New Zealand

coastal flooding — After New Zealand – A Climate Change Update “I’m Paul Smith, a Fellow of the IET and a, one time, promoter of the real science behind Climate Change. I last did my last talk of a series over five years ago in New Zealand and much has happened since then […]

After New Zealand

26/04/2016 in Environment Videos tagged New Zealand by akina

Climate change weather - big changes are needed — The Government’s climate change policy has been a failure and will have to be rebuilt. There needs to be a fundamental change in the Emissions Trading Scheme, the subject this week of a damning report by the Gareth Morgan Foundation. But other changes are also needed. The Morgan report confirmed […]

Big Changes Needed in NZ Govt.’s Climate Change Plan

20/04/2016 in Climate News tagged New Zealand by akina

climate cheats — This report, produced by the Morgan Foundation, shows that New Zealand was by far the biggest buyer of fraudulent foreign carbon credits from the Ukraine. Now the Government is handing over these fraudulent credits to meet our international emissions reduction targets. Executive Summary The Government’s plan for meeting our Kyoto […]

Climate Cheats Report

18/04/2016 in Environment Downloads tagged Downloads / New Zealand by akina

glacial melt — Higher temperatures caused by climate change are melting two of New Zealand’s most famous glaciers. For a hundred years tourists have climbed the peaks from the valley floor, but the retreat of the ice has made it too treacherous to traverse. Associated Press – 16 March 2016

Melting Glaciers Concern for New Zealand Tourism

16/03/2016 in Environment Videos tagged New Zealand by akina

tornado — 2015 is officially the hottest year on record according to NASA, news which the executive director of Greenpeace NZ calls “disturbing” for an island nation like New Zealand. In the last couple of hours, climate experts from the space agency made the announcement about what they call “record-shattering” global temperatures […]

“Record Shattering” NASA Announcement indicates New Zealand faces Extreme Weather ...

21/01/2016 in Climate News tagged Extreme Weather / New Zealand by akina

The greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for the 2020s the Government intends to pledge has been rated inadequate by Climate Action Tracker, and as falling short of a fair share of the international effort required. If most other countries were to follow New Zealand’s approach, global warming would exceed 3 […]

New Zealand Climate Change Reduction Target ‘Inadequate’

13/07/2015 in Climate News tagged New Zealand by akina

Cow emitting methane - New Zealand's record not something to be proud of — New Zealanders have a lot of things to be proud of, but unfortunately our climate change policy is not one of them. I’m here at the UN climate conference in Lima, Peru, where New Zealand is coming under serious criticism for our weak commitments and weaker results. On Tuesday I […]

New Zealand’s Record not something to be Proud of

10/12/2014 in Climate News tagged New Zealand by akina