Tagged: decarbonisation

A multitude of drops: Social tipping points in climate action - Planetary Ecology

Robert McLachlan • Jan 24, 2020 •

• climate change,
• decarbonisation,
• planetary boundaries

If you’re here, you probably know that the climate crisis is upon us, that it’s getting steadily worse, and that attempts to address it haven’t worked yet. People are still driving and even advertising SUVs with impunity, and oil companies are exploring like crazy, even in New Zealand. Politically, socially, economically, it’s a challenging problem. In Social tipping dynamics … Read More

Guilt-free tourism: would you pay $11 for a carbon-neutral holiday? - Guest Work

Guest Author • Dec 07, 2015 •

• carbon neutral,
• climate change,
• COP21,
• decarbonisation,
• fossil fuels,
• New Zealand,
• paris climate summit,
• research,
• tourism,
• Travel

Colin Michael Hall, University of Canterbury Travelling carbon free for about the cost of a salad in New York? Yes, please. This is the good news that’s emerged from a study that found the damaging effects of tourism emissions could eventually be eliminated if travellers paid an average of just US$11 per trip. Our research, published recently in … Read More