Nov 29, 2022 | Business & Economics, Ngā Ara Whetū, Politics & Society
“Traffic Jam. New Zealand style.” by Bernard Spragg is marked with CC0 1.0 Last month, New Zealand was recognised internationally for being the first country planning to charge farmers for agricultural emissions. Meanwhile New Zealand’s farmers...
Nov 24, 2022 | Business & Economics, Ngā Ara Whetū, Science & Technology
Photo by Delphine Ducaruge on Unsplash Ian Mason, University of Canterbury New Zealand agriculture contributed 50% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, an unusually high proportion by world standards. Dairy farming was responsible for about half...
Nov 22, 2022 | Featured, Ngā Ara Whetū, Politics & Society
IAEA Imagebank Matt McDonald, The University of Queensland For 30 years, developing nations have fought to establish an international fund to pay for the “loss and damage” they suffer as a result of climate change. As the COP27 climate summit in Egypt wrapped up over...
Nov 17, 2022 | Business & Economics, Ngā Ara Whetū, Science & Technology
Photo by Gulfside Mike on Unsplash One of the biggest challenges facing Aotearoa New Zealand’s environmental response are its farms. Addressing agriculture is central to reducing New Zealand’s unique emissions profile and combatting the impacts of climate change. New...
Nov 16, 2022 | Business & Economics, Featured, Ngā Ara Whetū, Politics & Society, Science & Technology
New Zealand’s first wind turbine, built in Brooklyn, Wellington, in 1993. Wikimedia The Big Q is partnering with the University of Auckland’s Climate Systems Laboratory and Ngā Ara Whetū Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society. During this...
Nov 10, 2022 | Ngā Ara Whetū, Politics & Society
An aerial view of Pakistani flood survivors isolated on a road surrounded by water. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jason Bushong – https://www.dvidshub.net/image/319323 Lisa Vanhala, UCL Payments from high-emitting countries to mitigate the harm that climate...
Nov 9, 2022 | Featured, Ngā Ara Whetū, Politics & Society
Sharm El-Sheikh on the Red Sea coast is best known for tourism and conferences. By Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Jen Allan, Cardiff University The world’s leaders are gathering for another global climate meeting, this time in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt....