climate

NZ’s new targets to manage its methane emissions – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 13 October 202513 October 2025

The government will shrink its 2050 methane emissions targets to a lower range of reduction than what’s currently legislated, and it will not […]

NIWA’s annual climate summary for 2024 – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 08 January 2025

2024 was New Zealand’s 10th-warmest year on record, according to NIWA’s annual climate summary for 2024. Of New Zealand’s 10 […]

New insight into ancient Earth’s climate – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 09 February 202409 February 2024

University of Waikato researchers say they have rewritten the deep time history of Earth’s temperature record. The findings, published in […]

Indigenous knowledge and climate adaptation – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 01 March 202205 April 2022

A major report on climate adaptation calls for indigenous knowledge and science to be brought together to help secure a […]

How NZ can adapt to climate change, according to the IPCC – SMC Briefing

Expert Q&A | Published: 01 March 202204 March 2022

The second section of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s latest report outlines how we can adapt to climate […]

NIWA’s annual climate summary 2021 – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 11 January 202212 January 2022

2021 was New Zealand’s warmest year on record, according to NIWA’s annual climate summary for 2021. Aotearoa New Zealand is […]

What does COP26 hope to achieve? – Expert Briefing

Expert Q&A | Published: 28 October 2021

The UN climate change conference in Glasgow has four goals: setting ambitious emissions reductions targets, adapting to protect communities and ecosystems, mobilising climate […]

What would a dry winter mean for the country? – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 05 May 202105 May 2021

New Zealand may be heading into a dry winter following a month of near record-breaking dry patches across the country. […]

2019 NZ’s fourth warmest year on record – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 09 January 202010 January 2020

Last year was New Zealand’s fourth warmest year since recording began in 1909, according to the 2019 Niwa Annual Climate Summary. Annual temperatures […]

New fire in the Tasman region – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 27 February 201927 February 2019

A new bush fire has broken out near Nelson, as warm and extremely dry conditions persist in the region. Police […]

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