The Age of Resilience

The Age of Resilience: An Economic Conundrum

11 Oct 2015

Economic production systems and consumption patterns are both a problem and the potential solution to climate change. Economics can be used to drive change by aligning incentives, sparking innovation… Read more Audio
An Economic Conundrum - Question Time

11 Oct 2015

Kim Hill invites questions from the audience. Audio
The Age of Resilience: Climate In-Justice

4 Oct 2015

As momentum builds towards an international climate change agreement at the UN COP 21 conference in Paris, The Royal Society, The French Embassy and Radio New Zealand have collaborated on a series of… Read more Audio
Climate In-Justice - Question Time

4 Oct 2015

Today's panel, recorded in Wellington, asks if the way out of this gridlock involves proposing new models of climate justice. Audio
The Age of Resilience: The Anthropocene Challenge

27 Sep 2015

Experts argue that we are living in the age of the Anthropocene - the epoch when humanity has irrevocably altered the planet. Predictions of climate change impacts are dire - mass extinction of… Read more Audio
The Anthropocene Challenge: Question Time

27 Sep 2015

The Anthropocene is a geological term which refers to the era in which human activity on earth begins to impact eco systems globally in an irrevocable and very measurable long term manner. Kim Hill… Read more Audio

In association with The Royal Society of New Zealand and the Embassy of France in New Zealand.

About the panel members:

Pierre Ducret - Special advisor for climate change and COP21 at the Caisse des Dépôts Group

Professor David Frame: Director of the New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute (Victoria University of Wellington)

Dr Suzi Kerr: Senior Fellow at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research and adjunct Professor at Victoria University of Wellington

Professor Catherine Larrère: Professor of Philosophy (Sorbonne University, Paris), and President of the Foundation for Political Ecology

Sarah Meads: Independent development consultant with a focus on designing policy frameworks and innovation that promote low-emission futures and social justice

Sir Geoffrey Palmer: New Zealand Prime Minister (1989-90) and Distinguished Fellow of the New Zealand Centre for Public Law

Bronwyn Hayward: Associate Professor of Political Science and Head of Department of Political Science and International relations at the University of Canterbury

Lucile Schmid: French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry and Deputy President of the think tank “La fabrique écologique”

Fraser Whineray: Chief Executive, Mighty River Power

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