EY, in collaboration with Newsroom, have created a podcast series called Net Zero: The road to 2050. The six episode series covers topics including: Access it here.
New UN Climate Reports Released: What they mean for a Net-Zero future
Two new reports have been released by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in advance of COP27 Sharm El-Sheikh that starts in a week’s time. The “2022 NDC Synthesis Report” assesses the various pledges – otherwise known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)- countries have made under the Paris Agreement to reduce their emissions. These NDCs have been […]
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Growing the Net-Zero future
Dr Simon McMillan is a qualified geologist and teacher. His teaching intertwines the environment and learning; for which he has won numerous awards. He founded Kaikorai Valley College’s Urban Farm in 2013, and for eight years developed both the Urban Farm and its learning activities. As an earth scientist, Simon has long been aware of how the climate has changed […]
Net-Zero New Zealanders
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Advocating for a Safe Climate Future
Phoebe Nikolaou and Rilke (Ri) Comer are co-founders of Students for Climate Solutions- a Wellington based voluntary organisation that delivers innovative strategies to mitigate climate change and achieve climate justice. As young people, climate change is an ever-present factor in their lives, but it was later in life where they realised the role they could play in addressing it. Speaking […]
Net-Zero New Zealanders
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Building Aotearoa’s Net-Zero Future
Robert Lyall is the programme director of decarbonisation at WSP – New Zealand’s leading engineering consultancy. Last year, WSP announced a major new initiative to fight climate change: halving the carbon footprint of their infrastructure designs and advice provided to their clients by 2030. They are implementing this alongside their sustainability (operational) target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 50% by […]
Net-Zero New Zealanders
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Funding Our Net-Zero Future
Linn Araboglos is the Chief Executive Officer at Wellington Community Fund and is chair of the Community Trusts of Aotearoa / New Zealand’s Climate Change Working Group, which established the Funders Commitment on Climate Action in 2021. Linn views “climate action as community action”. Prior to joining the world of philanthropy, Linn had a background in social development. A common […]
Net-Zero New Zealanders
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Making Hard to Recycle Plastics History
Did you know this week New Zealand took a step forward in its planned phase out of plastics? Check out the range of products this applies to below. The first phase was getting rid of plastic bags at stores like supermarkets that occured on 1 July 2019. These simple changes, with workable alternatives at the ready, illustrate how quickly we […]
Net-Zero News
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Launch of the Net-Zero New Zealand Survey
From now until October 31st we are seeking a wide variety of views from New Zealanders on Net-Zero through the first Net-Zero New Zealand Survey. This survey will be used to understand New Zealanders’ thoughts on Net-Zero, both now and in the future and will help inform future education and innovation resources for a Net-Zero New Zealand. You do not […]
Net-Zero Survey
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