Around half of New Zealanders are more worried about climate change following this year’s severe weather events, and the majority are looking for affordable ways to take action in their own lives.
Read MoreEarth is experiencing an unprecedented rate of change. We are all living with ‘Code Red’.Herein, the 2024 IFLA 60th World Congress calls for humankind to take urgent action to prevent the worst impacts of environmental crises
Read MorePamela’s influential carbon research is elevating the net positive impacts of the exterior built environment
Read MoreThe latest report from the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) is unusually direct in its message, writes Dr Simon Swaffield from the NZILA Climate Action Group.
Read MoreClimate Changed - Landscape architect Shannon Bray writes from cyclone ravaged Hawke’s Bay.
Read MoreThe International Federation of Landscape Architects’ (IFLA) President, Dr. Bruno Marques says he has been on a steep learning curve since he took over the post late last year.
Read MoreToday (February 2) is World Wetlands day and comes just six days after Auckland’s flood emergency began.
Read MoreThe Tuia Pito Ora New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects' president says the current flood emergency affecting Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty is a stark reminder of the threats climate change poses to all of us here in Aotearoa.
Read MoreWeather issues have dominated the start of 2023 here in Aotearoa and as the working year gets into full swing it is clear the climate emergency is going to once again be a key focus for the landscape architecture profession.
Read MoreThe American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced new goals for the profession. Together the ASLA Climate Action Plan and the Climate Action Field Guide for ASLA Members chart a pathway for landscape architects to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions in their projects and operations and increase carbon sequestration by 2040
Read MoreAt the 2022 NZILA Firth Conference NIWA’s Dr Emily Lane presented a sobering address on flood risk here in NZ which had a huge impact on delegates.
Read MoreDesigns for what’s being touted as the world’s first climate-resilient floating city have been unveiled. The project’s being developed by UN-Habitat, tech company OCEANIX and the Korean city of Busan.
Read MoreMadrid is building a giant wind garden which it’s hoped will reduce city temperatures by 4 degrees.
Read MoreHassell’s proposal for the two-mile corridor of Colma Creek in South San Francisco won a 2021 Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture award in the international category.
Read MoreThe highly anticipated Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP) just announced by the New Zealand Government has been welcomed by the Tuia Pito Ora New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects.
Read MoreProfessor Richard Weller is the Meyerson Chair of Urbanism, professor and chair of landscape architecture, and co-executive director of The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology at the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Weller will be presenting virtually at the 2022 NZILA Firth Conference.
Read MoreNew Zealanders can now see how sea level rises will affect them, with the release of special maps by NZ SeaRise, a research programme funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
Read MoreIt could be weeks before conservationists know how significant the biodiversity loss is at Awarua-Waituna wetland, as fire continues to destroy the area.
Read MoreA major UN report on climate adaptation calls for indigenous knowledge and science to be brought together to help secure a liveable future.
Read MoreWellington’s climate adaptation planning project Digital Twin has won global recognition and a big funding boost after being named a winner in the Bloomberg Mayors Challenge.
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