Yesterday, Dame Cindy visited the University of Auckland’s Ngā Ara Whetū/Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society, to award the winner of the Centre’s ‘Reimagine our World' competition. The winning entry by Marco de Krester, imagined a world in 2050 where instead of halting climate change today, we bioengineered the ocean to assist marine life’s survival – noting how it’s critical to act now rather than find costly fixes when it’s almost too late.
The climate, climate change, biodiversity and societal transformation present complex issues. Established in 2022, Ngā Ara Whetū enables transdisciplinary collaboration to find solutions to these issues, and the ones our planet is predicted to face in the future. They work alongside iwi and other stakeholders, using their different areas of expertise to help people and the planet thrive.
More photos can be found here: Ngā Ara Whetū, Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society - media gallery.
