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How NZ could become a world leader in decarbonisation using forestry and geothermal technology

Energy is the double-edged sword at the root of the climate crisis. Cheap energy has improved lives and underpinned massive economic growth. But because most of it comes from burning hydrocarbon fuels, we’re now left with a legacy of high atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and an emissions-intensive economy.

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Emissions plan is good, as far as it goes

Climate expert Kevin E Trenberth runs his eye over the Government's emissions reduction plan, putting it in a big picture context, and giving it a qualified thumbs up

Newsroom.co.nz

Ex-Green MPs question Govt’s climate record

James Shaw’s comments on Government climate “action” draw a blunt response

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Climate breakdown: even if we miss the 1.5°C target we must still fight to prevent every single increment of warming

Is it game over for our attempts to avert dangerous climate change? For millions of people in India and Pakistan the answer is clearly yes as they continue to suffer from a record-breaking spring heatwave that is testing the limits of human survivability.

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Imagine it's 2030 and Australia is a renewable energy superpower in Southeast Asia

We are into the final fortnight of the election campaign, and commentators have noted that climate change has been almost invisible. This is despite the latest IPCC report in April calling for urgent action to avoid catastrophic climate change.

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The need for locally-led climate actions

The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) describes how climate change is already causing widespread disruption, affecting natural and human systems across the globe. The effects of global temperature warming up above 1.5°C through intensified extreme weather events are unavoidable and irreversible. A strong message of…

Bangkok Post

What, me worry about climate?

A very human way of thinking is limiting our ability to stop the climate apocalypse. Some of us can overcome it

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Scorched dystopia or liveable planet? Here’s where the climate policies of our political hopefuls will take us

The federal election campaign takes place against a background of flooding on Australia’s east coast, where some residents remain in temporary accommodation a month after the disaster. It’s just the latest reminder Australia is set to become a poster child for climate change harms.

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Climate change experts say India's heatwave offers the world a terrifying glimpse into the future

More than 1 billion people in India and Pakistan are sweltering through a record-breaking heatwave. Is this a taste of things to come for the world?

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Relying on carbon capture to solve the climate crisis risks pushing our problems into the next generation's path

As the latest report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) makes clear makes clear, the 2020s must be a decade of transformation if we are to stand any chance of achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement.

The Conversation

Reservoirs aren't emission free

In response to recent studies, environmental groups are calling for regulations

Salon

Beyond electric cars: how electrifying trucks, buses, tractors and scooters will help tackle climate change

When you think of an electric vehicle, chances are you’ll picture a car. But there’s a quiet revolution going on in transport. It turns out electrification can work wonders for almost all of our transport options, from electric bikes to motorbikes to buses to freight trains and even to tractors…

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Why some beaches, including in Queensland, are getting bigger despite rising sea levels

In a warmer world, rising sea levels could render many coastlines, beaches, and reef islands uninhabitable, or destroy them altogether. The 1.09℃ Earth has warmed since pre-industrial times has already heightened seas by 20 centimetres.

The Conversation

Stories about economic degrowth help fight climate change — and yield a host of other benefits

There is something unprecedented and important in the recent Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): degrowth. Two of the IPCC’s working groups — those focused on climate change impacts and on mitigation — use the economic term to discuss policies that are key to reducing…

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4 ways we can change our behaviour to adapt to the climate crisis

Only four months into 2022, and Australians have already watched several climate disasters unfold across the continent, from coral bleaching to devastating floods and bushfires. These are stark reminders of how climate change can wreak havoc on communities – destroying homes, lives and ecosystems.

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Too many new coal-fired plants planned for 1.5C climate goal, report concludes

Number of new plants planned fell last year, but coal-generated electricity rose by 9% to record high

Inverse

Why there's still hope for stopping the worst consequences of climate change

Some transformations are widely regarded as bad, including many of those connected to climate change. But fear isn't always a good thing.

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Twitter says it won't allow misleading ads that contradict the scientific consensus on climate

"Climate denialism shouldn’t be monetized," the social media platform said.

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Summer of 2021 was Europe’s hottest on record

Europe experienced its hottest summer on record in 2021, while being ravaged by floods, heatwaves and fires, according to a report published Friday by the European Union's Copernicus climate change service, showing that global warming is sharply on the rise.

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Colonialism: why leading climate scientists have finally acknowledged its link with climate change

The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)‘s sixth and latest report on the impact of global warming on our planet, published earlier this month, reiterates many of its predecessors’ warnings: chiefly that climate change threatens global disaster if we do not act to avert it. Yet it contains one key…

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In Australia’s election campaign the silence on climate is deafening

Our major political parties – and the media – seem to have forgotten we’re heading for a cliff when it comes to temperature rises

The Conversation

How we can engage Muslims to promote clean energy: the case of Indonesia

The latest IPCC report recommends that we need to cut greenhouse gasses emission hard and fast as the Earth is heading towards an unlivable stage.

Salon

Crucial climate goal out of reach

The chances of holding global warming to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) is only around 38%

Bangkok Post

Scrap hidden carbon subsidies

The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should terrify policymakers and ordinary people around the world. The IPCC warns that some disastrous climate outcomes are now likely to occur not in the distant future, but within the next 15 years, or even the next decade.

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Climate change will transform how we live, but these tech and policy experts see reason for optimism

It’s easy to feel pessimistic when scientists around the world are warning that climate change has advanced so far, it’s now inevitable that societies will either transform themselves or be transformed. But as two of the authors of a recent international climate report, we also see reason for optimism.

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