Resources Reading Resources Below are the texts linked throughout the site, plus some additional references around the topics mentioned. New Zealand must get over its obsession with big cars and go smaller or electric to cut emissionsBy Jen PurdieRNZ / The Conversation, 24 May 2022 As their sales continue to rise, SUVs’ global CO2 emissions are nearing 1 billion tonnesBy Laura Cozzi, Apostolos Petropoulos, Leonardo Paoli, Mathilde Huismans, and Amrita DasguptaInternational Energy Agency, 27 February 2023 We may be underestimating just how bad carbon-belching SUVs are for the climate – and for our healthBy Robin Smit and Nic SurawskiThe Conversation, 16 September 2022 Why S.U.V.s Are Still a Huge Environmental ProblemBy Elizabeth KolbertThe New Yorker, 3 March 2023 SUVs are more popular than ever in Australia – but there is a downside By Josh NicholasThe Guardian, 18 March 2023 Higher point of impact makes SUV crashes more dangerous for cyclistsThe Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 13 April 2023 Effects of large vehicles on pedestrian and pedalcyclist injury severityBy Mickey Edwards and Daniel LeonardJournal of Safety Research, 27 August 2022 Carbon emissions fell across all sectors in 2020 except for one – SUVsBy Laura Cozzi and Apostolos PetropoulosInternational Energy Agency, 15 January 2021 Carbon emissions from global SUV fleet outweighs that of most countriesBy Damian CarringtonThe Guardian, 28 February 2023 Car Ratings Take a Back Seat to Vehicle Type: Outcomes of SUV Versus Passenger Car CrashesBy Dietrich Jehle, Albert Arslan, Chirag Doshi, and Clay O’BrienHCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine, August 2021 Growing SUV popularity coincides with surge in vehicle emissionsBy Jordan BondRNZ, 10 August 2021 How SUVs conquered the world – at the expense of its climateBy Oliver MilmanThe Guardian, 1 September 2020 Climate change: NZ could face $24 billion bill to hit 2030 international Paris Agreement targets in carbon credits, officials warnBy Michael NeilsonThe New Zealand Herald, 11 April 2023 Climate Action Tracker: New Zealand Top Selling Cars in New ZealandBy Bruce PitchersCanstar, 16 March 2023 Motor Vehicle SalesMotor Industry Association of New Zealand, 2021 What the actual truck?By Andrew SimmsThe Ecologist, 7 April 2021 “Beasts”—New Zealand’s utility vehicles: their climate change emissions and macho marketingBy John Horrocks and Nick WilsonNew Zealand Medical Journal, 13 December 2019