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More livestock, more carbon dioxide, less ice: the world’s climate change progress since 2019 is (mostly) bad news
Back in 2019, more than 11,000 scientists declared a global climate emergency. They established a comprehensive set of vital signs that impact or reflect the planet’s health, such as forest…
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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 sea-level rise and glacier melt are now virtually irreversible, according to the most sobering report yet by the…
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The global water cycle has become more intense, and that makes New Zealand’s wet regions wetter, and dry ones drier
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has delivered a sobering update on how much the Earth has warmed and how the climate system is responding.
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Rising seas and melting glaciers: these changes are now irreversible, but we have to act to slow them down
After three years of writing and two weeks of virtual negotiations to approve the final wording, the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirms…
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Delaying climate action on agriculture no longer an option
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has today released a report summarising the latest scientific understanding of the climate crisis, giving a stark warning of where we are headed…
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Climate fires burning from the Amazon and Turkey to California
From Turkey to Brazil, and Russia to the US, we’re seeing fires consuming our forests, killing wildlife and threatening our woodlands’ ability to trap and store carbon, a defense against…
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Aggressive marketing has driven the rise of the double-cab ute on New Zealand streets — time to hit the brakes?
Super-sized light trucks have landed in Aotearoa New Zealand. Eight out of the ten top-selling passenger vehicles are now utes or SUVs, with two-thirds registered for personal use.
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New IPCC climate report will add pressure on Ardern for stronger action on agriculture
As 2021 shapes up to be yet another year marked by deadly floods, heat waves, devastating wildfires and record droughts, world governments will soon be convening to receive a new…
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A significant number of New Zealanders overestimate sea-level rise — and that could stop them from taking action
Following a recent storm surge in Wellington, some media coverage expressed surprise that 30cm of sea-level rise – an unavoidable amount projected to happen by the middle of this century…
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Lawyers challenge New Zealand’s proposed emissions budgets as inconsistent with the 1.5℃ goal
New Zealand’s Climate Change Commission is facing its first legal hurdle, as a group of 300 climate-concerned lawyers seek judicial review of the processes it used to calculate carbon budgets…
