Nov 7, 2023 | Featured, Science & Technology
Toby Walsh, UNSW Sydney Photo by Ales Nesetril on Unsplash Last Month US President Joe Biden released a wide ranging and ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence (AI) – catapulting the US to the front of conversations about regulating AI. In doing...
Oct 31, 2023 | Featured, Science & Technology
Words by Tyra Horngren, ClimateWorks Centre Photo by Karsten Würth on Unsplash Green hydrogen could be a fossil fuels replacement in some sectors if Australia takes the immediate steps to embrace it. In a world grappling with the complex problem of...
Jul 20, 2023 | Featured, Science & Technology
William Sheard is a PhD student at the University of Auckland and holds a scholarship from Ngā Ara Whetū. William’s research hopes to transform how we see e-waste and save billions of dollars of rare metals lost yearly. Some of the rarest and most expensive...
Jul 13, 2023 | Featured, Science & Technology
Biodegradable plastic could change the future of consumerism and its impact on climate change, thinks Dr. Heon Park, a Senior Lecturer in Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Canterbury. While acknowledging that petroleum-based plastic poses long-term...
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 16, 2022 | Business & Economics, Featured, Ngā Ara Whetū, Politics & Society, Science & Technology
New Zealand’s first wind turbine, built in Brooklyn, Wellington, in 1993. Wikimedia The Big Q is partnering with the University of Auckland’s Climate Systems Laboratory and Ngā Ara Whetū Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society. During this...