Climate change stories
Road agencies now have a structured way to rank climate defences as extreme weather disrupts networks and strains adaptation budgets.
Faster storm and wildfire warnings are now closer as the full Meteosat Third Generation weather constellation completes its first orbital set-up.
Customers could cut carbon and waste more easily as Verdantix praised Blue Yonder for embedding sustainability data into supply chain planning and execution.
The move gives Cummins earlier access to startups as it hunts for technologies to support electrification, energy systems and industrial decarbonisation.
Customers and suppliers are feeling the effect as Logicalis lifts renewable power use and raises community funding in FY26.
Australia's AI boom could add GBP £58 billion, but energy shortages, bubble fears and local backlash are clouding the data centre rush.
Scope 1 and 2 emissions fell 34% from Logicalis's FY22 baseline, while renewable electricity use rose and supplier climate pledges advanced.
South Island warmth and a June heat spike drove New Zealand's winter to 9.7C, with 27 places logging record seasonal temperatures.
The non-binding deal could help ease Queenstown's congestion as the cable car scheme moves closer to construction and wider funding talks continue.
Water restrictions are likely to come in earlier than usual as scientists warn the district faces one of the strongest El Niño events in recent history.
Westport residents are set to share NZD $1.8 million in flood protection funds after the regional council admitted the split was badly communicated.
Wairoa councils will soon be able to clear river mouths and debris sooner, after floods exposed delays in emergency response.
Ratepayers in South Wairarapa will avoid a funding gap of up to NZD $35 million after NZTA agreed to keep Cape Palliser Rd largely subsidised for three years.
Emergency response funding could be squeezed under planned rates caps, prompting Southland Civil Defence to seek an exemption from the Minister.
Auckland homes face longer, hotter summers, with new research warning heatwaves could nearly double and indoor overheating is already a problem.
Strong winds, dry spells and flooding are more likely across New Zealand as the Pacific pattern strengthens to very strong in September.
Farmers in West Sussex can now spot heat stress earlier after a private 5G link put in-pen sensors on livestock buildings.
Rising electrification demand is driving a bigger build-out of New Zealand's grid, with approved projects set to lift capital spending further.
Restoring full access to the Mount Maunganui base could require up to GBP £38 million in slope works, a risk assessment says.
Flood risk can change by a metre over short stretches of New Zealand's coast, after researchers mapped tides from satellite images.
