scholarly journals Māori environmental knowledge of local weather and climate change in Aotearoa – New Zealand

2008 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. N. T. King ◽  
A. Skipper ◽  
W. B. Tawhai
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Weather And Climate ◽  
Local Weather

scholarly journals Zero Carbon Building Practices in Aotearoa New Zealand

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4455
Author(s):  
Thao Thi Phuong Bui ◽  
Suzanne Wilkinson ◽  
Niluka Domingo ◽  
Casimir MacGregor
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Building Projects ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Zero Carbon

In the light of climate change, the drive for zero carbon buildings is known as one response to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Within New Zealand, research on climate change mitigation and environmental impacts of buildings has received renewed attention. However, there has been no detailed investigation of zero carbon building practices. This paper undertakes an exploratory study through the use of semi-structured interviews with government representatives and construction industry experts to examine how the New Zealand construction industry plans and implements zero carbon buildings. The results show that New Zealand’s construction industry is in the early stage of transiting to a net-zero carbon built environment. Key actions to date are focused on devising a way for the industry to develop and deliver zero carbon building projects. Central and local governments play a leading role in driving zero carbon initiatives. Leading construction firms intend to maximise the carbon reduction in building projects by developing a roadmap to achieve the carbon target by 2050 and rethinking the way of designing and constructing buildings. The research results provide an insight into the initial practices and policy implications for the uptake of zero carbon buildings in Aotearoa New Zealand.

scholarly journals Climate Change Adaptation in the Environment Court: Revisiting the 2010 Holt Case

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 609
Author(s):  
CJ Iorns Magallanes ◽  
MJ Dicken
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Court Case ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand

Common law precedents for some resource consent approvals in Aotearoa New Zealand are out of date due to the rapid increase in the science and understanding of the effects of climate change. This article considers one 2010 Environment Court case on a resource consent for building in the coastal area. It examines how the case would be decided if it arose today, with the benefit of the relevant law, policies and guidance now available to decision-makers. It suggests that the option taken by the Court in 2010, whereby the owners assumed the relevant inundation risks, would not be so available to a court today. This case is thus no longer good law.

scholarly journals Climates of Change: A Tuatara’s-Eye View

Humanities ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Boswell
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Ultraviolet Light ◽  
Vulnerable Species ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
The Future ◽  
Sphenodon Punctatus ◽  
Soil Temperatures ◽  
Slow Breathing

The tuatara or New Zealand “spiny-backed lizard” (Sphenodon punctatus) is the sole surviving member of an order of reptiles that pre-dates the dinosaurs. Among its characteristics and peculiarities, the tuatara is renowned for being slow-breathing and long-lived; it possesses a third eye on the top of its skull for sensing ultraviolet light; and the sex of its progeny is determined by soil temperatures. This article unravels a tuatara’s-eye view of climate change, considering this creature’s survival across geological epochs, its indigenous lineage and its sensitivities to the fast-shifting conditions of the Anthropocene. This article examines the tuatara’s evolving role as an icon of biodiversity-under-threat and the evolving role of zoos and sanctuaries as explicators of climate change, forestallers of extinction, and implementers of the reproductive interventions that are increasingly required to secure the future of climate-vulnerable species. It is also interested in the tuatara as a witness to the rapid and ongoing human-wrought climate change which has secured the lifeworld reconstruction that is foundational to the settler colonial enterprise in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Linking this to the Waitangi Tribunal’s Wai 262 report (Ko Aotearoa Tēnei, 2011), the article considers what the tuatara teaches about kaitiakitanga (guardianship) and climates of change.

From apathy through anxiety to action: emotions as motivators for youth climate strike leaders

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Maria L. Bright ◽  
Chris Eames
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Educational Framework ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Suitable Climate ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Pedagogy Of Discomfort ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract The climate strikes of 2019 motivated millions worldwide onto the street and provided a platform for youth voices that demanded global climate action. This article explores the experiences of climate strike leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand questioning the motivational factors behind the youth action. In-depth interviews with 15 climate strike leaders identified emotions that influenced engagement and could motivate action. Climate strike leaders reported experiencing a series of turbulent emotional stages from apathy to action. Their experiences suggest that anxiety and anger are important stages in the emotional journey towards action. Using Boler’s Pedagogy of Discomfort, this paper examines these emotional stages that can disable or enable action. Considering youth perspectives increases our understanding of a suitable climate change educational framework that potentially supports both educators and students on this challenging journey.

Coastal adaptation to climate change in Aotearoa-New Zealand

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
HL Rouse ◽  
RG Bell ◽  
CJ Lundquist ◽  
PE Blackett ◽  
DM Hicks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Coastal Adaptation ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand

scholarly journals Social Vulnerability Indicators for Flooding in Aotearoa New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 3952
Author(s):  
Kylie Mason ◽  
Kirstin Lindberg ◽  
Carolin Haenfling ◽  
Allan Schori ◽  
Helene Marsters ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Social Vulnerability ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Vulnerability Indicators

Social vulnerability indicators are a valuable tool for understanding which population groups are more vulnerable to experiencing negative impacts from disasters, and where these groups live, to inform disaster risk management activities. While many approaches have been used to measure social vulnerability to natural hazards, there is no single method or universally agreed approach. This paper proposes a novel approach to developing social vulnerability indicators, using the example of flooding in Aotearoa New Zealand. A conceptual framework was developed to guide selection of the social vulnerability indicators, based on previous frameworks (including the MOVE framework), consideration of climate change, and a holistic view of health and wellbeing. Using this framework, ten dimensions relating to social vulnerability were identified: exposure; children; older adults; health and disability status; money to cope with crises/losses; social connectedness; knowledge, skills and awareness of natural hazards; safe, secure and healthy housing; food and water to cope with shortage; and decision making and participation. For each dimension, key indicators were identified and implemented, mostly using national Census population data. After development, the indicators were assessed by end users using a case study of Porirua City, New Zealand, then implemented for the whole of New Zealand. These indicators will provide useful data about social vulnerability to floods in New Zealand, and these methods could potentially be adapted for other jurisdictions and other natural hazards, including those relating to climate change.

scholarly journals Neoliberalism, political action on climate change and the youth of Aotearoa New Zealand: a space for radical activism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Emma Moon
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Young People ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Climate Justice ◽  
Climate Change Issue ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Radical Activism

<p>Climate change exists both as a symptom and as a cause of many social ills. It is as urgent as it is complex. Climate change is being addressed internationally through mechanisms heavily influenced by neoliberal globalisation and based around market mechanisms for the trading of carbon dioxide as a commodity, such as the Kyoto Protocol. This has contributed to increasing de-politicisation of the climate change issue. Contestation of neoliberal solutions to climate change has resulted in the birth of climate justice principles which unite action against the systemic causes of climate change. At the heart of action on climate change are young people- historically active citizens and advocates for radical change. In the context of de-politicisation and a post-political carbon consensus, young activists have been influenced by dominant neoliberal discourse. This research will explore the repercussions of a post-political carbon consensus in producing youth-led spaces of contestation in Aotearoa New Zealand. The case study for this research, youth-driven organisation Generation Zero, advocates for post-political carbon consensus by running campaigns on changes to the national Emissions Trading Scheme and other policy-based work. In this thesis, I will describe the extent to which young people within Generation Zero are influenced by the neoliberal discourse and the implications this has for the role of climate justice and radical activism. This research will contribute to the literature around the de-politicisation of climate change as it describes the impact that this has on youth activism and thus the opportunity for future spaces of dissent.</p>

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