Climate change

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 Reactions | Published: 04 March 2025

As air temperatures get hotter with climate change, urban fires will get more common, with New Zealand seeing over 40% […]

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: 11 February 202512 February 2025

The US government is cutting or limiting rafts of funding for science and health research. Some of the executive actions from President […]

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 Reactions | Published: 10 January 202517 September 2025

Switching up our building materials could store more than 16 billion tonnes of CO2 annually, according to a new study […]

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 […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 18 December 2024

‘Siloed thinking’ is holding back solutions to biodiversity, human health, climate change, water, and food security, according to a new […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 06 December 202405 June 2025

New Zealand species are among the most vulnerable to extinction in a warming world, according to a global analysis of 30 years […]