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Climate change is already destroying lives in the Pacific
As the rest of the world largely ignores the gradual onset of climate, for the people of the Pacific their lives are already being drastically affected. Former President of Kiribati Anote Tong says we must act together to help his people survive climate change.
Climate change is happening – but don’t bother trying to convince a denier
Global warming is a fact, it’s caused by humans, and it’s going to change our world. Oh, and one more truth: you may never be able to convince your libertarian, climate change-denying uncle otherwise. Dave Hansford explores the psychology of denial.
If an insect goes extinct in the forest, and nobody records it...
New Zealand has a long history of introducing foreign insect predators to control crop pests and weeds. How risky is that? Thanks to a lack of long-term monitoring of our native insect populations, nobody really knows, explains the University of Auckland's Margaret Stanley.
Our inconvenient truth: New Zealand’s climate change shame
Generation Zero’s Paul Young looks at the data and finds New Zealand at the back of the pack for emissions reductions.
An interview with the climate change-obsessed CEO of NZ’s biggest petrol company
Z Energy is the largest retailer of petrol in New Zealand, yet is paying to promote Al Gore’s climate change movie An Inconvenient Sequel. Duncan Greive meets Z CEO Mike Bennetts and asks what’s up with that.
The ETS is ready to reduce New Zealand’s emissions
So far our ETS has been deemed largely ineffectual by low-integrity overseas credits and low emission prices. Catherine Leining believes recent global and local changes mean the ETS can do its job - if we are ready to get serious about reducing New Zealand’s own emissions.
Covering climate change: journalism’s biggest and most difficult story, ever
Climate change is the defining challenge of our times. The Spinoff is devoting a week of coverage to the issue, its advocates, complexities, and solutions. Today, five journalists discuss the complexities and importance of covering climate change.
‘We only have one planet’: Dr Jan Wright on saving the one thing we all have in common
Climate change is the defining challenge of our times. The Spinoff is devoting a week of coverage to the issue, its advocates, complexities, and solutions. Climate Change Week at The Spinoff is brought to you by Al Gore's An Inconvenient Sequel. Today Don Rowe talks to departing Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright.
The inconvenient reality of being Al Gore
Al Gore has a new movie and, says Simon Wilson, it's not entirely what you might expect.
Allowing seabed mining in New Zealand is a decision you need to be a part of
This week massive seabed mining was approved in off the Taranaki coast. Former environmental lawyer Dale Scott believes the potentially flawed application of the law will have significant consequences for all of New Zealand.
