Read what the world's best writers are saying about climate change.
According to research conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), ice shelves in the southern section of the Antarctic Peninsula are retreating due to climate change. A press release issued early this week stated that every ice front in the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula has been retreating ... keep reading
Written by Kate R. last month, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Water, Weather
Toyota have launched a new hybrid vehicle this month. The Hybrid Camry is Toyota's first mid-size sedan to incorporate Hybrid Synergy Drive (HSD) technology and the company is optimistic that sales in NZ will soar. Chief Executive Alistair Davis said "This is an exciting time for Toyota in New ... keep reading
Written by Kate R. last month, about Children and Families, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Design, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Events, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Transport
I was recently lucky enough to Wally Broecker and Klaus Lackner, arguably two of the most important men on the planet as part of the research for my book ‘An Optimist’s Tour of the Future’. Wally, a “towering scientist”, has played a crucial role in alerting us to, and ... keep reading
Written by Mark Stevenson in December 2009, about Carbon Sequestration, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Emissions, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government
The World Research Institute (WRI) released an interactive Web application yesterday at the COP15 conference. The application allows for easy analysis of a country's emission reduction pledge and all of the latest developed nation pledges have since been fed into the new application by the WRI. Rob Bradley, International ... keep reading
Written by Kate R. in December 2009, about Climate Change, Computing, Design, Education, Emissions, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Politics & Government
Check out this Haka performed last week as a challenge to world leaders to seal a fair, ambitious and binding climate change deal at the UN climate change conference. The haka was led by world-renowned kapa haka group Te Puru o Tamaki and involved the entire audience of the 'PLANET ... keep reading
Written by Kate R. in December 2009, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Art & Culture, Children and Families, Climate Change, Education, Emissions, Events, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government
In the wake of news that multi-year ice covering the Arctic Ocean is, for all practical purposes, gone, the U.S. Navy has launched an assessment aimed at strengthening the nation’s position in terms of Arctic oil reserves. Vanishing Arctic Ocean ice, reliably documented by David Barber, Canada's ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts in December 2009, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Emissions, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Health, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Pollution, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water, Weather
A recent event sponsored by the British High Commission on climate change and low-carbon business drew out into the open a serious issue. As many are aware, should the temperature rise as much as 4 degrees Celsius (or about 7 degrees Fahrenheit) due to climate change, some serious problems for ... keep reading
Written by Chris Tobias in November 2009, about Air Quality, Carbon Trading, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Consumerism, Economics, Education, Emissions, Energy Saving, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government
I seem to be unfashionable. I am not following the trend that many governments are taking to manage their climate emissions. I am also calling for better support for New Zealand farmers in climate change discussions. In the lead up to the global climate change negotiations in Copenhagen next month ... keep reading
Written by Nick Potter in November 2009, about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Emissions
Al Gore hasn’t been resting on his laurels since An Inconvenient Truth. His substantial new book Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis has grown out of the more than 30 lengthy and intensive “Solution Summits” he has organised to enable leading experts from round the world ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker in November 2009, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Air Quality, Celebrities, Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Design, Economics, Education, Emissions, Environmental Disasters, Events, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government
Although comedian Stephen Colbert later quipped that there was no "Al-Gore-rhythm", Jon Stewart's interview with Al Gore makes for interesting watching. Although Jon Stewart (and his team of genius writers) can be spectacularly incisive while being generally hilarious, he's never been very good at global warming—even prompting ... keep reading
Written by Annabel Mcaleer in November 2009, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Emissions, Environmental Disasters, Events, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government
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