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Students decarbonising schools – a Mana Ora project
Students from Meadowbank Primary both organised active modes of transport – like biking and scootering – and measured their positive impact on airborne carbon at the school. Credit: Auckland Council and GNS. The article below is by PhD student Dan Kelly. In the...
Project transforming waste into electricity wins prestigious IChemE award
A project capturing landfill gases and turning them into renewable energy, by the team from the Circular Innovations Research Centre (CIRCUIT) at the University of Auckland and Enviro NZ, has brought home the prestigious IChemE Australasia Sustainability Award 2024....
Climate adaptation project receives Horizon Europe funding
An international project to improve disaster and climate resilience has received funding through Horizon Europe, the EU’s largest research and innovation programme. This climate adaptation project is a collaboration between the University of Auckland, partners in New...
Seminar: Teaching and learning for the end of the world as we know it
1 November 2024, 1-2pm NZST EVENT SUMMARY This event is the seventh in the Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable World seminar series hosted by the Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau. In this talk, Dr Stein will share...
Public lecture: The consequences of public investments following coastal climate disasters
15 October 2024, 5-6pm EVENT SUMMARY Governments provide the leading and largest responses to climate-change-related coastal disasters. They decide whether to reinvest and rebuild, to what degree, and in what ways. Public post-disaster investment shapes the future of...
Sustain Episodes 9 & 10: Inclusive capitalism? Inequality and environmental degradation through an economics lens
Ngā Ara Whetū - Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society co-hosted a symposium on the challenges of inequality and environmental degradation with Juncture: Dialogues on Inclusive Capitalism, a research centre based in the Business School at the University of...
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