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News: tagged with "Climate Change"

• City Council phasing out printed agendas for sake of trees

  Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: waste, management, Climate Change
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 25th February 2020 A successful initiative to reduce costs and paper use by switching to electronic meetings agendas is being extended to Christchurch’s libraries and service centres

• 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

• Legal opinion on climate change for businesses

  Posted: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: Climate Change, business, law, advice
  Climate change is a key priority, particularly for business. The Sustainable Finance Forum - part of The Aotearoa Circle initiative - engaged Circle member, Chapman Tripp, to provide a legal advisory opinion

• NZ climate change research boost

  Posted: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: Climate Change, research, funding
  Beehive media release: 5th November 2019 Should we plan for drought or deluge and how is CO2 released from the ocean’s floor? Several climate change projects were given a boost in the latest Marsden Fund investment of $83

• Sustainable Otautahi Christchurch Newsletter: 26 August 2019

  Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 in: Newsletters With tags: newsletter, sustainability, Community Groups, Climate Change, fundraising, workshop, meeting, event
  Welcome to the latest news from Sustainable Ōtautahi Christchurch (SOC). Garage Sale Come along to this garage sale - a fundraiser for Sustainable Ōtautahi Christchurch. Date: Saturday 14th September 2019.Time: 8am to 2pm

• Environment Canterbury declares climate emergency

  Posted: Thursday, May 16, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: Climate Change, environmental health, Governance, leadership
  Environment Canterbury media release: 16th May 2019 Environment Canterbury has today declared a climate emergency - highlighting both the urgent need to address the issue, and the work already being done to help the region respond

• Positive emissions report sets tone for behaviour change

  Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environment, waste, workplace, Climate Change, Report
  Environment Canterbury media release: 12th March 2019 An independent report into Environment Canterbury’s 2017 greenhouse gas emissions has shown the tangible ways in which the organisation has reduced its level of emissions, as well as highlighting an a

• Sea level rise report strengthens resolve

  Posted: Thursday, January 31, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: Climate Change, Report, environmental health
  Beehive media release: 31st January 2019 The Minister for Climate Change says Government recognises the challenges facing many on the frontline of coastal impacts from sea level rise

• New ChCh City Council Innovation and Sustainability Fund

  Posted: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: funding, sustainability, Climate Change, waste, transport, water, Community development
  The purpose of this new Innovation and Sustainability Fund is to encourage innovative community, school or business projects that support the Council's vision and strategic priorities

• Council sets 2030 carbon neutral target

  Posted: Thursday, November 2, 2017 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environmental health, Climate Change
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 2nd November 2017 Christchurch City Council has set itself a target of becoming net carbon neutral by 2030

• Researchers take leaf from nature to catch carbon dioxide

  Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 in: Resources and Information With tags: research, environmental health, Climate Change
  University of Canterbury media release: 10th August 2016 UC researchers have been awarded research funding from the Royal Society of NZ Catalyst Fund to create a synthetic leaf to use or consume the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide