Electrification continues to make strides in the passenger vehicle market, representing more than 1% of global sales and up to 40% of sales in leading markets in 2017. Enabled by falling battery prices and increasing invest- ment from traditional and new vehicle manufacturers, this trend represents an opportunity to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the trans- port sector. Policymakers continue to encourage a shift toward zero-emis- sion vehicles through CO regulations,

Although road vehicles currently represent about 70% of transport green- house gas emissions, other forms of transport—including aviation, maritime, and off-road vehicles—are substantial emissions sources and are expected to see continued growth in the coming years. 

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Posted on - 2018-08-01

New Zealand's Minister for Climate Change says a united Pacific voice is coming together to drive global concensus on a so-called Paris rulebook.

The rulebook would establish ways to measure progress toward the goals set in the 2015 UN Paris agreement to avoid climate disaster.

James Shaw has been in Suva for the latest Climate Action Pacific Partnership conference which is part of Fiji's Presidency of the UN Climate Change Conference of Parties.

Mr Shaw spoke to Dominic Godfrey- Listen to the interview here.

Posted on - 2018-07-30

The world’s oceans are likely to become more acidic than at any time in the past 14 million years, according to scientists from Cardiff University in the U.K.

Ocean acidification occurs when CO2 from the atmosphere is absorbed by seawater, resulting in more acidic water with a lower pH. Around a third of the CO2 released by burning coal, oil and gas gets dissolved into the oceans. Since the beginning of the industrial era, the ocean has absorbed around 525 billion tons of CO2, equivalent to around 22 million tons per day.

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Posted on - 2018-07-28