Media Release: Wise Response Society and Sustainable Dunedin City. 14 May, 2015. A public meeting is being co-sponsored by the Wise Response Society and Sustainable Dunedin City to discuss concerns with a Discussion paper, just released by Minister of Climate Change Issues, Tim Groser, on “New Zealand’s Climate Change Target: Our contribution to the new …
Britain’s prime minister, deputy prime minister and leader of the opposition have made a joint declaration on climate change: “Climate change is one of the most serious threats facing the world today. It is not just a threat to the environment, but also to our national and global security, to poverty eradication and economic prosperity.” …
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The manifesto endorsed by The Lancet calls for a social movement to support collective public health action at all levels of society; human health and wellbeing, threats to the sustainability of our civilisation, and threats to the natural and human-made systems that support us. The aim is to respond to the threats we face: threats …
Minutes from the Special General Meeting to establish Wise Response as an Incorporated Society are available as a PDF here. The minutes include the history of the Wise Response movement.
New research identifies which fossil fuels must remain in the ground to avert global temperature rises over 2C. The study published in The Guardian shows that most coal, half of gas and a third of known oil reserves must remain in the ground and provides solid evidence for fossil fuel divestment.
Wise Response has made preliminary comments on the Otago Regional Council’s Regional Policy Statement. The comments are below or can be downloaded here: Wise Response Preliminary Submission to ORC RPS Preliminary comments on the Otago Regional Council’s Regional Policy Statement To: Regional Policy Statement Review Team, Otago Regional Council. From: Wise Response Society Contact: …
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Wise Response Society Inc Notice of Special General Meeting Monday 1 December, 4.00pm, Centre for Sustainability, 530 Castle St, Dunedin Business to be conducted Apologies Receive the Society’s Statement of Account Elect members of the committee and officers Fix the annual subscription Appoint an auditor Consider if appropriate to appoint …
The campaign to fund the edit of a TV version of THIN ICE – the inside story of climate science” for airing on US Public Television this summer has now reached 70% of its target, with a deadline of noon, Monday, 24 November. The team is delighted with the support the project has received so …
Research from the University of Melbourne has concluded the Club of Rome’s 1974 ‘ Limits to Growth’ Report is substantially correct in its findings that civilisation will likely collapse sometime this century. The British national daily newspaper “The Guardian“ states that new research from the University of Melbourne confirms that the “book’s forecasts are accurate, 40 years on. If …
Press release for immediate use: The Wise Response Society Applauds New Zealand-wide Risk Assessment Proposed by some Political Parties The Wise Response Society is heartened to see that Labour’ just released Climate Change policy includes formal support for the Society’s call for a New Zealand-wide Risk Assessment.The Green Party has also formally acknowledged support for …
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