The government’s recent package of changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) hasn’t impressed New Zealand’s leading scientists. Continue →

Extreme El Niño events are likely to become twice as common even if global warming is kept to only 1.5C. Continue →

The government is making several changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to “ensure it puts New Zealand in the best possible position” to achieve its ambitious 2030 emissions reduction target. Continue →

Two new studies reveal that Auckland’s volcanic past was temperamental, with at one stage several large eruptions happening within 4,000 years, contrasted with thousands of years or more of silence. Continue →

Transitioning to a waste disposal levy escalator process over a seven-year period could increase New Zealand’s recycling rate from 28 per cent to 60 per cent, according to a report by environmental consultancy Eunomia. Continue →

New research from Victoria University of Wellington has provided in-depth information about how the Earth’s mantle deep beneath the central North Island is melting. Continue →

A new standard for the ‘circular economy’ has been launched by BSI – BS 8001: 2017: Framework for implementing the principles of the circular economy in organizations – guide The British business standards company explains that the ‘circular economy’ is a concept which challenges organisations to re-think how their resources are managed to create financial, environmental and social benefits. Continue →

New Zealand needs to prepare for more incursions of pests, diseases and weeds that are being driven by our rapidly transforming world, scientists have cautioned in a recent study. Continue →