Tagged: emissions

Lawyers challenge New Zealand’s proposed emissions budgets as inconsistent with the 1.5℃ goal - Planetary Ecology

Robert McLachlan • Jul 07, 2021 •

• carbon,
• climate change,
• emissions,
• New Zealand stories

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 in its recently released advice to government. Carbon budgets are a cornerstone of New Zealand’s climate change response under the Zero Carbon Act and lie at … Read More

NZ’s clean car discount is a turn in the right direction, but how much will it drive consumer demand? - The Changing Climate

Guest Author • Jun 22, 2021 •

• climate change,
• electric cars,
• emissions,
• New Zealand stories,
• Transport

Basil Sharp, University of Auckland   New Zealand faces two enormous challenges if it is to meet its international climate change commitments under the Paris Agreement: biogenic methane emissions from agriculture, and carbon emissions from industry and transport. For now, there seems little prospect of significantly reducing agricultural emissions, short of reducing actual livestock numbers, because the technology is … Read More

Climate explained: could biofuels replace all fossil fuels in New Zealand? - Climate: Explained

Guest Author • Jun 21, 2021 •

• Biofuels,
• climate change,
• emissions,
• New Zealand stories

Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it to climate.change@stuff.co.nz   Could biofuels replace all fossil fuels in New Zealand? What are the economic and climate benefits and … Read More

Submit! Submit! Submit! - Planetary Ecology

Robert McLachlan • Mar 25, 2021 •

• climate change,
• climate change commission,
• emissions,
• government,
• Transport

Yes, it’s time to submit to the Climate Change Commission on their draft advice to the government, if you haven’t done so already. Submissions close on 28 March 2021.   Rod Carr / Portrait of Leo Tolstoy by Ilya Repin @NZAHParallels pic.twitter.com/enU91wnhVJ — Robert McLachlan (@nzcpe) February 28, 2021 Actually, Tolstoy can … Read More

The Jiangcungou landfill – China’s sleeping giant - Tuhia ki te rangi

Guest Author • Dec 15, 2020 •

• China,
• emissions,
• landfill,
• leachate,
• rubbish,
• waste

Jim Missen Jiangcungou is home to a 700,00 square metre landfill, with the ability to hold 49 million cubic metres of municipal waste. Of China’s 1.4 billion populace it serves a mere 8 million and has reached its capacity 25 years early. The landfill in question is located in Shaanxi province and its sole user is the city of … Read More

New Zealand wants to build a 100% renewable electricity grid, but massive infrastructure is not the best option - Guest Work

Guest Author • Jul 31, 2020 •

• climate change,
• electricity,
• emissions,
• hydro power,
• infrastructure,
• renewable electricity

Janet Stephenson, University of Otago A proposed multibillion-dollar project to build a pumped hydro storage plant could make New Zealand’s electricity grid 100% renewable, but expensive new infrastructure may not be the best way to achieve this. New Zealand’s electricity generation is already around 80% renewable, with just over half of that provided by hydro power. The … Read More

The sun is setting on unsustainable long-haul, short-stay tourism — regional travel bubbles are the future - COVID-19

Guest Author • Jul 03, 2020 •

• Climate,
• COVID-19,
• emissions,
• flying,
• tourism,
• Travel

James Higham, University of Otago Unprecedented border closures and the domestic lockdown have paralysed New Zealand’s $40.9 billion a year tourism industry. In the process, the vulnerability of the sector to external shocks and the tenuous nature of tourism employment have been exposed. While New Zealand’s handling of the pandemic has been hailed as a global masterclass, and the … Read More

Will the COVID-19 lockdown slow the effects of climate change? - Climate: Explained

Guest Author • Jul 03, 2020 •

• climate change,
• COVID-19,
• cycling,
• emissions,
• Fossil Fuels,
• lockdown

Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it to climate.change@stuff.co.nz Do you think the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown will slow or possibly reverse the effects of climate change (due … Read More

Which countries are likely to meet their Paris Agreement targets - Climate: Explained

Robert McLachlan • Dec 18, 2019 •

• climate change,
• emissions,
• Paris Agreement

Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it to climate.change@stuff.co.nz Which countries in the world have met or bettered their Paris Agreement targets? Robert McLachlan, Massey University The … Read More

How volcanoes influence climate and how their emissions compare to what we produce - Climate: Explained

Guest Author • Oct 23, 2019 •

• climate change,
• emissions,
• super volcanoes,
• Volcanoes

Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it to climate.change@stuff.co.nz Everyone is going on about reducing our carbon footprint, zero emissions, planting sustainable crops for biodiesel etc. Is … Read More