Upcoming events
November event
20th Nov 2024: NZN Social @Lalla Rookh
A final chance to connect on energy and climate in 2024.
We'll be in the bar at Lalla Rookh from 6pm.
No need to book - just turn up.
If you'd like to be kept up to date on other upcoming events, sign up for updates below.
Recent events
OCTOBER 2024
How are sustainability and EST shapping business moves and career grooves?
How much are sustainability, ESG, net zero, climate risk, and climate disclosure shaping the decisions of asset owners, project developers, companies, and investors?
In his second presentation to the NZN, Jerome explores the opportunities we have to create impact within our personal lives, business roles and communities.
SEPTEMBER 2024
Getting a grip on climate emotions
How can we work to support each other, as we each identify the role we might play in reducing emissions and adapting to the impacts of climate change?
There is no video recording of this event but you can read the summary notes on our blog.
JULY 2024
Decarbonising green steel
Presentations from Element Zero, GHD, WWF, Green Steel of WA and SuperchargeWA on progress towards establishing a green iron and steel industry in WA.
There is no video recording of this event but you can read the summary notes on our blog.
APRIL 2024
What happened at CERA week?
A conversation between Max van Someren and Keith Hutchings of the Net Zero Network about the CERAWeek conference in Houston in March 2024, which Max attended.
What were the trends, key messages and new technologies on show at CERAWeek 2024?
FEBRUARY 2024
Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries
What are vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs)? What makes them different to the lithium ion batteries in your laptop or EV, and why might this be a good thing for grid-scale energy storage?
AFB is commercializing a suite of technologies to support the deployment of VRFBs as the building block for stand-alone and grid-based electrical storage systems to support the transition to renewable energy.
NOVEMBER 2023
What can engineers do to accelerate the energy transition in WA?
The energy transition changes not only how we generate useful energy, but also how we convert and consume it. Our energy infrastructure will need to be reengineered at every level.
What does this mean for the careers of engineers in Western Australia, a state which is both a major producer and consumer of energy? How can engineers leverage their skills to accelerate the transition to a sustainable energy future?
AUGUST 2023
Achieving net zero through carbon credits – what does this mean?
What are carbon credits? How do they help achieve “net zero” or “carbon neutrality”? What are the pros and cons of offsetting? These questions and more are addressed by Pauna Truong, the Head of Partnerships from Carbon Neutral.
Carbon Neutral is the first and only Gold Standard certified carbon project developer in Australia that has been reforesting degraded areas of the northern Wheatbelt of Western Australia for the last two decades.
JUNE 2023
Climate action and the health sector: challenges and opportunities
Internationally, healthcare is responsible for 4.4% of global net emissions and if healthcare was a country, it would be the fifth largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world. In Australia, healthcare is responsible for 7% of the national carbon footprint, and in WA healthcare accounts for 8% of the state’s emissions. Health agencies have an important role to play in improving climate health by taking responsibility for our own sector and doing what we can to reduce the impact delivering healthcare has on the environment, and to ensure we are not contributing to the health harms caused by climate change. As huge consumers of energy, water and consumables, health has specific challenges in reining in its carbon emissions.
MARCH 2023
Towards Net Zero Transport with Ben Haddock from Arup
This presentation defines the broad opportunity presented by decarbonising the land transportation system through its interactions with people, place and the whole supply chain. Urban land transportation has traditionally focused on efficiency and safety – mass movement of people and goods across increasingly more integrated transport networks.
