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Students from Bishop Viard College taking part in ‘Through the Eye of Te Whanganui-a-Tara'
Students from Bishop Viard College taking part in ‘Through the Eye of Te Whanganui-a-Tara'

Image credit: Te Kawa Robb

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Bishop Viard College

Rangatahi

A nationwide, photography project for young people, focussing on climate change.

Good storytelling can change minds. The power of a photograph lies in the way it engages our imagination and involves us in an unfolding story.

Zahreon Patu-Ulutupu - 12 years - Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Bishop Viard Yaraldi Ceballes - 12 years - Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Bishop Viard Tali Lapa - 12 years - Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Bishop Viard Penina Poloie - 12 years - Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Bishop Viard Neveah Tusani - 12 years - Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Bishop Viard Metallikah McLean - 12 years - Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Bishop Viard Meleane Masila - 11 years - Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Bishop Viard Mayotarasina Tautu - 12 years - Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Bishop Viard Rayshanna Tautu - 12 years - Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Bishop Viard Koreti Poai - 12 years - Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Bishop Viard Anaru Siohane-Hune - 13 years - Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Bishop Viard Jacinta Aiono - 12 years - Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Bishop Viard Celina Lokeni - 12 years - Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Bishop Viard Ava Hreng Sa - 12 years - Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Bishop Viard Korouea Teburea - 12 years - Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Bishop Viard Collaborators and Supporters
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Photographers

Te Kawa Robb

‘Te oranga o te waonui’ - The health of the forest. - image credit: Te Kawa Robb

Te oranga o te waonui – The health of the forest.

When we need inspiration for wellness, we need not look any further than a healthy natural environment, be that a sheltered, damp and diverse forest floor, or a nutrient dense, unpolluted and interdependent marine ecosystem. Our disconnected modern lives, for the most part, don’t replicate this anymore. We no longer see the critical importance of diversity, or collective wellbeing, of our roles as tuakana and teina, and the intergenerational responsibilities to descendants we will never meet. But getting out of our modern lives, back to nature, to observe, feel, and be inspired may just give us the chance we need to face the challenge of climate change.

‘Tiakina ngā uri o taiao’ - Care for the descendants of the environment. - image credit: Te Kawa Robb

Tiakina ngā uri o taiao – Care for the descendants of the environment.

While exploring taiao – the natural environment – during our photography field trip, students from Bishop Viard College displayed great interest and care for the amazing creatures they saw at Titahi Bay, including this small Kōurara (Glass Shrimp). This natural desire to care, to tiaki, to enact manaakitanga, is inherent in all our young people, and it is these values that we must all follow, on this challenging journey of halting climate change. Let our tamariki inspire us with their compassion and heart.

Virginia Woods-Jack

CO2 1972-2021 - image credit: Virginia Woods_Jack

CO2 1972-2021

Whilst collaborating with Track Zero, the children and the climate scientists for this project I couldn’t stop thinking about the data in relation to the aspects of the environment that I am drawn to within my work. This image is made from multiple with the data overlaid – we have created this link – this relationship and it isn’t a healthy one.

The graph line, in white, shows carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in parts per million measured at Baring Head, near Wellington. This station has been running since 1972 and is home to the longest running continuous CO2 measurements in the Southern Hemisphere.

1972 – 328 ppm

27th October 2011 the reading was 389.2 27th October 2020 the reading was 411.4 27th October 2021 the reading was 413.1

For comparison, the pre-industrial level of CO2 in the atmosphere was 280 ppm. The Paris Agreement, signed by 197 countries, is aiming to keep global average temperature to well below 2°C above

pre-industrial values. Scientists estimate that there is a 50% chance of attaining this if CO2-equivalent emissions stabilise next century at 450 ppm. However, CO2-equivalent emissions are different to CO2 levels as they also take into account other greenhouse gases such as methane.

Data and information source NIWA.co.nz

SOLUTIONS

Generation Zero is a nonpartisan, youth-led climate organisation that champions solutions towards a thriving, carbon-neutral Aotearoa – for local projects you can get involved with go to www.generationzero.org

Warming Stripes for Aotearoa 1901-2020 - image credit: Virginia Woods_Jack

Warming Stripes for Aotearoa 1901-2020

As we enter into the warmer months of the year this work asks us to consider what ‘warming’ means in relation to the climate and for our future generations by looking back to 1901 when our great, or great great grandparents were children . This ‘warming stripe’ graphic is a visual representation of the change

in temperature as measured in Aotearoa over the past 100+ years. Each stripe represents the

temperature averaged over a year. This data visualisation by Ed Hawkins of Reading University in the UK shows that Aotearoa NZ has warmed by just under 1 degree in the last century.

Ed Hawkins sees his data visualisation work as one way of communicating a complex topic as simply as possible. “The world faces a range of risks in the future but the story of climate change can often seem rather remote – it’s a global scale problem that will happen over many decades. But, the effects of climate change are felt locally, by everybody. By highlighting how the climate has already changed where people live, it raises awareness that this is an issue to take seriously.”

Data credit https://showyourstripes.info/s/australasia/newzealand

SOLUTIONS

Region Net + is an amazing local initiative. “As indigenous people, we believe nature and the natural world are the most sophisticated forms of technology. Our tribal ancestry is evidence that working together is best for community survival. We describe Net+ as reciprocal engagement with the environment, giving back more than extracting to benefit the natural environment and provide for future generations.”

To get involved go to www.regionnetpositive.com

https://niwa.co.nz/climate/research-projects/carbonwatchnz/dailyco2measurements

https://www.regionnetpositive.com/

https://www.generationzero.org/wellington

https://showyourstripes.info/s/australasia/newzealand

https://environment.govt.nz/publications/our-atmosphere-and-climate-2020/

https://www.stats.govt.nz/indicators/new-zealands-greenhouse-gas-emissions

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UN just released a "survival guide for humanity", UN just released a "survival guide for humanity", which said the world is rapidly approaching catastrophic levels of heating with international climate goals set to slip out of reach unless immediate and radical action is taken. 
The synthesis report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the culmination of almost six years of work by thousands of scientists representing the most comprehensive summary of human knowledge on our climate. The report is agreed on by all governments involved. 
It also crucially declares we will "likely" fail to reach the 1.5-degree target aimed at preventing the most catastrophic consequences of climate change. The world has already warmed by 1.1C and now experts say that it is likely to breach 1.5C in the 2030s. Current policies have us on course for 2.7C, as per @climateactiontr
New IPCC Synthesis Report here: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/
In response to the findings, UN secretary general Antonio Guterres says that all countries should bring forward their net zero plans by a decade. These targets are supposed to rapidly cut the greenhouse gas emissions that warm our planet's atmosphere.
Read more: 'UN Climate Report: Scientists release survival guide to avert climate disaster’ RNZ World: https://bit.ly/3JtmLZ3
One of the Report's figures relates to the fairness across generations. The generation of kids born in 2010s will face substantially more heatwaves, heavy rainfall  and droughts during an average lifetime than their grandparents.
It's time to act and give #climateactionnow everything we've got!
Images - some figures from IPCC 'AR6 Synthesis Report. Climate Change 2023' and report cover page
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