TEN YEARS AGO…

Tuesday - Ten years ago, while the political spotlight focused on the world’s two biggest polluters − China and the US − in the run-up to the Lima climate talks, pressure was mounting on India to set emissions targets to help to prevent the planet overheating.

TEN YEARS AGO...

Monday - Ten years ago, a sustainable energy expert said the government was using smoke and mirrors to meet its 2020 emissions reduction target instead of making genuine moves to cut emissions.

TEN YEARS AGO…

Friday - Ten years ago, foresters were calling for an honest analysis of the costs of the intensification of dairying.

TEN YEARS AGO…

Thursday - Ten years ago, the launch of a new coalition spearheaded by the United Nations Environment Programme looked to boost renewable energy use around the world.

TEN YEARS AGO…

4 Dec 24 - Ten years ago, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment said New Zealand needed to put more effort into protecting long-fin eels.

TEN YEARS AGO…

3 Dec 24 - Ten years ago, in a move that was likely to cause consternation in some of the world’s most powerful corporate boardrooms, the Bank of England launched an inquiry into the risks fossil fuel companies pose to overall financial stability.

TEN YEARS AGO…

2 Dec 24 - Ten years ago, local authorities were looking to halve the energy and cost involved in lighting public roads.

TEN YEARS AGO…

29 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, 2014 was set to be one of the hottest years on record.

TEN YEARS AGO…

28 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, MightyRiverPower claimed in the High Court that it shouldn’t have to pay for carbon units issued for years prior to the start of its contract with New Zealand Carbon Farming in 2013,...

TEN YEARS AGO…

27 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, a group of climate and health experts urged rapid action on climate change in New Zealand in order to protect health.

TEN YEARS AGO…

26 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, a British “poo bus” went into service, powered by biomethane energy derived from human waste at a sewage plant.

TEN YEARS AGO…

25 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, climate change lobby group The Sustainability Council called for a national carbon budget and legally binding emissions reduction targets.

TEN YEARS AGO…

22 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, Hawkins Construction chief executive Gary Walker and INZIDE Commercial co-owner Steve Aschebrock joined the board of the Green Building Council.

TEN YEARS AGO…

21 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, researchers in the United States believed they knew why global warming began to announce itself both in annual rises in temperature and in the seasonal records of carbon dioxide in the...

TEN YEARS AGO…

20 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, a New Zealand carbon measuring project turned 60. New Zealand scientists had started the world’s first long time-series of atmospheric radiocarbon measurements.

TEN YEARS AGO…

19 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, international talks in Paris in 2015 saw the world’s nations considering limiting global warming to a rise of 2C.

TEN YEARS AGO…

18 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, global investment in climate change reduction fell for the second year in a row, a drop of $28 billion from 2012, and far below estimates of what is needed, according to new research.

TEN YEARS AGO…

15 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, a climate change lobby group called for a national carbon budget and legally binding emissions reduction targets.

TEN YEARS AGO…

14 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, extreme weather conditions predicted for the Pacific Ocean posed a significant threat for island states' industry and infrastructure, warned the United Nations.

More in the Ten years ago Archive