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Managing retreat: why New Zealand is drafting a new law to enable communities to move away from climate risks
The government’s recently announced overhaul of major environmental legislation will result in a new law focused solely on climate change adaptation.
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Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Globally, only one in 50 new cars were fully electric in 2020, and one in 14 in the UK. Sounds impressive, but even if all new cars were electric now,…
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The most dangerous climate polluters are hiding in plain sight
These are the kinds of images you see time and time again on news specials about the climate crisis. Easy to visualise, easy to see around us, and easy to beat yourself up about. But the most dangerous climate polluters are much harder to see. And they like it that way.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa submission on the Climate Change Commission’s Draft Advice
Our vision is a world where people and nature are thriving - where our homes, schools, business and transport are powered by clean energy from the sun, wind and water; where our food is grown in ways that regenerate the land, store carbon in the soil, clean up rivers and bring back wildlife; where both…
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Yes, Australia is a land of flooding rains. But climate change could be making it worse
Over the past three years, I’ve been working on the forthcoming report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I’m a climate scientist who contributed to the chapter
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NZ’s Climate Change Commission needs to account for the huge potential health benefits of reducing emissions
The Climate Change Commission’s recent draft report and recommendations has helped to kick-start an extremely important process.
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Greenpeace submission on renewable energy consultation
To the Energy Markets team at MBIE,
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How the polar vortex is causing temperatures to plummet and what we can do
Record-breaking frosty temperatures, ice and heavy snowfalls have gripped huge areas of the Northern Hemisphere this winter. For example, cities in East Asia such as Beijing and Seoul shivered in…
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Low traffic neighbourhoods: what are they and who are they for?
With more low traffic neighbourhoods being introduced, including recently announced changes to Queen Street in Auckland, here's a useful look at one of the most common criticisms against them, and whether or not it holds up from our colleagues in the UK.
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RMA replacement must protect environmental bottom lines
Whatever replaces the RMA must effectively regulate our most polluting industry - dairying. That means stopping nitrate pollution entering freshwater from milk processing, synthetic nitrogen fertiliser and too many cows.