The Climate Change Commission has published their first draft advice on what Aotearoa New Zealand needs to do to meet the scale of the climate crisis, and meet our obligations as a signatory of the Paris Climate Agreement. Public consultation on the draft advice runs from February 1 until March...
The United Nations Decade on Biodiversity gives way to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. This aims to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide. Restoration is a monumental task. Over the next ten years, every action counts. Every single day. Every country, company, organization, and individual has...
The digital version of Auckland’s Climate Plan (Te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri) is online. CTA was one of the submitters to this plan and our submission is here. The launch of the digital plan was marked by a climate action focussed Auckland Conversation: So, Auckland has a climate plan… now what? A recording...
Kevin Hague, the Chief Executive of Forest & Bird, one of the groups that CTA supports, gives a 11/4-minute video message. Image: F&B
Climate change is now the biggest threat to natural World Heritage, according to a report published earlier in December by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). A third (33%) of natural World Heritage sites are threatened by climate change, including the world’s largest coral reef, the Great Barrier...
The Climate Change Commission will be inviting submissions on its draft advice to government between Monday 1 February and midnight Sunday 16 March 2021. Ahead of the release of the draft advice, the commission wants to share as much of its thinking as it can, as early as it can....
New Directions for Resource Management in New Zealand is the most significant, broad ranging and inclusive review to take place within the system since the Resource Management Act came into force in 1991. The reform of the resource management system addresses significant pressures on both the natural and built environments....
When commercial fishing boats are out at sea, what they pull up from the ocean goes largely unchecked. The number of fish reported caught, or any dolphins, penguins and seabirds encountered, is based on what the industry reports. Commercial fishing has been plundering the seas, dumping fish and killing native...
Forest & Bird asked five major political parties for their ideas about New Zealand’s key environmental issues. Which party will do the most to ensure we protect our native animals, our conservation land, and our oceans? Read their responses. Photo: F&B
Confronting Carbon Inequality shows that the richest 10% of the world’s population have been responsible for more than half of the carbon added to the atmosphere since 1990. The richest 1% have caused twice as much carbon pollution as the poorest half of humanity. Carbon emissions of the richest 1 per...