BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/Paris X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Paris BEGIN:VEVENT UID:65@wfeo.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230926T071500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230926T080000 DTSTAMP:20230915T133036Z URL:https://www.wfeo.org/events/yefl-engineering-new-zealand-webinar-cop28 -lead-up-session/ SUMMARY:YEFL & Engineering New Zealand webinar "COP28 Lead Up Session" DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe WFEO Committee on Young Engineers / Future Leaders (YEF L) \, Engineering New Zealand\, Engineers Australia and FIDIC cordially in vite you to attend the webinar COP28 Lead Up Session that will be held on 26 September 2023 at 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm AEST / 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm NZST / 7:00 am - 8:00 am CEST.\n\nThe registration link is: shorturl.at/ceyC6\n\ nWe needed more than a decade to achieve what we have today\, how will we achieve our global targets? Can policy provision ensure we have a more sus tainable future as well as achieving The Paris Agreement target for 2030 a nd 2050?\n\nAs we approach COP28\, and the world continues to experience s ignificant impacts from climate change it has never been more critical to advocate for the change we desperately need. The climate has already warme d at an accelerated pace than initially predicted and the devastating impa ct has not spared any part of the globe from its unprecedented destruction . We are at a pivotal point in our lifetime and as young engineers we want to keep encouraging change from a governmental perspective.\n\nThe change we are currently seeing is a result of infrastructure investment over pas t decade which required significant funding and support to achieve this. T he outcome of these investments is indicating positive outcomes with Sydne y Light Rail being a good example. This is\, however\, a single form of in vestment in transport supporting one city. There are still significant iss ues to deal with on a greater scale including in other parts of Australasi a such as Auckland with its flooding damages requiring $2 Billion (NZD) to recover of which $390m is to recover the road network and $820m is requir ed to build resilience in the network.\n\nWith COP28 around the corner whe re policies are topical for the summit\, how do we ensure policies are cap turing the correct change focus and scale of effort across multiple infras tructure components providing mode shift\, resilience and changing cities to be less car reliant by densification? How can this policy dictate the n ext decade’s funding to serve society and consequently provide better cl imate outcomes? Is there a way where a green economics modal is developed that provides a better weight to climate solutions than vehicle related be nefits to truly capture the population proportion that benefit from rapid transport outcomes especially when land use change are prioritised with th e rapid transport infrastructure.\n\nModerator:\n\nWaldo Posthumus\, Senio r Civil Engineer\, Aurecon and Aotearoa (New Zealand)\, member of the WFEO Committee on Young Engineers / Future Leaders (YEFL)\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\nCa milla Drover\, Deputy Secretary for Transport NSW (New South Wales)\nDr Ca thy Bebelman\, Environment Programme Director for Auckland Transport\nNata lie Muir\, Regional Director – Environment & Geosciences AU\, Stantec an d FIDIC representative\n\n \;\nFor more information:\n\n Webinar prese ntation on Engineering New Zealand website ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.wfeo.org/wp-content/uploads/YEFL_COP 28_Lead-up_session.jpg CATEGORIES:WFEO event,WFEO member event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Paris BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230326T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR