Author: Michael Barnard

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Lessons On Climate Disruption & Adaptation From New Zealand

This tectonic shift, while it will take decades instead of the seconds of the Christchurch cataclysm, will be more broadly disruptive. We can manage it wisely or foolishly, yet it will still occur.

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Australians Ask About Fossil Fuels in Smart Energy Council Presentation Webinar

Last week I had the opportunity to talk with over 300 participants in an Australian Smart Energy Council webinar. It was organized to exploit my unusual timezone alignment with Oz as I spend a few weeks in New Zealand as a digital nomad. Over 600 signed up, expecting to listen … [continued]

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Oz Questions On Biofuels & Transmission: Smart Energy Council Presentation Q&A

Recently I had the opportunity to talk with a few hundred mostly Australian participants in a Smart Energy Council webinar. It was organized to exploit my unusual timezone alignment with Oz as I spend a few weeks in New Zealand as a digital nomad. Over 600 signed up, many from … [continued]

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Oz Questions On Clean Aviation & Shipping: Smart Energy Council Presentation Q&A

The other day I had the opportunity to talk with a few hundred mostly Australian participants in a Smart Energy Council webinar. It was organized to exploit my unusual timezone alignment with Oz as I spend a few weeks in New Zealand as a digital nomad. Over 600 signed up, … [continued]