New Zealand Climate Committee

• Terms of reference
• Committee membership
• Approved work plans for the current year
• Latest annual report to Society Council
• Meeting Minutes and papers
• Archive Documents

The New Zealand Climate committee was established in 1988 to assess the present state of knowledge of climate science, of climate variability on all time scales and of current and future climate impacts for the New Zealand region and to encourage communication and collaboration between climate researchers and dialogue between climate scientists and users of climate information.

In June 1988 the Cabinet Policy Committee agreed that a coordinated climate change programme was required by New Zealand to respond effectively to an issue which had widespread implications for New Zealand society. The Royal Society was requested to prepare a report on the scientific basis of climate change. An abridged version, Climate Change in New Zealand, was published in 1988 with the comprehensive review New Zealand Climate Report 1990 published in 1989.

The Committee produced The 1992 Supplement to the New Zealand Climate Report 1990 which reviewed the validity of the scientific conclusions presented in the 1990 report, provided additional information about greenhouse gases, aerosols and global warming potential and commented on progress in research in climate modelling and in monitoring the climate.

Links

• The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report and Implications for New Zealand (May 2007 workshop)
• Managing drough risk in a changing climate (Workshop, 10 April 2006)
• March 2005 submission on water action plan (pdf).
  Submission to the Ministry for the Environment in response to their discussion document on the management of New Zealand's freshwater resources.
• Water in the future - is the past a good guide (pdf).
  A paper on the variability of New Zealand's rainfall, year-to-year and decade-to-decade, submitted to MfE in support of the submission on freshwater management.
• Integrating research on human and natural dimensions of climate change. Report from workshop held February 2002
• 1997/98 El Niño: lessons and opportunities
• Climate Change: the IPCC Third Assessment Report and implications for New Zealand
• International CLIVAR Conference
• CLIVAR Conference Statement
• New Zealand’s National Report (Dec 98)

Members of New Zealand Climate Committee

List correct at 09/07/08

• Dr DS Wratt crsnz (Chair), NIWA Wellington, PO Box 14-901, Kilbirnie, WELLINGTON   Phone: 04 386 0588   Fax: 04 386 0574   Email: d.wratt at niwa.co.nz
• Dr JA Hall mrsnz, NIWA, PO Box 11 115, HAMILTON   Phone: (07) 856 1709   Fax: (07) 856 0151   Email: j.hall at niwa.co.nz
• Dr WA Matthews , 13 Kabul St, Khandallah, WELLINGTON   Phone: 04 4791741   Fax: 04 4791742   Email: wa.matthews at gmail.com
• Dr Brett Mullan , NIWA, PO Box 14 901, Kilbirnie, WELLINGTON   Phone: 04 386-0508   Fax: 04 386-2153   Email: b.mullan at niwa.cri.nz
• Dr Jim Renwick mrsnz, NIWA Wellington, PO Box 14-901, Kilbirnie, WELLINGTON   Phone: (04) 386 0343   Fax: (04) 386 2153   Email: j.renwick at niwa.co.nz
• Dr PJH Sutton, NIWA, P O Box 14-901, Kilbirnie, WELLINGTON   Phone: 04-386 0386   Fax: 04-386 2153   Email: p.sutton at niwa.co.nz
• Assoc Prof R Warrick, International Global Change Institute, The University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, HAMILTON   Phone: (07) 8384276   Fax: (07) 8384289   Email: r.warrick at waikato.ac.nz
• Dr SA Weaver , School of Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, WELLINGTON   Phone: 04 463 5392   Fax: 04 463 5186   Email: sean.weaver at vuw.ac.nz

International Links

• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
• Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR)
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Archive

National Report from New Zealand to the CLIVAR Planning Meeting, Dec 1998

Attendance by Dr John Kidson, New Zealand’s liaison scientist, at the CLIVAR conference in Paris, December 1998.

New Zealand’s National Report, a report on the International CLIVAR Conference and CLIVAR Conference Statement were distributed widely.

1997/98 El Niño: lessons and opportunities: a workshop was held in Wellington, 21 October 1998.

Climate Change: the IPCC Third Assessment Report and implications for New Zealand Workshop was held in Wellington on 1 May 2001.

 

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