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Emission levels, Renewable Investment and Hot Water

Emission levels, Renewable Investment and Hot Water

News from CEO – Mike Hopkins      It seems we’ve recently passed a significant and sorry milestone in climate change with a report published this week by the Met Office (UK), using data from the Mauna Loa Observatory (Hawaii), indicating the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is now over 50% more than in…

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Networking, Conference and Surplus Milk?

News from CEO – Mike Hopkins      It’s been another full-on week for international, local and CEP news. Starting off close to home, we had a couple of great networking events this week enjoying excellent turnouts at both Wellington and Auckland. Numbers were boosted by members of the Young Energy Professionals Network and Sustainability…

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A Children’s Crisis, More Flooding and a Nuclear Dilemma

News from CEO – Mike Hopkins    A sobering report from UNICEF this week revealed around 1 billion children – nearly half the world’s population – are living in one of 33 countries categorised as “extremely high risk” because of climate change. Nearly 920 million children are highly exposed to water scarcity, almost 820 million…

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An Unwelcome Milestone, Wellington’s Waste and Blundering Boris

News from CEO – Mike Hopkins    Kia ora, An unwelcome milestone was passed this week when the UN World Food Programme declared the current drought in Madagascar has created the first famine that can be directly attributed to climate change. The conclusion was based on data and trends from the IPCC report earlier in…

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Webinars, Nobel Recognition and Should We Be Following Denmark’s Lead?

News from CEO – Mike Hopkins    Kia ora, A reminder to everyone about the two great webinars we have coming up on the 18th of this month and 15th of next. Covering safety and sustainability in design and passive house standards respectively, both offer a great, free opportunity to keep abreast of local and…

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Emergencies, Call for Papers and Member Survey

News from CEO – Mike Hopkins      Finally, we have a climate emergency declared. You will have seen and heard plenty about that to have made up your minds on the efficacy of the declaration, and opinions will differ, so I shall move on swiftly. We held another, excellent networking event this week, this…

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