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Auckland Transport (AT) is buying New Zealand’s first hydrogen fuel cell bus – and it will be built right here in New Zealand.

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says, “Transport emissions account for 47 per cent of Auckland’s total carbon emissions, so it’s critical that we transition to a clean transport system as quickly as possible.”

“This trial of hydrogen-powered buses is another important step towards reducing carbon emissions in Auckland, so we can hold climate heating to the Paris Agreement target of 1.5 degrees.”

One of New Zealand’s leading tourism operators, Ngāi Tahu Tourism, has installed its second electric vehicle charger into Takapō (Tekapo), helping to expand the nation’s EV charging network.

Ecostore will be among the first in Australasia to go carbon-neutral by Christmas.

The environmentally-friendly home and body care company achieved carboNZero certification for its manufacturing plant back in 2010.

A strategy to tackle traffic in south Auckland has reduced CO2 emissions by over 800 tonnes in other parts of the region.

Auckland Transport will introduce “dynamic lanes” to Redoubt Road in Manukau, with work starting in October.

Dynamic lanes use overhead signs and road lights to change the direction of traffic flow during peak periods.

Otago Polytechnic staff and students will participate in the Strike 4 Climate on Friday 27 September.
Climate strike organisers have asked individuals and organisations to join with school students in making their voices heard on the issue – and Otago Polytechnic has risen to the challenge.

It’s described by many as the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced. So where do we even start with tackling the seemingly impossible problem of climate change and its flow-on impacts?

A Victoria University of Wellington academic who is rising to the challenge is sociologist Jonathan Oosterman, who’s researching the kinds of radical adjustments New Zealand society needs to make to deal with the wider effects of climate change.

Energy Solution Providers (ESP), the Auckland-based utility management company, is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help reduce New Zealand’s carbon footprint.

According to a recent Productivity Commission’s report, New Zealand’s commitment to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions to 50% of 1990 levels by 2050, and 30% below 2005 emission levels by 2030, is proving to be a significant challenge.

Two more electric buses will be rolling into Auckland next year as part of Auckland Transport’s low emissions bus roadmap.

Victoria University of Wellington has joined Lincoln University in endorsing a strike by students at the end of September.

A group of the country’s biggest industrial electricity users are combining to see if they can accelerate development of new renewable generation capacity.

Fonterra, New Zealand Steel, Refining NZ, Oji Fibre Solutions and Pan Pac Forest Products are working with the Major Electricity Users’ Group to test whether a long-term power purchase contract for part of their combined load can incentivise new investment at a material scale.

Six robotic mowers and other battery electric devices will allow the Lyttelton Port Company (LPC)

to bring its grounds maintenance in-house to help cut costs, noise and carbon emissions.

A trial into the viability of solar as a power source for local commercial buildings is under way in Tairawhiti.
Eastland Network recently installed solar panels on the roof of its Carnarvon Street premises.