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Process Heat In New Zealand: CANA Submission Guide
The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Agency (EECA) and MBIE are calling for submissions on their paper Process Heat in New Zealand: Opportunities and barriers to lowering emissions. We’d love you to make a submission, because...
Read MoreCarbon Pricing: Lessons from the Gilets Jaunes
Carbon Pricing: Lessons from the Gilets Jaunes By Jeanette Fitzsimons A price on carbon has been a key demand of serious climate action for three decades now, but efforts to impose such a price have largely failed. Fossil...
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Extinction Rebellion
Have you heard of Extinction Rebellion? In 8 weeks, this UK movement has spread to 27 countries. ...
Read MoreProblems at COP24 Climate Change conference
UN chief attempts to revive flagging climate change talks by Fiona Harvey, Ben Doherty and Jonathan Watts – The Guardian Dec 13 2018 – António Guterres returns to Katowice to urge China to intervene as world...
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News from the COP24 Climate Change conference in Poland
NZ slammed by Climate Action Tracker CANA’s Cindy Baxter, reporting from the COP24...
Read MoreCANA Newsletter, November 2018
Check out our November newsletter, which covers the Te Kuha decision, No Mining on Conservation Land, the IPCC 1.5 warning, Just Transitions, book reviews, and more!
Read MoreEDS Climate Change and Business Conference 2018
I attended this conference last week, on behalf of CANA. The speakers’ presentations are now up on the EDS site: The following are my notes on what was most significant in the sessions I attended (there were parallel sessions)....
Read MoreInvercargill Spring Eco Fest
Guest blogger, Southland Forest and Bird Chair Lori Johnston, reflects on the Invercargill Spring Eco Festival theme ‘Climate Change: You Make the Difference’ The future hasn’t been written yet, but I saw previews of it at the...
Read MoreNew climate report a wakeup call for all governments, including NZ
PRESS RELEASE The IPCC report on 1.5˚C should be a wake-up call for the government as it negotiates the Zero Carbon Act with the opposition, says Coal Action Network Aotearoa. The report, just released today, says C02 emissions...
Read MoreCall for Submissions on the Crown Minerals (Petroleum) Amendment Bill
Submit now, to make sure that the Government’s proposed oil and gas exploration ban becomes law. Submissions close on Thursday 11 October. Already know what you want to submit? Get started! The Government has just...
Read MoreIs this the week we lose the US climate battle?
By Rob Taylor By a 5-4 vote in 2007, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) said that greenhouse gas emissions should be regulated by the EPA under the Clean Air Act; this decision was the legal basis for Obama’s actions on climate....
Read MoreRise for Climate on Saturday 8 September
Updated 6/9/18 with Invercargill event details – see below. Mark your calendar – on Saturday 8 September find a Rise for Climate event in a city or town near you (or create one!). Real climate leadership rises from...
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