Media release: 6 December 2020 November temperatures above average: summer heatwave is developing with significant impacts likely The next New Zealand summer heatwave is developing, and the expected impacts are extremely likely to be intense according to Wise Response scientists. The team monitoring its progress have found that sub-surface sea temperature anomalies east of the …
Wise Response has sent a briefing to the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern, Environment Minister, Hon David Parker, and Climate Change Minister, Hon James Shaw. The Briefing is available as a PDF here: WR Briefing to P.M. – 6 December Patrons: Sir Alan Mark, KNZM, FRSNZ.Sir Geoffrey Palmer, KCMG, AC, QC, PC. 6 December …
To: The NZ Government Intergenerational Open Letter for Climate Action Now JS Campaign created by Jim Salinger Join these New Zealand’s Intergenerational Climate Ambassadors, aged from 13 to 88, to call on the Government for a climate reset now. We are all a group representing all generations including the Solid Generation (pre 1946), Baby Boomers, …
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Wise Response has submitted to the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-Track Consenting) Bill The submission is available as a PDF: Submission on Covid fast-track Bill integrating v2
Please note this meeting has been postponed until further notice. Ted Talk: “Why I must speak out about climate change.” Dr James Hansen, Acknowledged World Authority on Climate Change Beyond climate tipping points: The changing face of Planet Earth. Dr Andrew Glikson, Climate Change Institute, Australian National University, Canberra Andrew Y. Glikson an …
Wise Response has submitted to the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Reform) Bill. The submission is available as a PDF: Submission of Wise Response on ETS Amendment 2020 Final v2
Wise Response has submitted to the Consultative Document for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures The submission is available as a PDF: WR Submission to Climate Related Financial Disclosures
The Wise Response Society is anxious the underlying message in a suite of recent reports about the evolving climate crisis is fully recognised and heeded. While the New Zealand Government has been making big efforts to address national climate risks, what these reports together do is reinforce the need for all sectors of the economy …
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Inequality and the Climate Crisis Dr Robert Howell Reflections on Gough’s Heat, Greed and Human Need November 2019 Stern dismissed any significant relationship between environmental and social policy, by saying that there is little point in equitable access to a train wreck. Gough in his book, Heat, Greed and Human Need disagrees. He states …
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