• Symposium: Confronting Urgent Threats to Human Health and Society – COVID-19 and Climate Change

    The National Academy of Medicine will hold its annual meeting virtually from Saturday through Monday, October 17-19, 2020. The scientific program, this year titled Confronting Urgent Threats to Human Health and Society: COVID-19 and Climate Change, will be held on Monday, October 19th, from 10:00 am ET — 5:30 pm ET The virtual symposium features keynote speakers Bill Gates and...

  • SEA LEVEL LAW: Case studies on council liabilities for sea-level rise

    Constant Change Seminar Series One of the key trends in domestic and international climate litigation is in trying to establish who is liable for taking (or not taking) adaptation measures. There have been at least 19 court challenges in Aotearoa to council decisions on adaptation to sea-level rise. Currently, councils have a lot of leeway...

  • EVENT: Māori Worldviews, Climate and Carbon Pathways

    Hear from the three Māori climate leaders, Donna Awatere-Huata, Johnnie Freeland, and Matthew Tukaki as they share perspective on how holistic Māori worldview & aspirations for kaitiakitanga (environmental guardianship) can inform climate action and carbon zero pathways in Aotearoa (New Zealand). Water New Zealand is on a journey to address the challenges of climate change...

  • REDEFINING OUR FUTURE

    Aotea Centre, Auckland Auckland, New Zealand

    Attend in Person or by Livestream. The 2020 Climate change + Business Conference on 11-12 November will be held at the Aotea Centre in Auckland. Themed “Redefining Our Future”, this important climate change event is bringing together a diverse range of voices on climate action across business sectors and Government. The conference will explore the...

  • New Zealand Coastal Society (NZCS) 2020 Conference

    The New Zealand Coastal Society (NZCS) 2020 Conference will be comprised of three events including an online webinar and gatherings in 5 regions: Eric Verstappen Young Professionals Networking 12 noon to 1.30 pm Face-to-face gatherings over lunch in three centres for students and young professionals (<5 years in service). This event provides students and early...

  • CLIMATE RISK ASIA WEEK

    15 hours of curated content over five days Covid-19 has provided a crash course in resilience for businesses the world over. Has it prepared organisations for the disruptive challenges that must be managed if the world is to avoid a foreseeable catastrophe in the form of climate change? Climate change will continue to reshape every...

  • Panel Discussion: The why, the what, and the how

    Part of Climate Risk Asia Week Join this exclusive panel discussion: The why, the what and the how, featuring speakers from Bank Negara Malaysia, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Financial Services Agency Japan and Monetary Authority of Singapore. This panel will set out the three main areas of climate risk: physical, transition and liability. How...

  • Brown Bag Resilience Series of Webinars

    Hosted by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and the Ministry of Transport (MoT) Three years ago, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) established a Resilience Team to help guide its work to better support those across New Zealand working in disaster risk reduction, emergency management, and climate change adaptation. The key elements of the team’s work...

  • Webinar: CRISPS Project – Climate Resilient Sustainable Road Pavement Surfacing

    Webinar Zurich, Switzerland

    One or several simultaneous changes in climate, e.g. hotter seasons, more extreme precipitation events and sea-level rise could severely impinge on the road performance in Low-Income Countries (LICs). Failure to account for such impacts in future road design, maintenance and operating planning and protocols, could cause accelerated road deterioration and higher road use costs, thereby...

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