Futures Thinking Aotearoa - August Forum
"Our Energy Legacy - a Dream or Reality?"
Led by Ralph Sims, Professor of Sustainable Energy at Massey University
What kind of world will our grandchildren inherit, and what will be their energy supply options if climate change
becomes even more evident by 2030?
Continuing our lecture series on the Future of Energy
Futures Thinking Aotearoa (NZ Futures Trust) is hosting the fifth forum in the Future of Energy series.
Tuesday August 30 2005 from 12.15 to 1.30 pm
Large Gallery, Turnbull House, Bowen St, Wellington
Cost: New Zealand Futures Trust members: $5
Non-NZFT members: $15
Please register by Friday 26 August - Registration form below
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"Our Energy Legacy - a Dream or Reality
Ralph E H Sims
Professor of Sustainable Energy
Director, Centre for Energy Research
For over 30 years Ralph Sims has been involved with energy research at Massey University where he is Professor of
Sustainable Energy and Director of the Centre for Energy Research. He is serving a third term on the Board of the Energy
Efficiency and Conservation Authority and is the New Zealand representative on the IEA's Renewable Energy Working Party.
He was a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 3rd Assessment Report (2001) covering energy
supply, renewable energy and agriculture and has been appointed as the Co-ordinating Lead Author for the "Energy Supply"
chapter of the 4th Assessment Report currently under preparation.
The presentation will cover New Zealand's potential to become the first nation to make the transition away from our
dependence on coal, gas and oil and hence to significantly reduce our carbon dioxide emissions. Is it a dream or
reality?
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"Our Energy Legacy - a Dream or Reality"
Led by Ralph Sims, Professor of Sustainable Energy
Massey University
Tuesday August 30 2005 from 12.15 to 1.30 pm
Large Gallery, Turnbull House, Bowen St, Wellington
$ 5 members
$ 15 (non NZFT member)
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