Australia’s approach to estimating bushfire emissions is credible and sophisticated. But it must be refined as technology improves and the climate changes.
Matthew Hall, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Consumer NZ’s case against Z Energy under the Fair Trading Act may be a sign of things to come. But new legislation would be a cleaner way to regulate fossil fuel advertising.
A UN meeting this week considered a motion on a suite of technologies known as ‘solar radiation modification’, but no consensus could be reached on the controversial topic.
Most homes and buildings in Canada must generate their own heat, often using carbon-intensive methods.
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Rising air temperatures mean shorter winters and earlier springs.
Comedian Chuck Nice and his daughter crack jokes in a video about a serious topic: climate change.
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A new study reveals that from 2050, Africa will suffer from food and water scarcity, and a massive loss of jobs in agriculture, unless climate change mitigation measures are put in place now.
Stickers don’t tell the whole story.
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A new UN report finds that the true global cost of producing food is $12.7 trillion more than consumers pay at the checkout counter. We pay those uncounted costs in other ways.
Many Australians probably thought the worst of the bushfire season was over. But climate change is bringing not just more frequent and severe fires, but longer fire seasons.
Extreme winds from thunderstorms have downed transmission towers from Victoria to Western Australia in recent years. What’s going on?
An aerial view of pools of brine that slowly evaporate, leaving behind lithium and other minerals, in the SQM mine in the San Pedro de Atacama desert, in northern Chile, on April 18, 2023.
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The temptation to justify critical minerals mining at all costs is a dangerous fallacy. The social and environmental impacts of poorly mined critical minerals are dire.
Different climate policies will work in different places, communities and contexts, so new research that highlights the nuances could be a vital tool.
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Insight from one of the largest experiments ever conducted in climate change psychology sheds light on how people could make more effective decisions about their lifestyle and also wider policies.
A man pulls his kids behind an electric bicycle near the pier in Huntington Beach, Calif.
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Many incentive programs promote e-bike use, but they aren’t necessarily targeting the right people for the right reasons.
Many have argued the energy industry needs to change to reduce carbon emissions, but one concern that remains is the consequence this will have on economic prosperity.
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Recent research about energy industry restructuring options for a green transition indicates that innovation in renewable energy positively influences GDP.
A farmer paddles to his fields on an artificial island among canals, part of an ancient Aztec system known as chinampas, in 2021.
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