Experts say commitment to cut emissions by 2030 is not ambitious enough and relies too heavily on carbon offsets
Climate change experts have warned that New Zealand has employed “accounting tricks”…
Younger people have been more aware of the risks compared with older groups, but over the past decade that has changed
On his early morning bike rides to school, David Yockney would deliberately…
In its latest environmental commitment, New Zealand has announced a ban on the majority of single-use plastics by 2025.
The new measure builds on the country's 2019 decision to phase-out plastic…
The New Zealand Parliament is expanding on a government order made in September 2020 requiring large insurers and financial institutions to identify their risks from climate change.
The government…
What's a climate change emergency?
We can generally think of it as a symbolic acknowledgement at the highest levels that we're facing a climate change crisis - and a commitment to meet the challenge…
The text of the motion is expected to be released the day before and Parliament will vote on the motion.
"We’ve always considered climate change to be a huge threat to our region, and it is…
Parliamentary elections will be held in New Zealand tomorrow (October 17), with the Labour-led government headed by Jacinda Ardern, popular on the back of its widely-admired response to Covid-19,…
New Zealanders have gone to the polls and decided to keep Jacinda Ardern at the helm for another three years. The Labour leader’s promise of kindness, hope and protecting nature has clearly mirrored…
New Zealand’s parliament building – known as the Beehive – is set to enjoy the benefits of solar power, as well as an improvement in energy efficiency measures, as part of a NZ$2.4 million (A$2.23…
New research has found extreme melting of the country’s glaciers in 2018 was at least ten times more likely due to human-caused global heating
Twice a year, glaciologist Lauren Vargo and her…
British clean energy expert Michael Liebreich has called on Fonterra to stop using coal-powered boilers to dry milk into milk powder, describing the process as "insane".
"Drying milk with coal is…
'You don't have to cede power by acting on climate change. There's nothing to fear about your individual political status,' New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern said during a panel discussion at…
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