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TOTCUS is about gaining knowledge,
TOTCUS is about gaining knowledge,
SHARING that KNOWLEDGE,
SHARING that KNOWLEDGE,
and seeking action for the good of our Planet and those that inhabit it.
and seeking action for the good of our Planet and those that inhabit it.
This Sharing Page is divided into several sections.
This Sharing Page is divided into several sections.
First
A. Below are the links to projects within the domains of the
A. Below are the links to projects within the domains of the
i. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT,
i. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT,
ii. SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, and/or the
ii. SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, and/or the
iii INDIGENOUS ENVIROMENT
iii INDIGENOUS ENVIROMENT
where the reader will be able to view completed or in-progress projects;
where the reader will be able to view completed or in-progress projects;
Then we find
B. Links to the TOTCUS Symposiums or Progress Presentations
B. Links to the TOTCUS Symposiums or Progress Presentations
and you will find
and you will find
C. Links to presentations and media about the TOTCUS Project
C. Links to presentations and media about the TOTCUS Project
TOTCUS Symposiums /
TOTCUS Symposiums /
Simposios TOTCUS
Simposios TOTCUS
Above: the Rosmini students at the 2024 Symposium
Above: the Rosmini students at the 2024 Symposium
Rapa Nui (Chile) TOTCUS teams (4) ready to present!
Vietnam-New Zealand Air pollution group
Vietnam-New Zealand Biodiversity group
Mini Symposium -- connected to Finland, India , Vietnam and South Korea
Skyline Academy, Vietnam group member sharing
Raffles Institution, Singapore students joined the Rosmini students at the min-Symposium and shared some of the adaptation / mitgigation projects underway in Singapore.
2024
2024
2024 - November 21 / December 6: MINI - SYMPOSIUM
2024 - November 21 / December 6: MINI - SYMPOSIUM
We hosted a second split Symposium to accommodate time zones. One hundred and seventy-six students participated presenting 26 projects. Our guests from Raffles-Singapore were also on hand during the mini Symposium and shared with the audience a number of solutions being investigated in Singapore. It was pleasing to see some of the projects in their second cycle, maturing from shared knowledge to shared action, in particular the project on microplastics that the Punta Arenas-Rosmini group has been working on for the past two years.
LINK TO MINI SYMPOSIUM SLIDE SHOW: / ENLACE A LA PRESENTACIÓN DE DIAPOSITIVAS DEL MINI SIMPOSIO: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PsaBuxklMf4QQj8ugiY2idj_sYJ4bh_l1oCcp3Q0X7w/edit?usp=sharing
2024 - 21 de noviembre / 6 de diciembre: SIMPOSIO
Organizamos un segundo simposio dividido para acomodar las zonas horarias. Ciento setenta y seis estudiantes participaron presentando 26 proyectos. Nuestros invitados de Raffles-Singapur también estuvieron presentes durante el mini simposio y compartieron con la audiencia una serie de soluciones que se están investigando en Singapur. Fue satisfactorio ver algunos de los proyectos en su segundo ciclo, madurando desde el conocimiento compartido hasta la acción compartida, en particular el proyecto sobre microplásticos
Click here to see the 2024 students projects / Haga clic aquí para ver los 2024 proyectos de los estudiantes. Almost completed!!
Click here to see the 2024 students projects / Haga clic aquí para ver los 2024 proyectos de los estudiantes. Almost completed!!
PLASTIC – The relationships with plastic in our environment: A comparison Punta Arenas (Chile) and Auckland (New Zealand) (Chile-New Zealand)
Carter, Hamish, Jeremy, Isaac, Joseph, Marlow, Judd -- Rosmini College, Auckland, New Zealand and Sofia, Cristobal, Isidora, Dominic -- Juan Bautista Contardi, Punta Arenas, Chile https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aNImdqpQlcF7bpt6cEZYC88FwDnlgWoAaEopollmNGU/edit?usp=sharing
VIDEO: Plastics by Carter Oosterdijk -- Rosmini College, Auckland, New Zealand -- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r1FDAqAWWAf8rCIYnTX5S_b8Jq9bvfIl/view
WATER QUALITY – Climate change in relation to the availability of fresh water quality in Tacna (Peru) and Auckland (New Zealand)
Samira, Diego, Diego, Marlith, Abubaka,r Paradise International School, Tacna, Peru and Noah, Qullian, Joshua, Rosmini College, Auckland, New Zealand.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xwXpe4LeWtlPb9gCPnmKUokYqrYDu_v817t8YfIwlTw/edit?usp=sharing
WATER QUALITY - How has Rapa Nui and Auckland’s fresh quality been affected by climate change (RapaNui - New Zealand)
Vicente, Tea, Anna -- The English Academy, Rapa Nui, Chile and Izack, Liam, Sinjin, James, Aiden, Billy, Kenneth.-- Rosmini College, Auckland, New Zealand
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JXsTG_di07q41opaYxtwn1dvj7_S3569RlLF3xcdAB8/edit?usp=sharing
PLASTIC - How climate change is accelerating microplastic pollution in the waterways of Lima (Peru and Auckland (New Zealand)?
Nic, Max, Ethan, Luke -- Rosmini College Auckland, New Zealand, and Anna, Rafaella,Tiana, Mia -- Paradise International School, Lima, Peru
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KNNwinuPL155bIZwIgQc72Nfp8dTcsA5zEtlSdAo_Ng/edit?usp=sharing
SOIL – Does Climate Change impact soil erosion rates on the Rapa Nui and Auckland, New Zealand Volcanic soils.
Pia, Uka, Motiro, Fredes, Hector, Kiva -- The English Academy, Rapa Nui, Chile and Rafael, George, Kaiser, Roberto, Te Whare -- Rosmini College (Auckland, New Zealand https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wnY3yy34C0yevCCvr8-T9usBMpLHcHeZst48xWc3xow/edit?usp=sharing
WATER QUALITY – Monitoring the Avon River for our future (New Zealand)
Ben, Rina, April, Mary -- Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate School (Christchurch, New Zealand)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-INoYhPK0sKImGP3w5uYMrxNBvtdmtidrgrcobEX0sc/edit?usp=sharing
WATER QUALITY/PLASTICS - Microplastics in relation to water quality in Tacna (Peru) and Auckland (New Zealand)
Jihoo, Jachin, Armand, Bryzen, Diego - Rosmini College, Auckland, New Zealand and
Paradise International School, (Tacna, Peru.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hpHSRv4hPxElDQfx1NIokW9dHi9Pvsyodq8ajvn8ePY/edit?usp=sharing
WILDFIRES - The impact of wildfires on RapaNui
Iana, Mila, Amparo, Vaihani, Vailani, Josefina, Amanda -- The English Academy Rapa Nui, Chile https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RI8zjEkoc0_9tSZ1zw7KaKBiLnROC5tiUUpmxGjxgEI/edit?usp=sharing
SOIL EROSION - What is the impact of climate change on soil erosion in Auckland (New Zealand)
Connor, Luke, Chad, Miguel Rosmini College Auckland, New Zealand
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1v_OMlLGa71pRC_X4p75n-9Jvyd63DI95yKAqBPp2Qbs/edit?usp=sharing
WATER QUALITY - Water security for Tacna, Peru, and Auckland, New Zealand in relation to climate change? (Peru-New Zealand)
Nicolas, Blake, Jonas, James, Rosmini College, Auckland, New Zealand and Gianella, Stella, Camila, Gian Piero
Paradise International School, Tacna, Peru. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FHVlK0cgy9nTFzn654ln8kzRsH3YrmnGWciKEvigkfc/edit?usp=sharing
TOURISM - Has Tourism in Rapa Nui and Auckland been Impacted by Climate Change? (RapaNui-New Zealand)
Aurora, Mahaki, Joaquin, Moana, Tauhani -- The English Academy, Rapanui, Chile and James, Tomohiro, Noah, Aiden, David, Bin -- Rosmini College, Auckland, New Zealand. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1L8Qg5YQK8sGGhuo46jvattUyQui88y25VXijh0zgH_Q/edit?usp=sharing
INFRASTRUCTURE -Adapting infrastructure for a resilient future: Navigating the challenges of climate change adaptation. (New Zealand-Chile)
Jack, Edward, Callum, Cale -- (Rosmini College (Auckland, New Zealand) Maite, Ambar, Victoria, Antonella -- Juan Bautista Contardi, Punta Arenas, Chile
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1U6tZf6yyqEerPATTK1yAgzg8QrEe3Sh5maNpvjCHbOE/edit?usp=sharing
FOOD CHAIN - How does climate change affect the food supply chain in India and New Zealand. (India-New Zealand)
Nula, Aanya, Aashna, Samanvi -- Gitanjali Devashray, Secunderabad,India and Andres, Benjamin, Hugo -- Rosmini College, Auckland, New Zealand.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Yp3POnuOJ2twcAl604crCKuLlOmLNifZBvmd5CvQOVY/edit?usp=sharing
BIODIVERSITY - The Impact of Climate Change on - Plants, Animals, and Biodiversity Loss
Tae-kyum, Jee-hoon, Jung-hyeon, Joo-young - Dongsung High School, Seoul, South Korea.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1q4VimK1Rf7S6LYAm-k3E34jVJQ3V8Bz9UljSmjgxNFE/edit?usp=sharing
HYDROSPHERE - Examining the impact of climate change on the South Korean fresh and ocean waters. (South Korea)
Hee-jae, Seon-gyeom, Seung-jeu, Joshua, Meng -- Dongsung High School, Seoul, South Korea
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19dFxEfwCIqKmSbx2kyxWQuupWVx4xeUOPCF6W17LWqg/edit?usp=sharing
ECONOMY AND HEALTH - The Impact of Climate Change on the Vietnamese Economy and Public Health (South Korea)
Dong-hwan, Jae-hyeok, Seung-chan, Yu-chan -- Dongsung High School, Seoul, South Korea
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KjHceSh1hFLN6RUQAgaGXEGGcft15mrgb5KWzILcnpA/edit?usp=sharing
BIOSPHERE – BIODIVERSITY: Has climate change affected the biodiversity of bird species in Vietnam and New Zealand
Võ Lê Trường(John), Đặng Phan Nhã (Cindy), Jung Hye(Millie) -- Skyline Academy, DaNang Vietnam, and Blake, Jayden, Samuel, Marco, Gabriel, Benjamin --
Rosmini College Auckland, New Zealand https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KNwsrJ8I2uusv8FMb8MPvVx_BRM9q8JUXOM5juVlQxk/edit?usp=sharing
BIOSPHERE – BLUE-GREEN ALGAE: Preliminary study on the relationship between climate change and blue-green algae (New Zealand)
Anthony, Leo, Kevin, Max, Christopher, Lemuel, Nic, Patrick, Kaiser. -- Rosmini College, Auckland, New Zealand.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QAUjSvfVZnkx7l8zpn0Q-B-I-gVKteBt2FIQMx9YsAo/edit?usp=sharing
HYDROSPHERE – ACIDIFICATION: Effects of ocean acidification on sea mammals and how this relationship is affected by climate change (India-New Zealand) Aarav, Vansh, Yatika, Aarjavi, Chinmay -- Gitanjali Devashray, Secunderabad, India and James, Joel, Clifford -- Rosmini College, Auckland, New Zealand https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1U1poptbhYFocLaW44oVLy3lGp671bMGQNVY3Iswqqp8/edit?usp=sharing
HYDROLOGY - How has climate change affected rainfall amounts and the risk of flooding in New Zealand and Finland?
Matthias, Simon Tagg - Rosmini College (Auckland, New Zealand and Venla, Sara, Verneri, Joanna -- Kuoppanummen koulukeskus, Numella, Finland
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Yuslz6SsXkMFVRUZj6TPY9O9SnPKCNIiYtPzQaQnS9I/edit?usp=sharing
ACTION - Climate adaptation and mitigation strategies in Singapore – the promotion of recycling and education. (Singapore)
Inbasakaram, Ng Jun, Pranit, Prawin, Janaranjan, Saiesha -- Raffles Institution, Singapore
VIDEO: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/search?q=Singapore
ATMOSPHERE - How has air quality in DaNang, Vietnam and Auckland, New Zealand been impacted by climate change (Vietnam - New Zealand)
Jennifer, Le Hanh, Victoria - Uyen, Karrl - Khang -- Skyline Academy, DaNang Vietnam and Maison, Finlay, Jude, Robbie, Nate, Noah -- Rosmini College, Auckland, New Zealand https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XoEnsVdguPx2yA2gUjweT3qiT6ckeDdMs0llasGEPOo/edit?usp=sharing
GOVERNANCE - What is the Government doing about climate change? (Finland - New Zealand)
Emma, Helmi -- Kuoppanummen Koulukeskus, Numella, Finland and Callum, Chase, Bruno, Ageor -- Rosmini College, Auckland, New Zealand.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xMSgQGgvo_Aq2QLpNkj1hwRMOhgThpEUnE8dRqBckpE/edit?usp=sharing
RECAP - Microplastic/Plastic pollution around the world (South Korea - New Zealand)
Jaejun Eathan, Cheonsan, Hyeonwook -- Hongik University Middle School, Seoul, South Korea and Aiden, Jihoo -- Rosmini College, Auckland, New Zealand.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UCV9bAS3C2-KX3vHqKTFbU9-BksNOmjVU2NvFr7eDdQ/edit?usp=sharing
2023
2023
2023 - November 30 / December 1: SYMPOSIUM
2023 - November 30 / December 1: SYMPOSIUM
On November 30 and December 1 nineteen TOTCUS working groups presented their presentations in what was one and a half Symposiums. To explain the half. First, the time in New Zealand and South Korea may have been December 1, but for the schools to the East of the International Dateline it was November 30. Second, because of time differences, to present at the Symposium would have been in the wee hours of the night, we hosted a mini Symposium for the groups in Finland-New Zealand-South Korea-India, with the students from Singapore at hand in Auckland.
2023 - 30 de Noviembre / 1 de Diciembre: SIMPOSIO
2023 - 30 de Noviembre / 1 de Diciembre: SIMPOSIO
Los días 30 de noviembre y 1 de diciembre diecinueve grupos de trabajo de TOTCUS presentaron sus presentaciones en lo que fue un Simposio y medio. Para explicar la mitad. En primer lugar, la hora en Nueva Zelanda y Corea del Sur pudo haber sido el 1 de diciembre, pero para las escuelas al Este de la Línea Internacional de Fecha fue el 30 de noviembre. En segundo lugar, debido a las diferencias horarias, la presentación en el Simposio habría sido en la madrugada. A pocas horas de la noche, organizamos un mini simposio para los grupos de Finlandia, Nueva Zelanda, Corea del Sur y la India, con los estudiantes de Singapur presentes en Auckland.
Click here to see the 2023 students projects / Haga clic aquí para ver los 2023 proyectos de los estudiantes.
Click here to see the 2023 students projects / Haga clic aquí para ver los 2023 proyectos de los estudiantes.
A1 - Is climate change impacting the relationship between fresh water availability and demand? Marlow & Judd Winder, Edward Medemblik, Rosmini College, Azra Ortiz, Alexander Carcamo. Liceo Juan Bautista Contardi. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sWw-2oQNkfKO9ncaA-53N2vOArXWG-5CNKz9KSOzs8I/edit?usp=sharing
A2 - Impact of climate change on water availability in Tacna. (New Zealand /Peru) Sebastian Kennedy, Quillan Drum, Noah Simunac, Nicolas Torres Rosmini College and Salomón Quispe, Guadalupe Vargas,,Zura Gómez, Fernanda Bazalar, Anghel Larico y Fabián Arias Paradise International College https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/100ZK5wFhBPZ5DTBlQ_9VPSKCPiM7YhtmtRZnmOE88MI/edit?usp=sharing
A3 - Ocean Acidification in Easter Island. (Rapa Nui-Chile) Francisco Marambio, Angela López, Agustín Morales and Kiva Silva The English Academy https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1veXc55Cs561aHAFS5NimNSa1l-VeudswWdDtdxoQSgk/edit?usp=sharing and
Ocean acificiation in New Zealand. (New Zealand) David Maher, Victor Neuman Rosmini College https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vwd7IqVm0nNZhn_3bHo3HQPsXLk5oiTUjQDZN_AL9nA/edit?usp=sharing
A4 - The effect of climate change on oceans (India / New Zealand). James Walker, Clifford Kristantoro, Brike Fernandes, Rosmini College and Aarav Shah, Vansh Srivastava, Samanvi Vanama, Ronak Dundigalla Gitanjali Devashray https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ITnGTIH4JLcIQq_O5Hr5HZIstdR3ReRpwFD7434K1VA/edit?usp=sharing
A5 - The consequences of climate change on soil erosion in the Yakima River (Washington State) basin and streams in the Auckland region. (New Zealand / USA) Meridith Kenney, Arthur Hagge, Charlotte Young, Joseph Brown Three Rivers HomeLink and Hamish Baker, Xavier Smith, Liam Buckingham, Dylan Tang, Connor McDougall, James Orjalo Rosmini College https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_s7AgicXMR378TjuhN4j2fNze4edM7wfzF5-gxsBl-M/edit?usp=sharing
B6 -- Adapting to Flooding in Auckland and Punta Arenas (New Zealand / Chile). Jack Hollewand, Oscar Reade, Callum Khan, Cale JewsonRosmini College, and Maite Verdugo, Ambar Rivera and Victoria Ibáñez Liceo Juan Bautista Contardi.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zf_xQMeC0qWWqd5MeQfEEk7LsYFQ1Hb6OhqDYL_HXgo/edit?usp=sharing
B7 - Water Scarcity in New Zealand and Peru (New Zealand / Peru). Declan.Ford and Benjamin.Browne Rosmini College and Rubí Melendez, Aisa Bernabé, Bruno Arenas, Sebastián Pacheco, and Francesco Barnett Paradise International College
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ppcAAcnVEY2YrevUkxa2BLAr00_TkoFgmgHE_RGh4LY/edit?usp=sharing
B8 - The Agreement of Wills (1888) and Treaty of Waitangi (1840) and climate change. (Rapa Nui-Chile / New Zealand) Josefa Molina, Pia Rodriguez, Hector Molina and Tauhani SilvaThe English Academy and James Vaughn, Tomohiro Shiba, Kaiser Foreman, Bi Yoo, Rosmini College.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UoissWwvDjOp3Nnt6Qm1_exOOBFuEI2a1hthdRLCOXk/edit?usp=sharing
B9 - The impact of Microplastics in New Zealand, Chile and Antarctica (New Zealand / Chile) Carter Oosterdijk, Jason Botros, Ethan Drum Rosmini College and Cristobal Caneles Martinez, Dominic Martinez Gonzalez, Isidora Barriag, Vera Liceo Juan Bautista Contardi. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15RO05DvDApJlgHvmxipvfxpfX0SOVCkM2ISaQmRxQ7o/edit?usp=sharing
B10 - Does climate change lead to supply chain disruption and food scarcity: India and New Zealand comparisons (New Zealand / India) Jayden Chen, Benjamin Browne, Aidan Connell Lemuel Joseph Rosmini College and N Lakshitha, N Rithima, Aarjavi, Aanya Khan Gitanjali Devashray https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vqDVCJMCX3-Tp1z7wGJ7m_l-ncRaELlg3UxjjE78eOs/edit?usp=sharing
C11 - Rising seas and salt water intrusion in New Zealand (New Zealand) Josh Leadbeater Jonathan Nicholson, Kenrich Shek, Carter McCloskey Rosmini College https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hwkrd2k_DNrEHYHuyvot_v87BqjqSNbIz1okd_cSafc/edit?usp=sharing
C12 - Climate changes impact Auckland's coastline (New Zealand) Jack Coleman, Max Yates, Leo Goffinet, Wade Hessell, Beau Sangster Rosmini College https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hZiQmowFMg3frvP4pVMJ9gboN7M6NPE0vBN5T3q1O84/edit?usp=sharing
C13 - Coastal Erosion -- Climate Change (New Zealand) Louis Samuels, Harry Jones, Cole Sangster Rosmini College https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fP98CNwh7kFGkYvkWPgJlfLvLmCyW5-Asgi5J283WoQ/edit?usp=sharing
C14 -Impact of climate change on coastal deforestation (New Zealand) Marcus Yap, Don Cafe, Maika Moce, Ethan Kong Rosmini College https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1i3C3TlrRSAiMMq4UAcCJeyoeaLzHW40l_GPshrvihUw/edit?usp=sharing
C15 - How Climate Change may Impact Animal Populations in Finland and New Zealand (Finland / New Zealand) Verneri Seppala, Sara Kilpelainen, Peppi Tanskanen, Joanna Putrolainen, Eveliina Kumpulainen Kuoppanummen Koulukeskus and Callum O'Mahony, Chase Christie, George Pigeon Rosmini College https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wWsygeFET_P0cUGqydaJUDONvatrAKN0BzFMksx8CS0/edit?usp=sharing
C16 - Our Story - Singapore (Singapore) Bryan Wong, Dawn Lim, Fiona Ting, Hannah Lee Raffles Institutionhttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sPeizr4crkfzlOgwtBOB6VLhQkbgW4KdUuKd4wAps6Y/edit?usp=sharing
C17 - Is climate change leading to the loss of cultural heritage on Rapa Nui ((Rapa Nui-Chile) Irirangi Hay, Tarimana Manutomatoma, Angela Gomez, Vicente Labra, David Ortega, Rocio Rapu The English Academy https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10QqXEJcud4mwmD0aj2fyADm_iJNcIc3-6E4R2Y8h3UY/edit?usp=sharing
C18 - How is climate change disrupting New Zealand native plant life, and impacting the use these plants as natural medicines. (New Zealand) Liam Kelly, Andres Abrego, Jason Botos, Adriano Montague-Brown Rosmini College https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1A_qbsSVLyPNFzaRyDQ3foB1z3sQHLz8tb1QEZ-mxRmA/edit?usp=sharing
C19 - Climate change: Do we wish or do we act (South Korea / New Zealand) Junho Lee, Gangyu Kim, Heewung Um, Taelim Kim, Jisung Ha, Juyoung Youn Hongik University Middle School and Simon Tagg, Yilin Lin, Daniel Cullum, Jiho Lim, Jihoo Lee Rosmini College https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jDLY4V-clUF-_dlUiYtbNgMybuglMixa5wcrLUDZ4a8/edit?usp=sharing
See some of our 2023 Symposium Photos here above -- scroll right or left
See some of our 2023 Symposium Photos here above -- scroll right or left
2023 - May 16 / 17: Progress Presentations / 2023 - 16 / 17 de mayo: Presentaciones de avances
2023 - May 16 / 17: Progress Presentations / 2023 - 16 / 17 de mayo: Presentaciones de avances
Click here to see the projects Haga clic aquí para ver los proyectos de los estudiantes.
Click here to see the projects Haga clic aquí para ver los proyectos de los estudiantes.
TOTCUS
TOTCUS
Promotion Presentations
Promotion Presentations
2024 Click here to see TOTCUS-Rosmini College Submission to the 2024 Parliamentary Inquiry into Climate Change Adaption
2024 Click here to see TOTCUS-Rosmini College Submission to the 2024 Parliamentary Inquiry into Climate Change Adaption
TOTCUS – Parliamentary Submission on Climate Change Adaptation
TOTCUS – Parliamentary Submission on Climate Change Adaptation
Senior TOTCUS leaders, Jack, Nicolas, Yilin, Daniel and Noah responded to the call and forwarded their Submission of Climate Change adaptation to the Parliamentary Select Committee. The message was that the government needs to support the replication of programmes like TOTCUS that enables students to gain knowledge to share and act upon as we adapt to climate change. The boys crafted their submission around the experiences they had learned participating in three of the collaborative projects being undertaken and the important lessons that will help them be positive contributors and future decision makers. The group then presented their views to members of the Committee (members of New Zealand Parliament representing the major political parties. Members were VERY complimentary of the students presentations that focused on the need for more education related activities.
Our TOTCUS was also shared in presentations at meetings in Christchurch on Thursday and Friday, and was a featured activity at the PICARD (Pacific Island Climate Research and Adaptation Symposium) in Honolulu on Saturday.
2023 Click here to see the presentations about TOTCUS
2023 Click here to see the presentations about TOTCUS
Link to presentation on Microplastics to primary school students in Singapore by Carter, Hamish and Declan - Rosmini College
Wood, G: Global Education Conference, Auckland, September . TOTCUS-LACAPE docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aSTgwMhP_MNdM8opsbUrajMiUoW3HctNznoD5WlRS64/edit#slide=id.p
Wood, G: Presentation to the Rosmini Pacifica Parents Group, August 2023. TOTCUS Project: Combating climate change in the Pacific Basin. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12if36cO3IX4z3ce8EKLwc9dB6U8Pd_L5sLiZHmAcUP0/edit?usp=sharing
Wood, G. Presentation to Vietnam schools connect (ENZ): Does climate change effect us: Vietnam/New Zealand. March, 2023. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zLMqDbTwXVxi7c5Kmc80xESyzCUay4VzO-Zabn64zyE/edit?usp=sharing
2022 Click here to see the presentations
2022 Click here to see the presentations
Barrientos Oyarzun, N. TOTCUS Presentación Proyecto Escolar Collage de Recortes de Papel Marrón, November 2022. https://www.canva.com/design/DAFSbECXa-Y/-eWjoCIfuxKb1WS_zz4_ng/watch?utm_content=DAFSbECXa-Y&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink
Wood, G. Presentation to the Auckland Enviro Schools:Auckland July 2022 Enviro Schools
In the Beginning: Season 1. Presentation
Mr. Wood (Rosmini) sharing insights on TOTCUS at NZs Parliament celebration of 50 years of diplomacy between Chile and NZ..Joining him are Ms. Natalie Lulia (University of Waikato) Ms. Lisa Futschek (Deputy Director, Latin American Centre for Asia-Pacific Excellence) and Dr. Chris Moy (University of Otago and the founder of the Winds of Change programme.
Spreading the word about TOTCUS at the Centre of Asia and Pacific Excellence Conference - Auckland, Nov 2023.
Below: Mr Wood(Rosmini) and Dr. Claudio Aquayo (AUT). Dr Aquayo is Chilean and is the Director of Research and Development, App Lab and an advisor for TOTCUS.
Newsletters
Newsletters
2023 - Newsletter Click here to see the newsletter
2023 - Newsletter Click here to see the newsletter
http://liceojuanbautistacontardi.cl/actividad-totcus/
Examples of our first News letters are shown here.
November 1 , 2024
Climate adaptation: where to from here?
Climate adaptation: where to from here?
With unanimous support from parties across the House, climate change adaptation is back on the Government's agenda. Last month, the Finance and Expenditure Committee released the report of its findings from its inquiry into climate adaptation, which had the purpose of developing and recommending "high-level objectives and principles for the design of a climate change adaptation model for New Zealand to support the development of policy and legislation to address climate adaptation."
While it is positive that the latest inquiry was commenced with consensus-building in mind, significant differences across political divides remain. As such, vexed questions such as "who pays for adaptation?" are not significantly closer to being resolved than they were prior to the inquiry being commenced. Accordingly, there is substantial water to go under the bridge before New Zealand will have an effective and affordable framework for climate change adaptation in place. As such, we recommend that organisations keep a close eye on developments in this space and take the opportunity to engage with the legislative drafting process.
Below, we set out further background to the inquiry, the key recommendations in the Committee's report and where the Government's climate adaptation work programme is likely to go from here.
Background: what has happened up until now?
The Climate Change Commission is required to prepare a National Climate Change Risk Assessment at least once every six years, and the Minister of Climate Change must prepare a National Adaptation Plan (NAP) in response. New Zealand's first NAP was published in August 2022 and recommended reforming the resource management system. This recommendation aligned with the Government's programme to repeal the Resource Management Act 1991 and replace it with three new pieces of legislation: a Natural and Built Environment Act (NBE Act), a Spatial Planning Act (SP Act) and a Climate Adaptation Act.
The NBE Act and SP Act passed in August 2023. In the same month, the Environment Committee began an inquiry into climate adaptation that would inform the development of the third piece of legislation – the Climate Change Adaptation Bill. To assist the inquiry, the Ministry for the Environment published an issues paper on community-led retreat and adaptation funding, and a technical report by an Expert Working Group about the practical, legal, and financial aspects of implementing managed retreat.
In December 2023, the National-led Coalition Government fulfilled its commitments in the National-ACT and National-NZ First Coalition Agreements by repealing the SP Act and most of the provisions of the NBE Act, leaving the future of climate adaptation up in the air.
In April 2024, the Minister of Climate Change, Hon Simon Watts, requested that the Environment Committee conclude its inquiry into climate adaptation and instead proposed that the Finance and Expenditure Committee could undertake such an inquiry with “a more focused terms of reference”. The reasons given were that all parliamentary parties are represented on the Finance and Expenditure Committee, allowing for cross-party consensus, and because the Minister considered the Committee's responsibility to align "more closely" with "the focus of the adaptation framework."
The Committee's findings and recommendations
The Committee released its report on 1 October 2024, which recommended a range of objectives, principles and key aspects of system design for a New Zealand climate adaptation framework. This represents a more high-level output than contemplated by the previous Environment Committee inquiry.
In delivering its findings and recommendations, the Committee noted that the report's value, quality, and scope was "limited" by the short turnaround the inquiry was given. It indicated that cross-party consensus was hampered by "frequently divergent direction from elected members" which resulted in "a number of recommendations that remain vague, open to very different interpretations, and seem at times contradictory." This in turn led "some members …[to] worry about the report not answering some of the most challenging questions around, for example, the weighting given to allocative principles on ‘who pays’, and thus worry about its value in directing officials in legal drafting." The report noted that while the inquiry made important progress, negotiating and drafting the bill following the inquiry would require a lot more work.
Key system design recommendations in the Committee's report include:
Climate adaptation legislation: There should be a comprehensive national framework for adaptation set out in legislation with clear mandates for central and local government, that sets out resourcing and financing arrangements and incentivises all actors to take action on adaptation. Cabinet materials suggest that the Coalition Government's adaptation framework will take a decentralised approach to decision-making, where local governments decide whether and how to protect assets based on local risks. They anticipate that central government's role will be establishing roles and responsibilities, and identifying and addressing specific instances of market failure in disaster response and recovery.
Integration into resource management framework: Decisions about infrastructure, planning and development must consider climate adaptation, including for regional deals, the infrastructure pipeline, the Regional Infrastructure Fund and the RMA replacement legislation.
Lead agency for climate adaptation: There should be a single lead agency for climate adaptation to support an all-of-government approach, interact with stakeholders and report on climate adaptation progress and the framework’s performance. This agency can be existing or new.
The allocation of who will pay is still unclear: The Committee recommended allocating the costs of adaptation by applying a combination of "beneficiary pays, exacerbator pays, public pays, and ability-to-pay". The report also sets out an analysis by an independent specialist adviser of the impacts of seven scenarios with different cost allocations.
Managed retreat: A key consideration of the framework should be ensuring there is adequate housing for people who need to relocate, including for those who do not own their own property. The Government should consider the recommendations of the Expert Working Group on Managed Retreat and investigate options to support property retreat. The report also recommended that the Government works alongside banks and insurance companies to investigate the idea of proactive financing instruments to help meet relocation costs.
Improving climate and natural hazard data: The Government should develop an accessible public data commons for data on natural hazard and climate risk, and invest in research that seeks to improve climate and hazard data.
Kaupapa Māori: The climate adaptation framework should involve bespoke arrangements for whenua Māori and recognise mātauranga Māori.
Where to from here?
The Committee has recommended that the report be debated in Parliament and the Government has until 16 January 2025 to respond. A bill supporting a climate adaptation framework was expected be introduced in early 2025, however, the outcome of the inquiry suggests a longer timeframe to develop legislation may be needed. The Committee noted that there will likely be a further opportunity for public submissions for any legislation arising from the inquiry.
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