Why tech companies must address emissions caused by streaming and scrolling
Aug 29, 2022 06:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Technology companies have been having a difficult year. The increased cost of living is turning people away from streaming, cryptocurrencies are faltering, Amazon has raised its prime membership costs, as has Twitter for...
In a climate crisis, how do we treat businesses that profit from carbon pollution?
Aug 24, 2022 11:06 am UTC| Insights & Views
Introducing the New Zealand governments first Emissions Reduction Plan in June, climate change minister James Shaw observed: The climate crisis is no longer something happening elsewhere, to someone else, in the...
No, not again! A third straight La Niña is likely – here’s how you and your family can prepare
Aug 21, 2022 17:32 pm UTC| Nature
Hearts sank along the Australian east coast this week when the Bureau of Meteorology announced a third consecutive La Niña was likely this year. La Niña weather events typically deliver above-average rainfall...
Aug 21, 2022 17:17 pm UTC| Economy Law
The new Inflation Reduction Act is stuffed with subsidies for everything from electric vehicles to heat pumps, and incentives for just about every form of clean energy. But pouring money into technology is just one step...
How to talk about climate change: Highlight harms — not benefits — to alter behaviour
Jul 13, 2022 14:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Climate change is slowly, but drastically, influencing how we live, work and play. Governments, as well as for-profit and non-profit organizations, are now seeking ways to limit the effects of human actions on the planet....
China, Russia and climate change: why Australia's place at the NATO Summit was so important
Jul 04, 2022 16:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese admitted at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Public Forum that some Australians may not understand why hes at a NATO meeting in Spain. But that since COVID and the invasion of...
A new farming proposal to reduce carbon emissions involves a lot of trust – and a lot of uncertainty
Jun 21, 2022 22:51 pm UTC| Science
After decades of avoiding inclusion in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), New Zealands primary production sector has begrudgingly acknowledged that reducing on-farm emissions of greenhouse gases is an...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight