Carbon, Climate Change and New Zealand

Tesla tops New Zealand EV cars sales in August

Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The Tesla Model 3 and Model Y topped the EV sales charts in New Zealand in August. The Motor Industry Association ( MIA ) reported 10,940 new passenger car and SUV registrations in New Zealand in August 2022, up 138.6% Last year, New Zealand’s new passenger cars and SUVs registrations only reached 4,585 units.

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Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Saying that “ investment-grade climate change and clean energy policy is required to shift private sector investment from high-carbon to low-carbon assets ”, a group of 285 investors has urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change.

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[PRESS RELEASE] POLITICAL PARTIES – LET’S BACK EV POLICIES TO SAVE NEW ZEALAND MONEY

Drive Electric

APRIL 5, 2023

Since the Clean Car Discount was introduced, EV and hybrids have grown to over a third of new registrations, already saving the country over $100m a year in fuel. . New Zealanders want practical policies that actually reduce emissions and reduce their costs, and the policies in place around EVs are starting to do that job.

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Lessons On Climate Disruption & Adaptation From New Zealand

CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

This tectonic shift, while it will take decades instead of the seconds of the Christchurch cataclysm, will be more broadly disruptive. We can manage it wisely or foolishly, yet it will still occur.

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[Press Release] The compelling case for EV incentives

Drive Electric

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Press release 13 December 2023 New research shows the new Government’s policy to remove the Clean Car Discount (CCD) and weaken the Clean Car Standard could mean between 100,000 and 350,000 fewer electric cars on New Zealand roads by 2030, and increasing emissions by between 900 and 3,000 kilotonnes. MtCO2e out to 2030.

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[PRESS RELEASE] Drive Electric welcomes BNZ as a Premium member

Drive Electric

AUGUST 28, 2022

Bank of New Zealand ( BNZ ) has partnered with Drive Electric , a non-profit organisation that advocates for electric vehicle uptake across New Zealand. Their collaboration on a Climate Action Toolbox to help businesses measure and reduce their carbon footprint. Press release. 29 August 2022.

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Study suggests global impact of obesity may be extra ~700MT/y CO2eq: about 1.6% of worldwide GHG emissions

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2019

All oxygen-dependent organisms on the planet produce carbon dioxide as a result of metabolic processes necessary to sustain life. Total carbon dioxide production from any species is linked to the average metabolic rate, the average body size and the total number of individuals of the species. —Magkos et al. Resources.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. The approval process for carbon offsets has two goals. THE APPROVAL PROCESS.

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[PRESS RELEASE] DRIVE ELECTRIC RESPONSE TO CLEAN CAR DISCOUNT CHANGES.

Drive Electric

MAY 1, 2023

Mark Gilbert, Chair of Drive Electric says, “The Clean Car Discount has turned New Zealand from a laggard to a leader when it comes to EV adoption. The Climate Change Commission has recently confirmed that incentives are necessary to continue to ensure the adoption of EVs. This is still just 1.5% There’s more to do.

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Oz Is Just As Barmy About Hydrogen: Smart Energy Council Presentation Q&A

CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 25, 2023

It was organized to exploit my unusual timezone alignment with Oz as I spend a few weeks in New Zealand as a digital nomad. Not long ago, I had the opportunity to talk with over 300 mostly Australian participants in a Smart Energy Council webinar. Over 600 signed up, many from other time zones to […]

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California Air Resources Board releases draft regulations for cap-and-trade program linkage with Québec

Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2012

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) released proposed regulations to link its cap-and-trade program to Québec’s to form a joint carbon market to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Linking with Québec is a significant advance in California’s efforts to fight climate change and steer our economy toward a clean energy future.

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Oz Questions On Clean Aviation & Shipping: Smart Energy Council Presentation Q&A

CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 24, 2023

It was organized to exploit my unusual timezone alignment with Oz as I spend a few weeks in New Zealand as a digital nomad. The other day I had the opportunity to talk with a few hundred mostly Australian participants in a Smart Energy Council webinar. Over 600 signed up, many from other time zones […]

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Ports of Auckland buys world’s first electric tug; 70-tonne bollard pull

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2019

Ports of Auckland (New Zealand) has signed a contract with Dutch company Damen Shipyards to buy the world’s first full-size, fully electric port tug. The new tug, a Damen RSD-E Tug 2513 to be delivered in 2021, will have a 70-tonne bollard pull, the same as the port’s strongest diesel tug Hauraki , also built by Damen.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Drive Electric is a not-for-profit advocacy organisation supporting the uptake and mainstreaming of e-mobility in New Zealand, a key part of decarbonising transport. . New Zealanders need to understand that the future of transport will look different than it does today. million passenger vehicles in New Zealand.

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Drive Electric Submission: Reviewing the Road User Charges System

Drive Electric

APRIL 25, 2022

The document covers possible changes intended to improve the Road User Charges (RUC) system and support the uptake of low carbon vehicles. Drive Electric is a not-for-profit advocacy organisation supporting the uptake and mainstreaming of e-mobility in New Zealand, a key part of decarbonising transport. 12 April 2022 .

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Five Cool Tech Demos From the ARPA-E Summit

Cars That Think

MAY 31, 2024

South 8 Technologies Conventional Li-ion batteries use liquid solvents, such as ethylene and dimethyl carbonate , as the electrolyte. When it’s cold, the carbonates thicken, which lowers the power of the battery. The company has five pilot projects in the works in the United States and New Zealand. “We

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Study Finds That Plankton Blooms Do Not Send Atmospheric Carbon to the Deep Ocean; Weakens Iron Fertilization as Geo-Engineering Approach

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

Bishop and Wood with a recent version of the Carbon Explorer float. Their study reveals that most of the carbon from lush plankton blooms never reaches the deep ocean. The results weaken the applicability of the simplest version of the Iron Hypothesis as a geo-engineering approach to climate change. Click to enlarge.

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IATA Calls for Government-Industry Alignment on Aviation Emissions; Biofuels May be Certified by 2010

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for the aviation industry and governments to bring an aligned global approach on aviation carbon emissions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference to be held this December in Copenhagen. Giovanni Bisignani. Of this, 6.0%

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Study finds global rivers and streams emitting 3x IPCC estimates of the GHG N2O

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2010

That’s three times the amount estimated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change and stratospheric ozone destruction. This multi-site experiment clearly establishes streams and rivers as important sources of nitrous oxide.

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RESPONSE TO: Ministry of Transport’s Charging Our Future: Discussion Document

Drive Electric

MAY 16, 2023

PART A: INTRODUCTION About us Drive Electric is a not-for-profit advocacy organisation supporting the uptake and mainstreaming of e-mobility in New Zealand as part of the effort to decarbonise transport. The case for an EV Charging Strategy New Zealand is on the cusp of the biggest transformation in transport in over a century.

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DOE Joint Genome Institute approves 41 projects for 2012 Community Sequencing Program; climate, environment and bioenergy feedstocks

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

The Dangl team seeks to apply the genetic and genomic information toward applications in bioenergy and carbon cycling research. Another terabase-sized metagenome project comes from Craig Cary at the University of Delaware and Charles Lee at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. —Dangl team proposal.

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Drive Electric Submission: Auckland Transport Parking Strategy

Drive Electric

MAY 15, 2022

Drive Electric is a not-for-profit advocacy organisation supporting the uptake and mainstreaming of e-mobility in New Zealand, a key part of decarbonising transport. We have framed this response around our mission, which is to accelerate the uptake of e-mobility in New Zealand. Executive Summary. Key recommendations: 1.

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Australia Reels From Split Weather System, Suffers Effect Of “The Big Dry” And “The Big Wet”

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Although scientists were careful to point out that no single heat or flood event can be conclusively tied to climate change, they warned that events such as the fires and floods of 2009 are consistent with climate models produced in the past, and are likely to be more common in the future. In The Australian, 6 February 2009. [

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

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Tesla tops New Zealand EV cars sales in August

Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

[PRESS RELEASE] POLITICAL PARTIES – LET’S BACK EV POLICIES TO SAVE NEW ZEALAND MONEY

Lessons On Climate Disruption & Adaptation From New Zealand

[Press Release] The compelling case for EV incentives

[PRESS RELEASE] Drive Electric welcomes BNZ as a Premium member

Study suggests global impact of obesity may be extra ~700MT/y CO2eq: about 1.6% of worldwide GHG emissions

Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

[PRESS RELEASE] DRIVE ELECTRIC RESPONSE TO CLEAN CAR DISCOUNT CHANGES.

Oz Is Just As Barmy About Hydrogen: Smart Energy Council Presentation Q&A

California Air Resources Board releases draft regulations for cap-and-trade program linkage with Québec

Oz Questions On Clean Aviation & Shipping: Smart Energy Council Presentation Q&A

Ports of Auckland buys world’s first electric tug; 70-tonne bollard pull

Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric Submission: Reviewing the Road User Charges System

Five Cool Tech Demos From the ARPA-E Summit

Study Finds That Plankton Blooms Do Not Send Atmospheric Carbon to the Deep Ocean; Weakens Iron Fertilization as Geo-Engineering Approach

IATA Calls for Government-Industry Alignment on Aviation Emissions; Biofuels May be Certified by 2010

Study finds global rivers and streams emitting 3x IPCC estimates of the GHG N2O

RESPONSE TO: Ministry of Transport’s Charging Our Future: Discussion Document

DOE Joint Genome Institute approves 41 projects for 2012 Community Sequencing Program; climate, environment and bioenergy feedstocks

Drive Electric Submission: Auckland Transport Parking Strategy

Australia Reels From Split Weather System, Suffers Effect Of “The Big Dry” And “The Big Wet”

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