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WR submission to Building New Zealand’s Long-term Resilience to Hazards

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Wise Response Submission in response to the “Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Ministry for the Environment. 2025.  Building New Zealand’s Long-term Resilience to Hazards: Draft Long-term Insights Briefing. Wellington: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.” Available here as a PDF. Press Release as a PDF. Press Release: Government’s “Resilience” Plan is …

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WR AGM 2025

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Wise Response Society Inc. Notice of Annual General Meeting 2025 Monday 4th August 2025, 3.00pm On-line onlyhttps://aut.zoom.us/j/95595295186 Agenda Welcome and Apologies Minutes of 2024 AGM Chairperson’s Report Financial Report Election of officers. Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer, Committee Members Re-registration as a charitable society (vote, election of contact person to companies office) General Business relevant …

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New Wise Response Manifesto Released

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  Manifesto of the Wise Response Society The Wise Response Society asserts that profound changes in global priorities and respect for the biosphere are essential for humanity to endure well into the future. Our Current Crisis 1.  Existential Threats: Our current way of living causes unprecedented exploitation and damage to critical resources and the biosphere, …

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Limits to Growth in Today’s World (but don’t look up) – Panel Discussion

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If you’re interested in knowing more about the concept of limits to growth, come along to this panel discussion (including at least an hour for questions and discussion). The Zoom link is here: https://otago.zoom.us/j/97730765211?pwd=6FeSWJWVKoVubl8xMNnsgSWeYa0Mq9.1 Password: 333060 Limits to Growth in Today’s World (but don’t look up)  A Panel Discussion organised by Wise Response Where: St …

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Unmitigated climate change and nature-driven risks have been hugely underestimated | Jack Santa Barbara

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In an article published on Interest.co.nz Jack Santa Barbara highlights the recent report on Planetary Solvency from The University of Exeter. By Jack Santa Barbara Some actuaries at the University of Exeter in the UK have partnered with a group of earth scientists to examine what they term “planetary solvency.” Their report states: “Planetary Solvency …

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Lars Larsen; New book examines the end of oil exports.

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A new book from Lars Larsen focuses attention on what comes before oil depletion; the end of exports from oil producing nations. In the same way as flooding of coastal cities was the focus of climate change when first understood, whilst the more immediate impacts of floods, hurricanes, droughts and fires was less well considered, …

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Fast-track Bill a fraud being perpetrated on all future generations: Press Release

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PRESS RELEASE: Fast-track Bill a fraud being perpetrated on all future generations. The Fast-track Bill, if passed, would allow three Ministers, unchallenged and unchecked, to approve the immediate extraction and exhaustion of one-off resources. That is not democracy; democracy allows for reasoned discussion and evidenced debate. In short, democracy is about the greater good. Until …

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Journalism – Call for Public Funding, Press Release

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Journalism – Call for public funding Press Release from Wise Response Society Journalism – Call for public funding Press Release from Wise Response Society Journalism – Call for public funding Press Release from Wise Response Society PRESS RELEASE: Journalism should be about ascertaining truths. Ironically, the need to at least break-even financially, has resulted in …

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The Behavioural Crisis Driving Ecological Overshoot – Webinar

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  SUMMARY We co-sponsored this webinar, which took place on November 29th. It is available here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e5ukippu6ewye4ne2dy7n/The-Behavioural-Crisis-Driving-Ecological-Overshoot.mp4?rlkey=z94s63m1lfwltjij4ig3t0d2q&dl=0 Apologies for the poor sound quality. This webinar was presented by the following guests: Joseph J. Merz is the Co-founder of a number of organisations. He is the Founder and Chairman of the Merz Institute – a research …

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