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How can we boost the use of climate-friendly technology?
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the face of climate change, people around the world have developed innovative new technologies to mitigate or adapt to its impacts. Despite their w...
How can we deal with the threat posed by microplastics?
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the Antarctic to the deepest depths of the ocean, microplastics are found in increasingly large numbers. These tiny, seemingly inescapable plasti...
What is the link between authoritarianism and climate change?
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Despite increasing signs of a climate in crisis, false information about this scientific reality continues to drive decision-making at the highest lev...
What can we do about rising sea levels?
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Across the world, rising sea levels have become a pressing issue for coastal communities. Driven by our changing climate, sea level rise is already ha...
What role can litigation play in fighting climate change?
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In recent years, thousands of lawsuits have been filed around the world by private individuals to NGOs and state governments in an attempt to force g...
How can we tackle income inequality and environmental degradation? (Part Two)
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On 13th September, Ngā Ara Whetū co-hosted a symposium on the challenges of inequality and environmental degradation with Juncture: Dialogues on In...
How can we tackle income inequality and environmental degradation? (Part One)
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On 13th September, Ngā Ara Whetū co-hosted a symposium on the challenges of inequality and environmental degradation with Juncture: Dialogues on ...
What role can local and traditional ecological knowledge play in fighting climate change?
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has outlined a plan for humanity to live in harmony with nature by 2050. Our cities aren’t going aw...
What are the future of cities in a climate crisis?
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With over half the global population living in urban centres, a number which is projected to rise to around two-thirds by 2050, the relationship betwe...
What role can seaweed farming play in the fight against climate change?
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Not for the first time, dairy farming and monoculture is in the international spotlight with regards to climate change. Farming is a big part of New ...
How can nature guide our remedies for climate change driven flooding?
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As the climate crisis continues, flooding has become an increasingly serious problem, causing death and destruction all over the world. How can we ada...
Planet + People vs Plastics
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Earth Day 2024, Ngā Ara Whetū partnered with Te Aka Mātauranga Matepukupuku, the Centre for Cancer Research, to discuss the ubiquitous presenc...
What does a new President mean for biodiversity in Guatemala?
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guatemala is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for land and environmental activists, with a history of indigenous genocide linked to co...
Will planting more trees offset carbon emissions?
05 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Governments and others have advocated to offset carbon emissions by planting more trees, but is this really the long-term solution?
What can be done about invasive species?
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Invasive species are costing us billions of dollars, but what can be done about it? Maria Armoudian talks to ecological experts Jacqueline Beggs and A...