As world leaders meet for the COP30 climate summit, NZ is about to weaken the main purpose of its zero-carbon law – to ensure accountability in the long term.
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The health benefits of shifting to a low-carbon transport system could be greater than those achieved by anti-smoking policies, according to a major new study released today.
As the climate crisis intensifies, New Zealand businesses of all kinds must face tougher scrutiny over their commitment to reducing carbon emissions.
The New Zealand government has set the goal of net zero by 2050 but to get there, New Zealanders will need to let go of our big cars and embrace smaller options.
Our experts weigh up the winners and losers in a budget that had to balance an immediate cost-of-living crisis with long-term ambitions for health and climate change.
The budget will reveal some extra spending, but the Emissions Reduction Plan still treats climate change as merely a scientific, technical problem – when it has been a political problem all along.
Tackling climate change is a budget priority, but will we see the major investment in cycling infrastructure and public transport that is one obvious solution?
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PhD Candidate in Climate Change, Auckland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor of Economics, University of Waikato
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Director of the Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Lecturer in Economics and Director, Business Taught Masters Programme, University of Canterbury
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Research Fellow, Auckland University of Technology
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago
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Professor, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Associate Professor in Public Health, University of Otago
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of Politics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University