Black Fridays: consumers searching harder for bargains
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Te Whanganui -a-Tara – This year there are specific challenges to the traditional festive gift-buying season.
Despite inflation and shortages, Black Friday sales are...
Solar now the second-fastest growing renewable technology
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Ōtautahi – Solar power generation grew 22 percent in 2019 and is now the cheapest source of electricity in history, according to the...
NZ not responding fast enough to digital tech
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Tāmaki Makaurau – The just released international report on digital competitiveness, Digital Riser Report 2021, finds New Zealand’s digital competitiveness has reduced 70...
Young people have more faith in algorithms than politicians
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Geneva – Young people hold more faith in governance by robots than humans and view corruption, climate change and stale political leadership as...
Climate changes increasing across Aotearoa – IPCC report
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Otautahi – New Zealand has warmed up by 1.1cdeg and annual temperature changes have emerged above natural variability over the country in the...
How to reduce plastic waste entering the ocean
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Ōtepoti – Almost half the annual plastic ocean waste can be prevented by reusing just 10 percent of our plastic, a new study...
36 global cities to consider equity, security, and sustainability
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Te Whanganui-a-Tara – A new report provides insights into tech use among cities including potential implications for equity, security, privacy and financial sustainability.
Serious...
Quarter of the world without safe drinking water
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Otautahi – In 2015, all countries in the world pledged to work towards universal access to safe drinking water, sanitation and basic handwashing...
Most people willing to pay more for scarce natural goods
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Otautahi – A global new finds an average of 85 percent of adults across 28 countries agreeing that information on the use of scarce...
Green-tech pioneers pursuing cool environmental changes
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Otautahi – Not all the focus this year is on the global health crisis or coping with unusual and dramatic climate change.
Some of...
Urgent ocean climate change action essential
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Tāmaki Makaurau – The world’s oceans are inextricably linked to climate change. Rising air temperatures due to global warming are melting the polar...
NZ a top 10 country heading to sustainable energy
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Otautahi – New Zealand is one of the top 10 countries in the world in leading the transition to sustainable energy, according to...
