Global index proposed to avoid delays on climate policies
SGEES climate change expert is calling for an overhaul of the way climate change pledges are assessed, to avoid ‘indefinite procrastination’ on the design of efficient mitigation policies.
SGEES climate change expert is calling for an overhaul of the way climate change pledges are assessed, to avoid ‘indefinite procrastination’ on the design of efficient mitigation policies.
Associate Professor Ralph Chapman has been awarded $100,000 from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to research sustainable mobility.
Victoria University's SGEES experts have responded to the Government’s announcement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030.
A $10-$20 million project to drill into the seabed off Gisborne aims to significantly improve the understanding of slow-slip earthquakes. SGEES Prof Martha Savage and MSc student Tom Wilson were part of the scientific crew.
“The last time carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were this high was 3 million years ago, and sea levels were 20 metres higher than today.” That’s according to SGEES Professor James Renwick
The first visit by a Minister of the Crown to Victoria’s new offices in Auckland took place on Friday 19 June, when Hon Steven Joyce—Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment—spoke at an event jointly hosted by Victoria’s Institute for Links with Latin America (VILLA- cross disciplinary institution which includes SGEES staff ) and the Latin America New Zealand Business Council (LANZBC).
Natural climate cycles usually play out over tens of thousands of years. Our species, however, has altered the natural climate trajectory of the planet in just 50
This will be a big year in climate negotiations.
Thin Ice, the award-winning documentary about global warming made in collaboration with the Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) from SGEES, will air on public television stations across the United States later this year to coincide with international debate around emissions reduction.
Victoria University’s first ever Master of Geographic Information Science (GIS) was capped at yesterday’s graduation ceremony.