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The Climate Change Commission releases New Zealand’s first comprehensive plan to cut emissions, calling on the government to “pick up the pace”.
Exaggerating how much lockdown improved air quality could allow us to underestimate the scale of the air pollution problem.
A person who exercises, attends sporting events as a spectator and takes their kids to the oval or swimming pool will create 935 kg of CO₂ per year if using their car.
Electric vehicles would lower emissions, but if their lower running costs lead to increased car use that creates a whole lot of other costs for our cities.
It’s high time the international shipping industry radically curbed its emissions. The industry must set a net-zero target and adopt a realistic plan to meet it.
Some atmospheric pollutants actually help cool the planet, but the sudden shutdown of heavy industry threatened to purge them.
Australian bicycles are largely influenced by sport, not utility. We should embrace cargo bikes for their usefulness, over speed.
One in five now work exclusively from home in the UK. But remote workers still drive about as often as commuters – though for different reasons.
New Zealand voters are divided on climate policy along party lines, with the majority on one side of the political spectrum calling for urgent action while at the other end most recommend caution.
Without plastic shielding between seats or more efficient engines, the environmental benefits of public transport are lost.
The drop in traffic during COVID-19 lockdowns reduced global emissions. If we keep encouraging cycling and working from home beyond the pandemic, our climate goals may become more achievable.
Removing engine idling would be like removing up to 1.6 million cars from the road.
Bullet trains are back on the agenda. But a new analysis shows that rather than helping cut emissions, such a project would drive them up for at least 24 years.
New research reveals which sectors of the global economy fuelled the emissions decline during COVID-19. We have a narrow window of time to make the change permanent.
As lockdowns have came into effect around the world, air pollution has plummeted.
After ‘Dieselgate’, Volkswagen appears keen to rescue its public image. Now it’s looking to hire its own ‘Greta Thunberg’.
Fare free public transport exists in at least 98 cities and towns around the world.
The continued upward trend in our second-biggest source of emissions is a result of government inaction on a transport mix dominated by trucks and cars and a lack of fuel-efficiency standards.
All modes of high-speed travel come with a cost to the environment.
Top contributors
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Adjunct Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor in Supply Chain and Freight Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Culture & Climate, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong
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E-Mobility Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Reader in Transport Planning, University of Westminster
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Senior Associate Institute of Governance and Policy Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Cardiff University
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Senior Lecturer in Sustainability, University of Sydney
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
