Tag: Climate Action

ANALYSIS: By Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury This decade is the critical moment for making deep, rapid cuts to emissions, and acting to protect people...

Australian climate emergency protester Deanna “Violet” Coco last week won her appeal ato the delight of supporters. A 15-month jail sentence imposed on her...

RNZ News New Zealand's Green Party has told other parties to come to the table with faster, bolder climate action if they want their support...

RNZ News Thousands of people turned up for climate strikes across Aotearoa New Zealand today -- and briefly staged a sit-in at Christchurch City Council. School...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital and social media journalist The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is now "a family...

By Red Tsounga Another house done, and onto the next . . . Volunteers working in Mount Albert community over the past few days helping...

By Nick Young of Greenpeace My family and I are lucky to have come through it unscathed, but my neighbourhood in Titirangi has been ravaged. Many...

Asia Pacific Report Greenpeace claimed today claimed New Zealand's extreme rain and flooding crisis in the North Island at the weekend as a "climate disaster". "As...

ANALYSIS: By Merewalesi Yee, The University of Queensland; Annah Piggott-McKellar, Queensland University of Technology; Celia McMichael, The University of Melbourne, and Karen E McNamara,...

RNZ News A climate activist furious with the Aotearoa New Zealand government's watering down of the proposed emissions pricing scheme says he hopes for stronger...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon in Sydney NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is pleased that a Sydney magistrate jailed protester Deanna "Violet" Coco on Friday. But...

ANALYSIS: By Matt McDonald, The University of Queensland For 30 years, developing nations have fought to establish an international fund to pay for the “loss...

By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist After two weeks of negotiations at the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference (COP27) talks at an Egyptian resort, it...

ANALYSIS: By Nick Kelly, Queensland University of Technology and Marcus Foth, Queensland University of Technology The Pacific nation of Tuvalu is planning to create a...

ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato Since Jacinda Ardern described the state of world affairs as “bloody messy” earlier this year there have been...

By Akansha Narayan in Suva Award-winning University of the South Pacific student journalist Sera Tikotikoivatu-Sefeti says Pacific voices on the climate fight need to be...

RNZ Pacific Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele says the country joined an agreement with the United States only after changes to wording relating to...

ANALYSIS: By Russel Norman, executive director of Greenpeace Aotearoa Only people power can ensure genuine enduring progress on climate and people need to know the...

By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News climate reporter For the first time Aotearoa New Zealand has a long-term strategy to deal with the effects of climate...

By Giles Dexter, RNZ News political reporter New Zealand will provide $15 million to support Samoa with its climate change priorities. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made...

RNZ News Critics of New Zealand's new $4.5 billion global warming plan to help New Zealanders into electric vehicles and hybrids say a significant cheque...

By John Lewis of the Otago Daily Times Aotearoa New Zealand's new NZ SeaRise website, designed to show how the country's coastline will be affected...