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How climate change made the melting of New Zealand’s glaciers 10 times more likely
Glaciers around the world are melting — and for the first time, we can now directly attribute annual ice loss to climate change.
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How does overfishing make climate change worse?
For the oceans, one of the biggest drivers of biodiversity loss is industrial-scale fishing. Fish stocks and ocean ecosystems are in decline in many parts of the world because of overfishing and destructive techniques.
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Greenpeace protesters blockade fertiliser factory, Taranaki
Protestors have halted the distribution of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser this morning in Kapuni in Taranaki, citing the chemical’s destructive climate impact.
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Synthetic fertiliser emits more greenhouse gases than domestic aviation
We are in a worsening climate crisis, but despite New Zealand’s ‘clean green’ credentials, successive Governments have failed to take meaningful action on reducing climate emissions.
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Extreme heat and rain: thousands of weather stations show there’s now more of both, for longer
A major global update based on data from more than 36,000 weather stations around the world confirms that, as the planet continues to warm, extreme weather events such as heatwaves and heavy rainfall are now more frequent, more intense, and longer.
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Climate explained: what the world was like the last time carbon dioxide levels were at 400ppm
Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change.
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Govt must not pass up opportunity for transformation
Greenpeace says the newly released Government plan for the Primary Sector is a missed opportunity to build back better.
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Fast-track Bill dodges Govt climate test
Greenpeace says the Government is dodging its own guidelines to push through a new fast-track covid law.
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The 10 most beautiful images of the oceans
From April 2019 till March 2020, Greenpeace undertook one of our most ambitious voyages yet. For almost a year, our ships travelled from the Arctic to the Antarctic, stopping off in key locations to document the threats facing our oceans, and what must be done to protect them.
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Nitrogen fertiliser poisoning of rivers to face cap
Greenpeace is today welcoming the Government’s move to place a cap on synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, but says more controls are needed to protect freshwater.
