What can we expect out of COP 26?
By Shelley Inglis Here’s how global climate negotiations work and what’s expected from the Glasgow summit. Over two weeks in November, world leaders and national negotiators will meet in Scotland to discuss what to do about climate change. It’s a complex process that...
How can New Zealand reach 100% renewable energy?
By Ralph Sims Renewable energy sources currently supply around 40% of total energy demand in New Zealand. Increasing this share is critical to reducing the current level of greenhouse gas emissions to meet our international obligations and the 2050 net zero target...
How can nature-based forests help combat climate change?
By Anne Salmond The use of ‘permanent’ plantations of pine trees solely to build up carbon offsets is solving one harm with another, writes Dame Anne Salmond. There is an alternative. As Argentinian ecologist Sandra Diaz said during the 2021 Nobel Prize...
How much of the world’s energy comes from fossil fuels and could we replace it all with renewables?
By Robert McLachlan How are fossil fuels formed, why do they release carbon dioxide and how much of the world’s energy do they provide? And what are the renewable energy sources that could replace fossil fuels? Fossil fuels were formed over millions of years from the...
How can we get New Zealanders out of their cars?
By Timothy Welch To get New Zealanders out of their cars we’ll need to start charging the true cost of driving. In light of last week’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report confirming human activity is “unequivocally” driving global warming, here’s a...
What actions do we need to take to mitigate and adapt to climate change? 🔊
This month, the IPCC released its sixth assessment report. This report was the starkest of any of the IPCC reports thus far. The effects of the failure to act on the threat of climate change and the need to make immediate changes in governmental and societal practices...
What are the big takeaways from the IPCC report?
By Jacqueline Peel, Kathryn Bowen & Ben Neville The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the scientific playbook for charting our climate future – but we must act immediately. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has...
What is the impact of air pollution on life expectancy?
By Nilakshi Waidyatillake, Mark Stevenson & Shyamali Dharmage Air pollution is already having devastating effects on human health, now a new study shows how particulate matter in the air is associated with premature deaths. Since early 2020, when much of the world...
Climate emergency: What does the IPCC report say about the Earth’s future?
By Pep Canadell, Joelle Gergis, Malte Meinshausen, Mark Hemer & Michael Grose This is the most sobering report card yet on climate change and Earth’s future. Here’s what you need to know. Earth has warmed 1.09℃ since pre-industrial times and many changes such as...Subscribe by Email
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