Greenhouse gas emissions stories
High costs and storage hurdles threaten New Zealand's plans to use green hydrogen to cut emissions and build an export industry.
The Government has until 31 December to decide whether to adopt a plan that could cut GDP by 1.2% in 2050, or do less.
The funding will create hundreds of jobs and lift freight reliability as ageing locomotives and wagons are replaced nationwide.
Rail firms can now plan further ahead, but experts warn the fund will be stretched as electric vehicles erode its core revenue base.
Early clarity on route, funding and delivery could determine whether Auckland’s light rail eases congestion and unlocks more affordable homes.
Wellington has cut net emissions by 7% in 20 years despite 26% growth, as EV chargers and car share schemes reshape transport.
Wastewater plants could cut costs and emissions by generating surplus heat and power, as Copenhagen and Turku already show.
Despite a $31 billion investment, Aucklanders are being warned motorway queues and emissions will still rise under the transport plan.
Plastic waste could cost EU taxpayers or shoppers more as Brussels moves to levy EUR €0.80 per kilogramme on unrecycled packaging.
Establishing a carbon baseline gives firms a starting point to cut emissions, compare sites and plan against future climate targets.
Public consultation begins on a draft plan that says faster action is needed if Aotearoa is to stay within its climate targets.
Plants could stop buffering a third of human emissions within 20 years, making climate change harder to slow as warming rises.
South Australia’s push to export renewable energy will add 40,000 tonnes of ammonia a year, backed by GBP £37 million for Port Bonython.
The revived plan could ease congestion and cut emissions, but only if planners avoid the delays and cost overruns that sank Sydney’s project.
Australia’s recovery risks being blunted unless governments shift spending towards social infrastructure, housing and renewable energy.
Carbon-negative concrete could cut road-building emissions by as much as 70%, with one kilometre absorbing CO2 equal to 100,000 trees a year.
A new report warns rising temperatures, melting glaciers and sea levels could reshape the country unless emissions fall quickly.
Weak planning, funding and governance are leaving New Zealand unable to deliver the wider public outcomes it now says it wants.
Funding will still fall short of fixing decades of underinvestment, with experts warning roads and rail need more to meet safety and climate goals.
Even an ideal recycling system would cut plastics-sector emissions by only 14% by 2050, leaving major producers still far from net zero.
