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Damage to West Coast forest alone cost equivalent of 2018's domestic air travel emissions.
Climate change report: End petrol car imports by 2032
New report says petrol car imports would need to be wound down by 2032.
Opinion: Rod Carr's astonishingly big omission
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Budget 2021: Shaw responds to 'loose change' charges over climate spend
Govt accused of spending 'loose change' on climate but minister says Budget packs $2.3b.
Budget 2021: $344m for Antarctica's Scott Base redevelopment
$300m has been announced to accelerate investment in low-carbon technology.
Climate change: Sheep and beef profits could be halved by 2100
A new analysis has gauged how rising emissions could hit our farming sector this century.
Plague warning: Warm March raises odds of beech seeding and pest explosion
Warm summer could mean yet another pest-fuelling beech mast in parts of NZ, DOC says.
Govt grants $8m for 1000 water tanks for Far North
Iwi-led scheme will see tanks allocated to neediest families, facilities in Te Hiku area.
Brian Fallow: Climate change plan - emissions impossible for farmers?
Agriculture groups say Climate Change Commission too optimistic on potential for cuts.
Urban sprawl: How NZ's best vege-growing land is dramatically disappearing
Urban sprawl is eating NZ's best land for crops, hurting our ability to feed ourselves.
Paradise under pressure: report reveals toll of intensive dairying, urban sprawl
What has decades of intensive dairying and urban sprawl meant for NZ's best land?
Covering Climate Now: How do we shrink agriculture's climate footprint?
The Climate Change Commission has proposed a cut to livestock numbers. Is it inevitable?
Saving the planet: Should you eat less red meat to combat climate change?
If all of us moved to climate-friendly diets, what difference would it make to emissions?
Opinion: Fairly sharing the burden is necessary for climate success
OPINION: The ETS in its present form cannot achieve zero net emissions.
Fossil-fuel move: Coal boilers phased out by 2037
Phase-out starts with ban on new low to medium temperature coal boilers from 2022.
NZ imported more coal last year than in any year since 2006
The Govt is being challenged to spend more money on renewable energy
Brian Fallow: Cutting farm emissions - without cutting farm output
Fewer animals can produce same amount of product, says Climate Change Commission's plan.
Children barred from school bus by 1904 law
Parents are driving kids to school because of a 1904 law barring them from school buses.
Liam Dann: RMA rewrite looks like a special kind of hell
Everyone cheered the RMA's demise but will new laws be at the mercy of political conflict?
Tackling the housing crisis: Govt confirms it's scrapping outdated RMA
RMA to be replaced by three acts focused on environment, development and climate impacts.
Climate report: Renewable, but not quite clean
Climate report could pose awkward questions for New Zealand's newest power station.
Big Read: Five positive things we learned from major climate report
From decarbonising cars to managing methane, the new climate report offers many positives.
How wetlands can literally save lives
OPINION: Restoring New Zealand's wetlands should be part of our climate change response.
Climate change report: Ban on petrol-car imports by 2032, cut cow numbers
Govt told NZ must cut cow numbers and get most Kiwis in EVs to hit climate targets.
'Achievable and affordable': Ardern and Shaw react to emissions advice
Politicians react to the draft advice on how to meet emissions targets.
Fire danger running high amid oddball La Nina
Wildfire danger is high in places it wouldn't be under a typical La Nina climate system.
Analysis: Water becomes a commodity
A UN special rapporteur says water should not be treated as a traded commodity.
'Warm years are piling up' - 2020 was NZ's seventh hottest on record
Amid a pandemic NZ saw its seventh hottest year in 2020, carrying on a dire warming trend.
When China battles coal, coal loses
New York Times: China is forcing Australia to realise the coal era is coming to an end.
Plimmerton hopes to double infrastructure spending to reduce flood risk
Pipes made for one-in-30-year floods need to be future-proofed for climate change.
Mass die-off: Little blue penguins fall victim to weather changes
There are fears that warmer seas and other changes could spell disaster for the penguins.