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Video: The surprising climate benefits of sharing your stuff
There's something simple we can all do to help the planet -- and it's probably not what you think. With one-third of all the food we produce globally each year being thrown away, entrepreneur Tessa Clarke believes that sharing more and wasting less is an underrated solution to the climate crisis. Learn more about how you can join the growing movement reducing waste and building community worldwide.
Video - Adverse Weather Events - an Insurer's Perspective
Severe weather events are on all our minds. This week (note: Feb 16, 2023) on Shared Lunch we talk to Tower Insurance about how New Zealand needs to adapt to climate change.
Tower CEO Blair Turnbull Blair says we live in the second most riskiest country in the world. And explains how the company prepares for more frequent severe weather events, and a marked increase in claims.
Video: Dealing to climate risk - Rod Oram, Sophie Handford & Rutger Keijser
The hot days of summer are upon us, but we know global heating is pushing beyond the limits. Last year was the hottest year on record. This year global heating is expected to pass the 1.5 degree limit that had been targeted as a maximum. This Wellington Fabian session at the end of January, looks at the risks we are facing from the climate crisis - and how we start to deal with them and adapt to them.
Rod Oram is a specialist writer on climate and has been regularly attending the annual global summits – the COP meetings.
Sophie Handford is a Kāpiti Councillor – this district council is already wrestling with the implications of rising sea levels. Back in 2019 Sophie founded School Strike 4 Climate which mobilised 170,000 people across the country.
Rutger Keijser is a senior leader in the management of climate-related risks. His recent masters in strategic studies, focussed on disaster management.
Video: How to melt an ice sheet
In this lecture, Professor Robert McKay examines the geological evidence for how Antarctica’s ice sheet has responded to a shift in greenhouse gases through geological time. He will explore how this hard-won data has fundamentally altered our understanding of how quickly and extensive ice sheet melt could occur in the future.
Video: A healthy economy should be designed to thrive, not grow
What would a sustainable, universally beneficial economy look like? "Like a doughnut," says Oxford economist Kate Raworth. In a stellar, eye-opening talk, she explains how we can move countries out of the hole -- where people are falling short on life's essentials -- and create regenerative, distributive economies that work within the planet's ecological limits. |
