Helping New Zealanders to lower the emissions from their energy use is a key focus of EECA’s new strategic direction.

A recent report issued by the New Zealand Productivity Commission has found that this is an achievable goal, even under modest forecasts of technological progress and increases in carbon price reports Robert McLachlan. Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University.

Documents to be released today will show Cabinet is yet to make any decision on the move reports Hamish Rutherford on Stuff.

New Zealand faces two massive challenges: reducing carbon emissions and creating a circular economy reports Bernard Hickey for Newsroom on World Environment Day.

Twelve international and New Zealand-based businesses have signed a declaration to tackle plastic waste in New Zealand by 2025 report Newshub.

A bigger New Zealand base in Antarctica, costing about $150 million, will need more electricity – hopefully from renewable sources. David Williams reports for Newsroom.

Attendees at LGNZ’s Water Summit in Wellington are discussing potential solutions to improve New Zealand’s freshwater and three waters delivery.

The strains on New Zealand’s water infrastructure were a hot topic at a local government summit this week. Everyone is preparing for change, but concrete decisions from the Government still appear some time away. “What we can be absolutely certain of is change.”

LGNZ’s Water 2050: Quality – Review of the framework for water quality discussion paper released today has identified three key issues for New Zealand’s framework for water quality, and points to opportunities for change that could be a focus under the Government’s Three Waters Review.

London currently uses over a billion single-use plastic water bottles every single year. To raise awareness, an art installation showing the drastic damage humans are doing to the environment by discarding plastic bottles was unveiled at London Zoo.