KEYNOTES
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CHLOE SWARBRICKMP, Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
Chlöe cut her political teeth as a 22 year old, running a ground-breaking campaign for election as the Mayor of Auckland in 2016. She is now a Green Party MP, and Aotearoa’s youngest MP in 40 years. She brings to parliament her experience as a policy wonk, journalist, business owner and a community project leader. She is focused on opening up parliament and politics to all New Zealanders, so they can see themselves in it and take part in making Aotearoa a great place for everyone.
Chlöe is the Green Party spokesperson on: Education (including Tertiary), Open Government, Sensible Drug Law Reform, Local Government, Arts Culture & Heritage, Small Business, Broadcasting, Mental Health and Youth. |
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KOSI LATUDirector-General, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme
Mr. Kosi Latu, Director General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), leads the premier intergovernmental agency for the Pacific environment. SPREP was established by SPREP Treaty in 1993 to provide environmental technical support to the Pacific region. It now has 26 member countries and is an accredited entity to the Adaptation Fund and Green Climate Fund with key priority areas in climate change resilience; island and ocean ecosystems; waste management and pollution control; and environmental monitoring and governance. Mr. Latu previously served as SPREP’s Deputy Director General.
Before joining SPREP Mr. Latu was the Manager of the UNOPS Financial Compliance Programme at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat. Mr. Latu also worked for the Commonwealth Secretariat for 11 years in the roles of Special Legal Adviser and Head of the Legal and Economic Division; and Deputy Director for the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Division. A graduate of Canterbury University, Mr. Latu’s expertise is in international environmental law, law of the sea and financial compliance. |
Session One: Climate change mitigation and adaptation – strategic perspectives
TINA POROU
Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and social justice
Tina Porou (MNZM)
Tina is of Ngati Porou, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Kahungunu and Ngai Tāmanuhiri and was bought up in Turanga and Turangi. She has been an environmental planner for the last 20 years working with iwi and hapu, local authorities, central government and the private sector on a range of natural resource matters. Her expertise is in connecting matauranga Maori with technical skills in the planning field to build win-win outcomes for the environment and sustainable businesses. She has worked on many kaupapa but has a focus on freshwater, biodiversity and climate change. Her work has taken her around the world, driving excellence in resource management through kaitiakitanga. Tina was the Head of Sustainability and Environment at Contact Energy before deciding to follow her calling to establish Poipoia, a niche environmental consultancy that focuses on kaitiakitanga as the solution for our current environmental issues. She has an 18 year old daughter Te Rina, 5 nieces and 1 nephew making for a very full life. Tina was the recipient of a Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award in 2015 for her work with the environment and was honoured as a member of the NZ Order of Merit in 2016. |
JORG ANSON
Challenges promoting strategic environmental assessment in small island states: the case of the Federated States of Micronesia
JORG ANSON
Mr Anson is a coordinator for a natural resource management project in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) focusing on sustainable management of land and sea. He has previously served as a Program Manager for a premier FSM based NGO focusing on protected areas management with emphasis on biological and socio-economic monitoring of marine ecosystems and human livelihoods. His background is in Marine and Environmental Sciences with extensive knowledge on contemporary issues affecting PICs. |
Session Two: Managing impacts through just transitions
ROBYN HENDERSON
Implementing a just transitions approach
ROBYN HENDERSON
Robyn manages the Industry Policy team within the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and alongside that role, was the manager of the Just Transition Unit when it was created in early 2018. The Unit was set up to look at opportunities created by the transition to a low emissions economy and the support the Government can provide to aid the transition process, in partnership with iwi, regions, sectors and communities. Robyn has worked in a range of different policy areas since joining the Ministry of Economic Development in 2003, including regulatory policy, tourism, media and broadcasting, and economic development. Prior to that, she worked in financial research roles in London, Singapore and Melbourne. She has a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Canterbury. |
JAMES WHETU
Is a "just transition" possible for Māori?
James Whetu - Director and Planner with Whetu Consultancy Group
James has a consent planning background working for local authorities and as a consultant, and has been in working in the policy at various levels (local, regional and national) for Councils, iwi, government agencies and Crown Research Institute to integrate, incorporate and progress Māori values, rights and interests in the management of NZ’s resources. James was commissioned by the Interim Climate Change Committee to provide support in identifying potential issues for Māori associated with their proposed policy options and/or strategy regarding:
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LISA McLAREN
Community science as a tool for empowering community transitions and increasing disaster resilience
Lisa McLaren
Lisa McLaren has volunteered for the last three years as the National Convener of the Zero Carbon Act campaign, run by Generation Zero. She became involved in climate change activism in 2011 and has been a youth delegate to the UN climate talks in both Paris and Warsaw. She has a Masters degree from Victoria University of Wellington where she focused on environmental science and climate change education. Lisa worked for four years in local government, with roles in resilience policy, community engagement and emergency management. She is currently in the third year of her PhD at the Joint Centre for Disaster Research, where her research is exploring how community science projects can be used as a tool for climate change adaptation in Aotearoa New Zealand. LISA McLAREN
Community science as a tool for empowering community transitions and increasing disaster resilience
The presentation explores research into how community science could be used as a tool for building resilience to climate change related disaster events. It highlights some of the challenges and benefits of community science, and unpicks the concept of ‘science for change’ by exploring how communities could take back agency and a seat at the decision making table through participation in science. It presents a framework for hazard scientists and impact assessment practitioners to use if they want to build more citizen participation into their work, and shows how different types of hazard research projects are already utilising citizen engagement in data collection and analysis. Communities are finding different ways to participate in a climate change space where the transitions can be considered confusing, scary and disempowering. |
Session Three: Urban form, infrastructure and transport systems
TOM BURKITT
Adapting to climate change on scale: addressing the challenge and understanding the impacts in Southeast Asian megacities
Tom Burkitt – Climate Risk, Adaptation, and Resilience Specialist with WSP Opus
Tom is an environmental scientist and technologist with 25 years of professional experience that has afforded him the opportunity to work in a wide variety of environments in over 20 countries in Europe, Australasia, SE Asia, India, and the Pacific. Tom and his family have recently returned to NZ from SE Asia, where over a 6-year period he led teams delivering several large and complex EIA and risk management projects. Notably, the comprehensive EIA of the Brunei-Temburong Bridge in Brunei Darussalam, the Singapore national Coastal Climate Adaptation Study, and the World Bank Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment of Uttarakhand in India. All of these projects have necessitated innovation to evaluate climate risks over time and have required tailored strategies to engage stakeholders across government and in the community. A specific requirement of each study has been the need to assess and recommend mitigation strategies and options for threats arising from climate change. Tom’s experience of leading these projects to successful conclusion has taught him the importance of effective communication of risk, establishing a shared vision amongst stakeholders, and of the specific challenges of leading such projects to successful conclusion in contrasting environments and contexts. Tom is the former NZ Chapter President for the EIANZ and presently a Subject Matter Expert in Climate Adaptation to 100 Resilient Cities. Now with WSP in New Zealand, he is involved in projects and programmes that are helping urban and coastal communities and asset owners set clear and tangible pathways for adaptation. |
ALISTAIR WOODWARD
Potential effects on human health of the transition to low-carbon cities
Alistair Woodward - Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Alistair Woodward is a Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Auckland. His first degree was in medicine from the University of Adelaide, and he trained subsequently in public health in the UK. He has worked in universities in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, and environmental health has been his major area of interest. He has studied environmental causes of cancer, health risks of poor air quality, injury prevention and climate change. Currently he leads a programme of research on the environmental and health consequences of transport policy, and is a collaborator on the national China programme on climate and health. He has been a Lead Author or Coordinating Lead Author on the last four IPCC Assessment Reports. |
ANTHONY KUBALE
Land and sea: Integrated assessment of the Temaiku land and urban development project in Kiribati
Anthony Kubale
Anthony Kubale is a Senior Environmental Consultant and Marine Scientist at Jacobs New Zealand specialising in Environmental and Social Impact Assessments in New Zealand, South East Asia, the Pacific, Europe, Africa and the Caribbean. |
Session Four: The impacts of adaptations in farming, forestry and tourism
MICHAEL BENNETT
Kānuka, kererū and carbon capture - Assessing the effects of a programme taking a fresh look at the hill and high country land resource
Michael Bennet
Michael has a background in planning, policy advice, and farm environmental management. The key focus of his work is assisting rural communities to respond to regulatory or other challenges in innovative and positive ways. Much of Michael’s time is taken up with managing the Post Quake Farming Project a recovery programme for the hill and high country farming community affected by the Nov 2016 earthquake event. |
WILLIE SMITH
Community perceptions of the potential impact of the 1 Billion Trees Programme in Wairoa
Willie Smith
Willie Smith is a geographer with a particular research focus on rural land-use, decision making, and public policy. He obtained an MA from the University of Aberdeen and subsequently did post-graduate studies at McGill University in Montreal. Willie has worked as an academic at universities in Canada, Zambia and in New Zealand. He was a Science Adviser at the Science Council of Canada from 1982–1992, and retired as HoD in the School of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science at the University of Auckland in 2007. Willie has extensive experience in contract research for a range of bodies and ministries in Canada and New Zealand, and has held a number of appointments as a member of different Government committees on issues ranging from science and sustainable agriculture, climate change and natural hazards. |
HELEN FITT
Hairpins and blindspots: Exploring the potential challenges of electric vehicle tourism
Helen Fitt
Helen is currently a postdoctoral fellow working at Lincoln University’s Centre for Excellence in Sustainable Tourism. Helen is interested in the influence that transport technologies have on social and cultural aspects of mobility. One of her key projects explores the current and potential use of electric vehicles in regional tourism. Previous work at the University of Canterbury included a project exploring the implications of automated vehicles for older people and ageing populations, and a project exploring emerging use of electric scooters. In conference presentations, Helen always aims to combine research rigour with entertainment. |
Session Five: Coastal areas and human settlement
SOSEALA SAOSAOA TINILAU
The trade-offs of adaptation and response in coastal settlements of Tuvalu and other atoll nations
SOSEALA SAOSAOA TINILAU
Soseala Saosaoa Tinilau is the Director of the Department of Environment for the Government of Tuvalu. He received his Master of Science degree in Chemistry at California State University Northridge, CA, USA. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree and Post Graduate degree in Chemistry from the University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji. He is passionate about protecting the environment and broadening his scientific knowledge to face future challenges, such as the serious issue of climate change that is impacting his island nation. He has just completed a short training on marine environmental monitoring in Tokyo, Japan. You can reach him at [email protected] or [email protected]. |
KRISTEN WEBSTER
Climate adaptation in waterfront urban regeneration
KRISTEN WEBSTER
Kristen is Head of Corporate Responsibility at Panuku Development Auckland, Auckland Council’s urban regeneration organisation. Kristen has a background in resource management and environmental strategy and policy, with an undergraduate degree in Science and a Master’s degree in Planning. She leads on the sustainability and climate change work programme for Panuku and previously has worked for Waterfront Auckland leading on the production of the Sustainable Development Framework for Wynyard Quarter. She has also worked in the UK in local government on climate change strategy and policy and organisational carbon management. Kristen is a keen cycle commuter and personally motivated to help create a sustainable and better future for her 3 young children and other Aucklanders. Her partner also works in sustainability and they are both passionate advocates for low carbon living. |
NICK CRADOCK-HENRY
Interactive impact assessment: supporting coastal adaptation to climate change using serious games
Nick Craddock-Henry - Senior Scientist, Manaaki Whenua
Dr Nick Cradock-Henry is Senior Scientist, Landscape Policy & Governance at Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, and co-leads the Resilience Practice programme in the Resilience to Nature’s Challenges National Science Challenge. He is a transdisciplinary scientist with expertise in climate change adaptation and disaster risk and resilience, focusing on innovative, participatory and applied approaches to enabling sustainable futures. Nick works closely with a range of stakeholders and end-users to characterise the nature of risks, assess the options for adaptation, and develop pathways for implementation. He is based in Christchurch, New Zealand. |
Session Six: Engaging people and communities into impact assessment for successful adaptation and response
NAOMAY TOR
Importance of community involvement for EIA in the Pacific
NAOMAY TOR
Naomay is currently working as the Principal Environmental Impact Assessment Officer in the division of Environmental Planning & Impact Assessment, under the Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation. She has been working in the Department for the last four years after she graduated from the University of Canterbury in November 2015. She is currently managing projects, both government and non-government and ensuring compliance with the relevant Environmental laws. |
MARK CHRISTENSEN
The Port Hills Ecological Restoration Project: A story within a story
Mark Christensen - Director, Natural Resources Law Limited
Mark Christensen is a natural resources lawyer, with over 30 years’ experience working mainly with businesses across a range of sectors. Mark is Chairperson of the Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust, a trustee of the NZ National Parks and Conservation Foundation, a trustee of the Committee for Canterbury, and a former member of the NZ Conservation Authority. He is a consultant to the World Conservation Union IUCN, and was previously the Manager of the Sustainable Business Council’s Business, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services Project. |
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Indaba / Talanoa: open space discussions + conference synthesis
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