showcase
United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction

PreventionWeb Newsletter - a weekly feed of global news and resources.

The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) convenes partners and coordinates activities to create safer, more resilient communities. https://www.undrr.org/

Bridging the Infrastructure Gap

There is broad agreement that Aotearoa New Zealand faces a large shortfall in terms of the quantity of infrastructure the country needs, and the quality of what already exists. In addition, the country faces emerging challenges such as climate change and a population that is both growing and ageing rapidly, with much of this growth likely to happen in a small number of cities. Join our panel of experts to hear what should be done about it.

Radio New Zealand

Related news items from Radio NZ

 

Carbon dioxide levels reach another new record at NIWA’s monitoring site on Wellington’s coast

There is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than ever previously recorded, new data from a New Zealand monitoring station shows.

Finalised 2023 data from NIWA's Baring Head clean air monitoring site on Wellington's coast showed an annual average of 416 parts per million (ppm) of CO2 in the atmosphere, up from an average 414ppm the previous year.

Baring Head is part of a global network of stations contributing to our overall understanding of how much CO2, methane and nitrous oxide is in the global atmosphere.

Last month, the world recorded its hottest day - just one of many climate records tumbling on a regular basis now.

Former climate change commissioner and long-time climate change scientist James Renwick echoed Brailsford's comments.

"It's frustrating but it's also extremely worrying from a human point of view," he said.

"There's the Paris Agreement and there's all the talk at high levels about taking action, but it's obvious that we're not taking action."

New Zealand is currently projected to miss its emissions targets from 2030, a new draft emissions reduction plan released by the government shows.

 
Glean Report: Science and knowledge events in New Zealand

Curated events - see Glean Report for full list of events.

Tue 13 August 18:00 - 19:45 Climate Commons. A film screening and panel discussion *IN PERSON* | at two/fiftyseven, 2/57 Willis Street, Wellington | More information

Tue 20 August 11:30 - 12:30 2024 national adaptation plan progress report. A webinar *ONLINE*  More information 

Mon 9 September - Tue 10 September 8:30 - 17:00 Climate change and business: leading climate action. A conference *ONLINE*  More information 

For a consolidated diary of all previously announced events go to the Glean Report website.

Eastern Bays Climate Response Network on Facebook. Feel free to comment or post on topics related to the goals of this group on the Facebook page.

EBCRN is focussed on the need to act now to both mitigate the causes of accelerating climate change as well as prepare for the impact on our community. You can find out more about Eastbourne and the Network here. If you have climate related events, resources, requests, suggestions or any other information you would like to share please send it to us.

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