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The place for NZ oriented news releases on climate change and related energy policy.
Attenborough: Climate is changing
Naturalist Sir David Attenborough has said climate change is the biggest challenge facing the world.
The veteran broadcaster said scientific data clearly showed that human-induced climate change was now beyond doubt.
Sir David, 80, added that everyone had a responsibility to change their behaviour, including being less wasteful and more energy efficient. "
Naturalist Sir David Attenborough has said climate change is the biggest challenge facing the world.
The veteran broadcaster said scientific data clearly showed that human-induced climate change was now beyond doubt.
Sir David, 80, added that everyone had a responsibility to change their behaviour, including being less wasteful and more energy efficient. "
Australia to steer new round of climate talks
AUSTRALIA will steer a new round of global talks between 189 nations to build a post-Kyoto plan for climate change.
Australia will co-chair the talks to consider a global carbon-trading market to accelerate investment in clean energy technologies and explore ways to encourage developing nations to reduce greenhouse emissions.
Although Australia is not a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol, it won the support of pro-Kyoto nations in Bonn this week to forge a different path towards reducing greenhouse gases beyond 2012 - when the first commitment phase of the Kyoto Protocol ends.
The chairman's role is recognition of Australia's growing influence after its success in bringing the US, the world's largest emitter, back to the table for new talks under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. "
AUSTRALIA will steer a new round of global talks between 189 nations to build a post-Kyoto plan for climate change.
Australia will co-chair the talks to consider a global carbon-trading market to accelerate investment in clean energy technologies and explore ways to encourage developing nations to reduce greenhouse emissions.
Although Australia is not a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol, it won the support of pro-Kyoto nations in Bonn this week to forge a different path towards reducing greenhouse gases beyond 2012 - when the first commitment phase of the Kyoto Protocol ends.
The chairman's role is recognition of Australia's growing influence after its success in bringing the US, the world's largest emitter, back to the table for new talks under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. "
Coral reef reveals history of fickle weather in the central Pacific
Close examination of coral reef reveals that when the rest of the world was experiencing warm weather, the Pacific was cold. And during a period of cold weather elsewhere in the world, the Pacific was warm and stormy
For more than five decades, archaeologists, geographers, and other researchers studying the Pacific Islands have used a model of late Holocene climate change based largely on other regions of the world. However, in a new study from the June issue of Current Anthropology, Melinda Allen (University of Auckland, New Zealand) uses evidence from the long-lived Pacific corals to suggest that the climate in the Pacific diverged from the rest of the world during two major climate periods: the 'Little Ice Age' and the 'Medieval Warm Period.'
'These findings have relevance for both ancient and modern Pacific peoples,' explains Allen. 'Climate change, accelerated sea rise, and deterioration of coral reefs, along with their associated social and environmental costs, are among the most pressing concerns of Pacific Island nations today.' "
Close examination of coral reef reveals that when the rest of the world was experiencing warm weather, the Pacific was cold. And during a period of cold weather elsewhere in the world, the Pacific was warm and stormy
For more than five decades, archaeologists, geographers, and other researchers studying the Pacific Islands have used a model of late Holocene climate change based largely on other regions of the world. However, in a new study from the June issue of Current Anthropology, Melinda Allen (University of Auckland, New Zealand) uses evidence from the long-lived Pacific corals to suggest that the climate in the Pacific diverged from the rest of the world during two major climate periods: the 'Little Ice Age' and the 'Medieval Warm Period.'
'These findings have relevance for both ancient and modern Pacific peoples,' explains Allen. 'Climate change, accelerated sea rise, and deterioration of coral reefs, along with their associated social and environmental costs, are among the most pressing concerns of Pacific Island nations today.' "
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'Clear' human impact on climate
A scientific report commissioned by the US government has concluded there is 'clear evidence' of climate change caused by human activities.
The report, from the federal Climate Change Science Program, said trends seen over the last 50 years 'cannot be explained by natural processes alone'.
It found that temperatures have increased in the lower atmosphere as well as at the Earth's surface.
However, scientists involved in the report say better data is badly needed. "
A scientific report commissioned by the US government has concluded there is 'clear evidence' of climate change caused by human activities.
The report, from the federal Climate Change Science Program, said trends seen over the last 50 years 'cannot be explained by natural processes alone'.
It found that temperatures have increased in the lower atmosphere as well as at the Earth's surface.
However, scientists involved in the report say better data is badly needed. "
Image - Antarctic Temperature Trend 1982-2004
From NASA Earth Observatory
From NASA Earth Observatory
David Parker returns to Cabinet
Prime Minister Helen Clark today announced that David Parker is returning to Cabinet following his election by the Labour Caucus this morning.
David Parker resumes his former responsibilities as Minister of Energy and Minister Responsible for Climate Change issues. "
Prime Minister Helen Clark today announced that David Parker is returning to Cabinet following his election by the Labour Caucus this morning.
David Parker resumes his former responsibilities as Minister of Energy and Minister Responsible for Climate Change issues. "
David Parker returns to Cabinet
Prime Minister Helen Clark today announced that David Parker is returning to Cabinet following his election by the Labour Caucus this morning.
David Parker resumes his former responsibilities as Minister of Energy and Minister Responsible for Climate Change issues. "
Prime Minister Helen Clark today announced that David Parker is returning to Cabinet following his election by the Labour Caucus this morning.
David Parker resumes his former responsibilities as Minister of Energy and Minister Responsible for Climate Change issues. "
Scrap dealer escapes court order closure
A South Auckland scrap dealing business with a history of polluting waterways and flouting the law has been granted a last-minute stay of execution.
Police and Auckland Regional Council employees disabled a weighbridge and seized equipment from Otara-based Cash for Scrap about 9am yesterday.
They had obtained a court order allowing them to do so under the Resource Management Act.
Conway was sentenced to three months' jail in 2004 after being found guilty of nine breaches of the Resource Management Act, relating to contamination and failing to comply with enforcement and abatement notices.
Mr Carter said that Conway had been sentenced to a further jail term for flouting court orders, but was appealing that matter.
It followed a 2001 incident when up to three tonnes of used engine oil seeped from the Cash for Scrap yard into a stream feeding the Tamaki Estuary.
Conway ordered a contractor to puncture fourteen 200-litre drums containing the oil on the banks of the stream. Battery acid was present in puddles in the yard, and oil was found in stormwater drains.
A South Auckland scrap dealing business with a history of polluting waterways and flouting the law has been granted a last-minute stay of execution.
Police and Auckland Regional Council employees disabled a weighbridge and seized equipment from Otara-based Cash for Scrap about 9am yesterday.
They had obtained a court order allowing them to do so under the Resource Management Act.
Conway was sentenced to three months' jail in 2004 after being found guilty of nine breaches of the Resource Management Act, relating to contamination and failing to comply with enforcement and abatement notices.
Mr Carter said that Conway had been sentenced to a further jail term for flouting court orders, but was appealing that matter.
It followed a 2001 incident when up to three tonnes of used engine oil seeped from the Cash for Scrap yard into a stream feeding the Tamaki Estuary.
Conway ordered a contractor to puncture fourteen 200-litre drums containing the oil on the banks of the stream. Battery acid was present in puddles in the yard, and oil was found in stormwater drains.
