2022 a big year for sustainability
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Otautahi – It doesn’t feel like all that long ago that taking a non-plastic bag to the supermarket was like a revolutionary response to...
Imports account for half of NZ’s carbon footprint
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Otautahi – Greenhouse gas emissions in imported goods and services to Aotearoa in 2019 reached 30,728 kilotonnes and accounted for 51 percent of our...
Carbon footprint of McDonald’s food
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
London – A big mac’s carbon footprint is equivalent to driving a car nearly 13km, new data shows.
A spokesperson for McDonald’s said the...
NZ at a climate change turning point
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Otautahi – New Zealand is at a climate change turning point still looking to decarbonise all sectors, according to the latest Climate Action Tracker...
Maritime workers back campaign to reduce shipping emissions to net zero
Source: Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union of New Zealand is backing a global worker-led campaign to reduce emissions in the shipping industry...
New Zealanders must develop and adopt low emission tech
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Ōtautahi – Global ambition is a necessary but not sufficient condition to address climate change.
The world’s people live with the consequences of their actions....
NZ vehicle emissions almost as much as high as India
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Te Whanganui-a-Tara – New Zealand’s light vehicle transport emissions per capita are almost as much as the total per capita emissions of India,...
Global EV fleet rapidly climbing
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Otautahi – The world’s electric vehicle fleet accounted for 4.2 percent of light vehicle sales in 2020, almost double 2019’s 2.5 percent.
Norway, Iceland...
Tide turning towards electric vehicles in Aotearoa
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Ōtautahi -The tide is turning in the New Zealand electr4ic vehicle world with stricter fuel efficiency standards and vehicle manufacturers offering increasingly more...
How to reduce our carbon footprint
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Ōtautahi – The United Nation’s latest IPCC climate report says global temperatures are rising faster than first thought while CO2 emissions in the...
Zero emission e-scooters: on the road or footpath?
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Tāmaki Makaurau – New Zealand has hit the third anniversary of the e-scooter revolution. What is the future? Is it that important? What about...
Beat the climate crisis by investing in nature
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Te Whanganui-a-Tara – Ecosystem-based nature solutions could get New Zealand and the rest of the world 30 percent of the way towards meeting the...
