Dec 22, 2022 | Featured, Ngā Ara Whetū, Politics & Society
Madang, West Papua. Photo by Jonathan E. Shaw, Flickr (CC BY_NC 2.0) By Ben Wray OPINION: Independence activists want to combine the best parts of liberal democracy with indigenous traditions. Due to the strength of their diverse indigenous...
Nov 29, 2022 | Business & Economics, Ngā Ara Whetū, Politics & Society
“Traffic Jam. New Zealand style.” by Bernard Spragg is marked with CC0 1.0 Last month, New Zealand was recognised internationally for being the first country planning to charge farmers for agricultural emissions. Meanwhile New Zealand’s farmers...
Nov 17, 2022 | Business & Economics, Ngā Ara Whetū, Science & Technology
Photo by Gulfside Mike on Unsplash One of the biggest challenges facing Aotearoa New Zealand’s environmental response are its farms. Addressing agriculture is central to reducing New Zealand’s unique emissions profile and combatting the impacts of climate change. New...
Nov 10, 2022 | Ngā Ara Whetū, Politics & Society
An aerial view of Pakistani flood survivors isolated on a road surrounded by water. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jason Bushong – https://www.dvidshub.net/image/319323 Lisa Vanhala, UCL Payments from high-emitting countries to mitigate the harm that climate...
Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, Politics & Society, Science & Technology
By Kathryn Bowen & Belle Workman The latest UN climate report finds that in the absence of ambitious action on climate change, the worst is yet to come for human populations. As catastrophic flooding devastates parts of Queensland and northern New South Wales,...
Feb 22, 2022 | Science & Technology
By Huw Joseph Horgan & Craig Stevens Exploring Antarctica’s hidden under-ice rivers and their role in future sea-level rise. Underneath Antarctica’s vast ice sheets there’s a network of rivers and lakes. This is possible because of the insulating blanket of ice...
Feb 21, 2022 | Science & Technology
By Giovanni Circella & Scott Hardman Driverless cars won’t be good for the environment if they lead to more auto use. For years, self-driving car technology has remained tantalizingly just beyond the horizon. Bold predictions notwithstanding, fully automated...
Feb 21, 2022 | Science & Technology
By Anne Salmond It’s time for Labour and the Greens to rescue their climate consciences and stop plans to plant vast, environmentally risky pine forests as a way of offsetting our greenhouse gas emissions. In New Zealand, we have a Labour-Green government at...
Feb 15, 2022 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
In this two-part special episode of the Scholars’ Circle, Doug Becker explores the history of public land in the United States. Over 600 million acres of land is collectively owned by the American people. What is the history of public lands and how is the...
Feb 14, 2022 | Politics & Society
By Kevin Trenberth Climate change is a global problem requiring a global solution, but individual nations like New Zealand can play a role and must do so, writes Kevin Trenberth. The climate is changing and human activities are the cause: this is confirmed in the...