Engineers For Social Responsibility

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Engineers for Social Responsibility Inc.

We are an independent group of engineers who consider that being knowledgeable in the field of technology means that they also have a special obligation to the public at large.

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Events
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Upcoming event: A current perspective on local government Crystal Beavis will talk about her experience as a first-term Councillor for Waikato District Council. Local Government plays a key role in infrastructure, engineering and related matters such as: roads, drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, building consenting, district planning and noise control. Funding pressures have been exacerbated by decreases in funding from central government, unfunded mandates,… Find Out More
Video coming soon: Insights from a community energy project In this presentation, Stuart Potter will provide first-hand insights arising from the purchase and operation of Heart of England Community Energy, a series of three 5 MW solar energy sites based north of Stratford Upon Avon in the UK. This is one of the largest community solar farms in the UK, made up of around… Find Out More
Watch video: Battery management improvement On Wednesday 18th February Godfrey Bridger gave a presentation on development of improved technology for monitoring the health and charge states of chemical-electric batteries. Find Out More

Submissions

From time to time ESR makes submissions to Local Bodies or to Government, on issues of concern. These submissions are listed here and can be accessed for perusal.

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Effect of AM Network closure on disaster communications Letter to Hon. Mark Mitchell, Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery, on effect of AM network closure on disaster communications Read more
Submission in response to the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill 2024 This submission relates to the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill, on which public submissions opened on 26 September 2024. ESR very strongly recommend that the ban on offshore oil and gas exploration not be removed. Instead, we need to be taking very rapid action to reduce our emissions by moving away from the use of fossil… Read more
Heavy Vehicle Traffic ESR Submission to Parliament on Traffic Congestion Charging ESR made a submission to the Transport and Infrastructure Committee of Parliament on the Land Transport Management (Time of Use Charging) Amendment Bill 2025 to sensitively support the use of congestion charging in a way that doesn't penalise the poor Read more

Position Papers

From time to time ESR prepares Position Papers which state ESR’s viewpoints, with the intention of providing useful guidance on particular topics. Information in this section of the ESR website is presented in good faith, having been checked and reviewed for accuracy and fairness.

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Newsletters

We publish a Newsletter from time to time, with news of ESR activities, articles and discussion on topics of interest.

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April 2025 CONTENTS: From sewage and scum to swimming in ‘blue gold’: how Switzerland transformed its rivers - UK scientist wins prize for invention that could help avert ‘phosphogeddon’ - Nearly 100% of lithium recycled in latest research - UQ researchers set new solar cell world record - Plants are losing their appetite - WMO report documents… Read more
January 2025 CONTENTS - Global CO2 emissions in 2024 - Climate crisis effects on Earth’s water cycle - US homeowners in disaster-prone states face soaring insurance costs - Climate change and geopolitics - EU’s electricity mix in 2024 - Toxic PFAS pollution in UK and Europe - Flatulence tax: Denmark agrees deal for livestock emissions levy -… Read more
November 2024 CONTENTS - Earth’s ‘vital signs’ show humanity’s future in balance, say climate experts - Five main takeaways from the Global Commission on the Economics of Water Report, October 2024 - Extracts from IEA World Energy Outlook 2024 Executive Summary - Extracts from Energy Source & Distribution Magazine, Sep/Oct 2024 - Reducing climate emissions from farm… Read more

Climate Fact Sheets

Engineers for Social Responsibility and the Sustainable Energy Forum are concerned about the consequences of human-induced climate change and global warming and the need for widespread understanding of the facts and underlying science. Our combined organisations have prepared a series of discussion sheets and further papers will be published soon. Each paper is peer reviewed by top professionals with specialist knowledge about the topic being described.

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New Zealand Energy Security And Climate Change This paper sets out the case for taking early and effective action to improve New Zealand’s energy security, and doing so in a manner which minimises New Zealand’s future greenhouse gas emissions Read more
The Carbon Cycle – Towards Becoming Carbon Neutral Early chemists believed that organic compounds were fundamentally different because they contained a vital force that was only found in living systems. In fact, the common elements in all organic compounds are hydrogen and carbon. Read more
Ethical Issues and Climate Change Human–induced climate change is widely regarded as one of the greatest – if not the greatest – moral challenges of the 21st century. Not merely does it raise numerous ethical issues, but many of these are profoundly difficult and take us to the limits of our moral imagination. Moreover, the ethical dilemmas posed by climate… Read more