NZ is among countries seeking a faster, deeper and explicit phase-out of fossil fuels. They look set to fail.
Environmental opinion
COP28: ‘We will not go silently to our watery graves’
Pacific nations and others fiercely challenge final draft wording for the global climate summit that omits the term ‘phase-out’ for fossil fuels
Leaders go round in a circle at climate summit
COP28 president: ‘I want to bring parties together under one roof … where we can talk openly, transparently.’
Rod Oram: Words, crowds and Kiwis at global climate summit
Words matter in the politics of climate change at COP28, where around 200 New Zealanders are trying to make a mark.
‘No red lines’: Subsidising petro-states to stop drilling oil and gas
COP28 climate summit announces financial and technical help to countries like Colombia and Kenya to model a just transition to clean energy
Steel yourself for new govt’s climate agreement
The extent to which our climate responses will be compromised is about to become clear
E-scooters have never been ‘Devil Wagons’
Electric scooters have had a bad press ever since their invention, but there are many positives
The climate crisis is a health crisis
COP28 will recognise that a health crisis is inextricably linked to the climate crisis
Climate damage: who pays and how
Lack of action from developed nations in paying developing nations is among the most visible and enduring symbols of unrealised distributive justice
Conflicts over fossil fuels undermine climate talks
Progress on climate change, mitigation, adaptation and finance issues at COP28 in Dubai will be even harder
The data drought affecting water reforms
As incoming government draws up next blueprint for urban water management reform, there needs to be more transparency
Farming revolutions must inspire Fonterra to move faster
Rod Oram describes the fear that climate action triggers for many dairy farmers