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News: tagged with "Climate Change"

• Research: Bridging the Climate Concern-Action Gap

  Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: research, Climate Change, climate action, survey
  Are you interested in climate change but wonder if your actions make a difference? You are invited to participate in a research study on psychological factors influencing climate change engagement

• Taiao. Tangata. Hauora: Climate Health and Sustainable Healthcare in Aotearoa Conference 2025

  Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 in: Conferences With tags: sustainability, health, conferences, services, Climate Change
  The University of Otago is delighted to announce the 2025 Climate Health and Sustainable Healthcare conference in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

• Modelling shows pest plant habitat likely to increase

  Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: Climate Change, biodiversity, land, rural, biosecurity
  Environment Canterbury media release: 13th August 2024 Pest plants such as nassella tussock could become more widespread in future years, as Canterbury becomes warmer and drier

• Funding boost for Canterbury flood protection projects

  Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: emergency management, prevention, flooding, Climate Change, resilience, funding
  Environment Canterbury media release: 4th June 2024 We welcome central government support from Budget 2024 for flood management measures in the region

• New Zealand needs to confront the challenges of land use change

  Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2024 in: Resources and Information With tags: Report, Climate Change, land, environment
  How do we respond to the environmental challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and water quality while looking after the economic, social and cultural life of our regions? This is the pressing question addressed in a new report released by the Pa

• Sponge Cities: Can they help us survive more intense rainfall?

  Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: Climate Change, research, Report, environmental health, water, emergencies
  A major new research report from the Helen Clark Foundation and WSP in New Zealand is recommending a series of actions to respond to the escalating impacts of climate change-induced extreme rainfall events

• Coastal planning for Lyttelton Harbour takes big step forward

  Posted: Thursday, June 8, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: Climate Change, Report, emergencies, planning
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 7th June 2023 Christchurch City Council has released two key reports as part of its planning for coastal hazards caused by sea-level rise

• Canterbury Health in All Policies Newsletter: March 2022

  Posted: Friday, March 25, 2022 in: Newsletters With tags: health determinants, healthy cities, newsletter, health in all policies, Climate Change, Report, built environment
  With widespread COVID-19 in New Zealand, the impact of the pandemic on multiple social determinants of health is clear. The COVID-19 pandemic is a threat multiplier, taking existing social problems, and compounding their force

• Top 10 Tips for Climate Change

  Posted: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 in: Resources and Information With tags: resources, Climate Change
  Flourish Kia Puāwai is putting together tips to help Greater Christchurch address climate breakdown. The headlines are scary right now - the climate crisis is here, it’s accelerating and it's dangerous

• Speak Up-Korerotia Podcast on climate anxiety

  Posted: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: Climate Change, information
  We open the news and are confronted by climate disaster. If this news make you feel anxious, scared, horrified or helpless, you are probably experiencing 'climate anxiety' - and you are not alone