anthropogenic climate change Archives

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 October 202516 October 2025

The Government has laid out its long-term approach to prepare New Zealand for the changing climate ahead. The just-released National […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 25 September 2025

We’re edging closer to exceeding 1.5°C of warming globally, and scientists will soon gather to understand the implications of missing […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 10 September 202512 September 2025

Five well-publicised geoengineering proposals to reduce the impact of climate change in the polar regions are “extremely unlikely” to work, and […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 31 July 202508 August 2025

The 2018 ban on offshore oil and gas exploration is facing a repeal, with part of the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 19 March 202520 March 2025

Antarctic sea ice levels have been at record lows for the last three years, a global report shows. The World Meteorological […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 28 February 202517 September 2025

The government recently announced decisions on a new framework to incentivise carbon capture, utilisation, and storage by New Zealand companies. […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 31 January 202531 January 2025

The government has announced a national target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 51-55% below 2005 levels by 2035. This new […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 30 January 2025

New Zealand’s national contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions is due to be announced today. Participating nations are due to […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 11 August 202017 August 2020

The Science Media Centre put questions on key science-related issues to the political parties ahead of the General Election scheduled […]

In the News | Published: 11 May 2010

225 members of the US National Academy of Sciences have written an open letter to the UK’s Guardian newspaper defending […]