Time to stop trying to fix bad systems and start to make real change

Amazing! This should be happening in every city!! nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/articl…

Very interesting visual representation of the carbon intensity of electricity around the world with ranges from 24gCO2e/kWhr to almost 800gCO2e/kWhr. electricitymap.org/?page=country&…

When we were worried about oil shortages we took urgent action such as limiting driving days. Now we are reaching multiple global #tippingpoints yet we continue with BAU?! #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction thesun.co.uk/tech/10440194/… via @GoogleNews

Would be good to see electric rail replacing the private vehicles but a great improvement all the same

Have been asked a few times this year whether real or plastic Christmas trees are better - here's the best option I've seen! #totara #kiwichristmas #Christmas

Wish you had as much insight into the impacts of your purchases on the planet's health as we do on the impacts of food products on our health? Planetary Facts Labels are being piloted in 2021! bff.org.nz/2020/12/26/pla…

>50 countries have pledged to preserve 30% of Earth's land and oceans for biodiversity at the One Planet Summit in but we need to go further! Lets hope the Paris Agreement for Nature will include commitments to restore habitats. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Three days of Christmas celebrations might cost 30% of a recommended annual Carbon Budget. What does a sustainable Christmas that respects the planet's look like - and importantly - can we still enjoy a glass of wine over the holidays? #planetaryboundaries planetaryaccounting.org/post/christmas…

Did you know climate change is only 1 of 9 #PlanetaryBoundaries? Carbon is critical - but there are 8 more environmental limits/boundaries we need to be accounting. thinkstep-anz supports #PlanetaryAccounting because it looks beyond carbon. zcu.io/2VJL

PAN welcomes a new member - the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)! We are thrilled to announce that WWF-New Zealand, the local office of world’s largest and most experienced independent conservation organisation, has joined the Planetary Accounting Network!

On a day-to-day basis we are bombarded with frightening news on climate change and other environmental challenges, but it's not all doom and gloom. There is plenty of awesome mahi to celebrate. And with that, here is our very first Good News Bite! ourworldindata.org/europe-mammal-…

To complement the classic Christmas watch list of The Grinch, Love Actually, and Home Alone, PAN have a few recommendations to add to your list! Read our blog to read more about these recommendations and comment your recommendation! #ClimateCrisis planetaryaccounting.org/post/christmas…

Welcome Dunedin City Council, our first local council member! The DCC are undergoing a strategic refresh including the adoption of the City Portrait framework for Ōtepoti. PAN held workshops this month to look at how to integrate this framework in specific DCC strategies #Dunedin

To finish off our Friday on a good note, we have exciting news, there has been a breakthrough in Fusion Energy! For the first time, at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory facility in Northern California. scientists produced a fusion reaction that created a net energy gain!

The UN has recently released a report which shared that we can expect the ozone layer to be back to 1980 pre-thinning levels by about 2040, or 2045 for the ozone surrounding the Arctic. This good news comes after more than 35 years since the Montreal Protocol, was signed. #ozone

Register for our next Member Networking Event on Sustainable Nutrition with Nick Smith from the Riddet Institute. He will be diving into the interesting challenge of feeding the population within the planet's limits. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/82c9720a…

We're excited to announce that Richard Lauder will be stepping into the role of Chairman of PAN.   What about Andrew Cowie? Andrew is a PAN-OG and has been chairman for over 5 years now – Andrew will continue on as a Trustee as he pursues some exciting new adventures of his own.

We already have Nutrition Facts on our food. We need Planetary Facts on our products.