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Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society
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Eco Film Festival 2025 – Coming Soon
Coming Soon - save the date! Our second eco film festival is taking place on Saturday 7 June 2025 at the Academy Cinemas in Auckland. This year the festival spotlights the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit – a global dialogue on climate change and human...
Auckland Festival of Photography 2025
Photo: Julia Crosfield, Rock pools, North Shore, Tāmaki Makaurau, 2025. Visit, and Vote for the People's Choice Award! We are printing the images now! A big thank you to all of the people who contributed inspiring and thought-provoking images to our photograph...
Sustain Episode 13: What is the link between authoritarianism and climate change?
Despite increasing signs of a climate in crisis, false information about this scientific reality continues to drive decision-making at the highest level, particularly in countries which have recently taken a turn towards authoritarianism. Who is spreading this false...
Ngā Ara Whetū and CIRCUIT Submission on the Right to Repair Bill 2024
The Select Committee on Economic Development, Science and Innovation put out a public call for submissions on the Consumer Guarantees (Right to Repair) Amendment Bill 2024 (39-1) on February 19 2025. We strongly support the Bill, and in this submission make a few...
National Climate Change Risk Assessment (NCCRA) 2026
Photo by Mikhail Nilov: https://www.pexels.com/photo/withered-trees-on-the-ocean-shore-9400872/ Ngā Ara Whetū, the Centre for Climate, Biodiversity & Society submits this evidence-basedcontribution to the 2026 National Climate Change Risk Assessment, drawing on...
High Court backs challenge to crayfish catch
In February 2025, New Zealand’s High Court ruled on a challenge to the former Oceans and Fisheries Minister over his legal obligation to support marine sustainability. The Environmental Law Initiative (ELI), in coalition with local hapū Ngāti Hau and Ngāti Kaharau,...
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