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In 2012, London antiques dealer Will Fisher was driving around Spitalfields in the East End of London when he spied a sad, dejected building with a For Sale sign outside. Heartbroken by a previous sale of an 18th-century Huguenot house in the area falling through in his twenties, he grabbed this as his moment. Although it is his second London home and incongruous in many ways sometimes with a house buy, there is a higher real estate power going on.
Happiest when immersed in a project, Fisher owner of the Pimlico home furnishings shop was looking for a fixer-upper that he could breathe new life into. “I needed to discharge some pent-up desire to renovate a house,” he says with a smile, explaining that every corner in his existing home was decorated to the nth degree.
“I’m told the selection panel was impressed by the high quality of the applications, and found it challenging to choose just 10 recipients,” Allan said. “The importance of research in this field can’t be underestimated, so it is hugely encouraging to see the interest this programme is generating.” The Wellington recipients were Callum Long, Josie Mainwaring, Amy Norris, and Jennifer Alderton-Moss.
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The Department of Conservation has awarded 10 one-year postgraduate research scholarships of $15,000 each to masters students in the natural and social sciences. On Monday, Norris and Alderton-Moss had the opportunity to meet the minister over video link – from the comfort of the minister’s own office, with Allan herself calling in – to discuss their projects.
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Smoke and steam rise from a coal processing plant in Hejin in central China s Shanxi Province. In fact, when one looks at the progress made in some parts of Asia, you could argue New Zealand has been dragging its feet a little. If we don’t get on with it, we could be left behind. Asian countries, particularly in South and Southeast Asia, certainly have a vested interest in slowing the worst impacts of climate change. Long coastlines and low-lying coastal cities make many countries in the region among the world’s most vulnerable to the weather extremes and rising seas levels.
Sustainable aviation fuel is the only way forward if we want to keep flying
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The targets envisioned by the Paris Agreement leave no room for fossil fuelled commercial aviation by 2050
Covid has slashed flight numbers and the impact on tourism in New Zealand hasn’t been as bad as feared Photograph: Philip Brown/Reuters
Covid has slashed flight numbers and the impact on tourism in New Zealand hasn’t been as bad as feared Photograph: Philip Brown/Reuters
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Aviation is an important part of the global economy; until Covid-19, it was responsible for 2.8% of global CO2 emissions. In New Zealand, aviation is responsible for an even higher percentage of CO2 emissions, the figure having doubled since 1990 to 13% in 2018. The country’s geographic isolation, transport system, international tourist industry, and globally dispersed families have all contributed to the jump in growth and w