Australia and New Zealand

INVITATIONS:

New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia

New Zealand

LISTING IDEAS FOR FUTURE VIDEOS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND:

1-IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE – CONTEXT :

• Water security problems are projected to intensify by 2030 in southern and eastern Australia, and in the northern and some eastern parts of New Zealand.

• Significant loss of biodiversity is projected to occur by 2020 in some ecologically rich sites, including the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics of Queensland.

• Sea level rise and more severe storms and coastal flooding will likely impact coastal areas. Coastal development and population growth in areas such as Cairns and Southeast Queensland (Australia) and Northland to Bay of Plenty (New Zealand), would place more people and infrastructure at risk.

• By 2030, increased drought and fire is projected to cause declines in agricultural and forestry production over much of southern and eastern Australia and parts of eastern New Zealand.

• Extreme storm events are likely to increase failure of floodplain protection and urban drainage and sewerage, as well as damage from storms and fires.

• More heat waves may cause more deaths and more electrical blackouts.

Let’s try to finetune these topics to the level of individual countries and make a list of subjects to be featured. Your ideas are welcome, please get in touch.

2-ACTIONS AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE – ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION:

Climate change adaptation is a response, that seeks to reduce the vulnerability of social and biological systems to relatively sudden change and thus offset the effects of global warming.

Examples of mitigation include reducing energy demand by increasing energy efficiency, phasing out fossil fuels by switching to low-carbon energy sources, and removing carbon dioxide from Earth’s atmosphere, for example, through improved building insulation. Another approach to climate change mitigation is climate engineering.

Let’s try to finetune these topics to the level of individual countries and make a list of subjects to be featured. Your ideas are welcome, please get in touch.