The Climate Commission is seeking feedback on three topics relating to emissions reductions. You can access them here. I requested a list of the questions as typically, when entered into an online feedback form it is difficult to save a draft or share your thinking with others. The questions for the three consultations are here. … Continue reading Submissions to the 2024 Review of Aotearoa New Zealand’s 2050 emissions reduction target
Te Piha Niha of NGEN Room is leading a taiao (environment) hackathon with the support of the Northland Regional Council and Climate Action Tai Tokerau. The hackathon will bring together people with diverse skills and backgrounds to generate solutions to address environmental issues. This might include environmentalists, developers, creatives, hapū, entrepreneurs, business, local government, or perhaps you! So what … Continue reading Advance notice – Taiao Hackathon
The new coalition government has moved to undo some good climate policy and take Aotearoa back to the past. These policy moves are: Scrapping the Clean Car Discount Raising speed limits Stopping cycling and walking infrastructure developments Removing or reducing environmental protections Winding back progress on policy diversity (mātauranga Māori). These policies will hamper our … Continue reading Climate change and the great lurch backwards
School Strike for Climate is back! I will never forget, back in 2019 watching a horde of young people marching down Bank Street in Whangārei heading for the town Basin. I was thrilled that youth here were using their voice to demand effective climate action. Then the pandemic came along killing that momentum. This year, … Continue reading School Strike for Climate (SS4C)
Howard Dryden of GOES has an important message that is both chilling and provides reason for some optimism. It is about the sea surface microlayer (SML). This is a thin "skin" of 1 to 1000 microns on the ocean's surface. The SML is populated by plankton, diatoms, and other micro-organisms and a complex mixture of … Continue reading Ocean health is a key to healing the climate