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COP26: Who will pay for climate change devastation?
11 Nov 2021Analysis - Getting agreement on who will pay for the devastation climate change will bring is a major issue at the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow.
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World headed for 2.4C warming despite climate summit - report
Despite pledges made at the climate summit COP26, the world is still nowhere near its goals on limiting global temperature rise, a new analysis shows.
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Sound lures stoat to its death on Motutapu Island
10 Nov 2021A male stoat has been killed on Motutapu Island after being lured to a trap with a new approach - recordings of baby stoats and female stoat-scented bedding. There has...
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COP26: Obama chides China and Russia, urges support for poorer nations
Former US President Barack Obama has called for rich nations to end years of deadlock with developing countries over cash for climate change, and criticised China and Russia.
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COP26: Article Six talks might finally get over the line
9 Nov 2021Negotiators are working frantically at the COP26 climate summit to get an agreement on international carbon markets which has failed time and again.
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What's the difference between 1.5C and 2C of global warming?
Explainer - The 2015 Paris Agreement commits to limiting global warming to well below 2C, while world leaders at the UN climate summit are stressing a 1.5C limit. Scientists explain the different…
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Initial study on Tiwai Pt smelter closure expected this year
7 Nov 2021Rio Tinto is believed to undertake remediation by early 2024, when its final closure study will be delivered.
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Diwali leaves Delhi wheezing in dangerously unhealthy air
5 Nov 2021The morning after Diwali, New Delhi residents woke up under a blanket of toxic smog and breathed in the most dangerously polluted air of the year so far.
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Tree vandalism on the rise in Auckland
4 Nov 2021Auckland Council has reported an increase in vandalism to trees and vegetation on council land during the latest lockdown period.
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COP26: No extra methane cuts for NZ despite global reduction pledge
New Zealand has no plans to require new cuts in methane emissions despite signing up to an international agreement to drastically slash output.
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Electrifying transport: why New Zealand can’t rely on battery-powered cars alone
1 Nov 2021Opinion - The transport sector accounts for 47 percent of New Zealand's carbon dioxide emissions. It will be a focus for decarbonisation to meet the country's new climate pledge to cut emissions by…
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Pasifika climate activist's message to COP: 'We are not drowning, we are fighting'
2 Nov 2021A New Zealand Pasifika climate activist has told the UN climate meeting that young Pacific people are not victims of climate change but beacons of hope.
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COP26: Modi says India targets net zero emissions by 2070
India's prime minister used the COP26 climate talks to announce 2070 as the target for his country to reach net zero carbon emissions, two decades beyond what scientists say is needed to avert…
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COP26: The main issues and what role New Zealand plays
1 Nov 2021Explainer - More than 20,000 people have converged in Scotland for the massive UN climate meeting, which officially begins today. Hamish Cardwell examines the main issues, who will be there and how…
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'We are sheltering from the Covid storm, while a tsunami approaches'
31 Oct 2021An Otago woman is going barefoot for the duration of the United Nations climate conference as a sign of solidarity with those less protected from climate change.
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Congo to ban log exports to reduce pressure on its forests
29 Oct 2021The Congo Basin rainforest, 60 percent of which lies in Congo, sucks approximately 4 percent of global CO2 emissions out of the atmosphere annually, according to the Central African Forest Initiative.
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Climate change: Big Oil executives testify before US Congress
29 Oct 2021Executives from some of the world's biggest oil companies denied in US congressional testimony that they continue to misinform the public about the role of fossil fuels in climate change.
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'Maybe one day we'll be under water': Pabai and Paul fear they'll be Australia's first climate refugees
27 Oct 2021For Paul Kabai and Pabai Pabai, climate change is a daily reality creeping ever higher at their Torres Strait doorstep.
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'Urgent response' needed to mitigate climate risks to financial stability
26 Oct 2021The Reserve Bank has outlined its actions to alleviate and manage the economic risks associated with climate change.
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Climate change: Why Australia refuses to give up coal
23 Oct 2021In a world racing to reduce pollution, Australia is proportionately one of the dirtiest countries. It is a massive supplier of fossil fuels and burns coal for most of its electricity.
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Waste strategy lacks supply chain focus, advocate says
20 Oct 2021The government's ideas to reduce waste have been slated as a band-aid and a missed opportunity.
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Turning back the clock on our disappearing species
18 Oct 2021Imagine a world where kākāpō wander in our backyards. Sounds fanciful but if our catastrophic biodiversity loss can be halted and turned around soon, some dream it could happen.
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NZ replacing coal boilers with wood pellets but some say it slows carbon neutral progress
15 Oct 2021New Zealand has jumped in boots and all replacing high carbon emitting coal boilers with cleaner ones powered by wood pellets.
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NZ ranked 9th in net zero emission readiness index
15 Oct 2021New Zealand has cracked the top 10 in a new index looking at net zero emission readiness, but it is ranked below some of the most heavily industrialised countries in the world.
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