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The Climate Emergency
To all local authorities and the New Zealand Parliament – WHY YOU MUST DECLARE A CLIMATE AND...
Read MorePress release: A 1.5degreeC warming pathway means coal has to go
Coal Action Network Aotearoa today welcomed the Government’s proposed climate change bill that recognises the need for the world to keep warming to 1.5degC, warning that this means coal has to go. “Coal is the dirtiest of the...
Read MoreTime to abandon coal
The NZ coal industry is meeting in Dunedin next month. Rosemary Penwarden, CANA member and Otago resident, has a message for them…
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Mike Joy, on the biophysical limits to growth
Dr. Mike Joy, a freshwater ecologist and science communicator, is one of NZ’s foremost...
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Musings from Milford
by Melanie Vautier “The Finest Walk in the World,” they call it. The famous reputation was...
Read MoreProcess 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)....
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