Climate Matters

Morgan Williamms former Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment – background the NZ river flood management – changing nature of weather events and river behaviour under climate change – flood planning in the Nelson Tasman region – outline of a wide-boundary regional strategy towards flood management - storm and flood warning systems - key takeaways: it’s a challenge we can plan for:...

Obligations of the New Zealand media in reporting the climate emergency – “deliberative democracy 101” – how will deliberative democracy manifest itself in the Reality of Everything Symposium? – how will the key messages ROE symposium be propagated beyond the event itself? – final take-home messageshttps://events.humanitix.com/the-reality-of-everything-symposium...

“How quickly can we add renewable energy?” is the wrong question - From the “can you believe it?” files: when chess and climate collide - Pioneering EV research - Insightful stocktake of NZ energy. - More from the “can you believe it?” files: ancient stingless bees - Do listen to the clever, poignant, “the very first music.” 2 min 43 s. - Inspired basic plant monitoring technology to enhance...

UK government released its hard-hitting “Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security” report – food security in New Zealand – a Polycrisis perspective on the economy – Catherine’s spell form a “Magic Polycrisis Wand”. https://events.humanitix.com/the-reality-of-everything-symposium https://www.thelentilintervention.org/ https://anuncommonland.substack.com/...

Seeing things different ways - A climate game that doesn’t feel like a game... - Reminder: poetry competition - Another way fossil fuels gain from AI - Be amazed: Craig Tindale talks with Nate Hagens - Have a serious laugh: an EV view of fossil fuel cars - BlackRock keeps playing NZ government for suckers https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-146...

“Love letter to the World” poetry competition results, citations from the judges and each poem read out – mostly by the poets.https://www.resilienz.co.nz/love-letterhttps://www.chiasisters.co.nz/pages/ourstory?srsltid=AfmBOopTtCHfHgxmyOrXujEnNicr_iU25yM3LuXNN4Ku-Ve2rgQMZXoWhttps://www.lighthouseaotearoa.org.nz/

Reality of Everything Symposium – meaning of “Polycrisis” – UK National Emergency briefing – joining the symposium – key take away mesageshttps://events.humanitix.com/the-reality-of-everything-symposiumhttps://www.thelentilintervention.org/https://anuncommonland.substack.com/https://www.resilience.org/https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/

“Small move, Big change” by Caroline Arnold -Kelly Erhart: How can someone so young be so articulate and insightful? -New Zealand expanding the reach of the UK “National Emergency Briefing.” -“Love letter to the world” poetry comp: update on prizes and judges. -Climate-friendly and pocket-friendly eating: having our cake and eating it! -Hotter Tip for a Cooler Planet -Unpicking some of the latest...

Joining big dots – with great sympathy for slip victims and their families –NZ government complicit in increasing risk of floods and slips –“Tie your tamariki to you” –When should an emergency warning be given and to whom? –dots of a different kind: UK national security report –more big dots on national security–a geeky mind-game on our place in global history...

Cycle ways in front of commercial premises: -Examples of good solutions -Options for trialing solutions before fully implementing them -Making roundabouts work for cyclists as well as motorists-The economics of roads and cyclinghttps://shape.nelson.govt.nz/east-west-cycle-link https://www.resilienz.co.nz/love-letter https://www.nelsust.org.nz/