Climate change

Tom Logan and Paula Blackett say treating climate risk as an individual responsibility may reduce short-term government liability, but it will not reduce long-term social and fiscal liability

Tom Logan and Paula Blackett say treating climate risk as an individual responsibility may reduce short-term government liability, but it will not reduce long-term social and fiscal liability

The New Zealand Tax Podcast: Finance Minister eyes up the major banks for a tax increase; and “Who pays?” a major report on climate adaptation ducks a key issue

The New Zealand Tax Podcast: Finance Minister eyes up the major banks for a tax increase; and “Who pays?” a major report on climate adaptation ducks a key issue

Five-year average cost of natural disasters in NZ $952 million, pace of growth for insurance premiums slows as sector enters 'softening' phase - Forsyth Barr

Five-year average cost of natural disasters in NZ $952 million, pace of growth for insurance premiums slows as sector enters 'softening' phase - Forsyth Barr

Document on climate adaptation framework 'quite silent' over where costs will fall, Local Government New Zealand says

Document on climate adaptation framework 'quite silent' over where costs will fall, Local Government New Zealand says

Climate change will continue to bring 'substantial financial costs', need for change urgent - Independent Reference Group says in document on adaptation framework

Climate change will continue to bring 'substantial financial costs', need for change urgent - Independent Reference Group says in document on adaptation framework

Resources Minister Shane Jones seeks to correct the ‘worst decision in history of our nation’ with a $200 million fund to co-invest in new gas fields

Resources Minister Shane Jones seeks to correct the ‘worst decision in history of our nation’ with a $200 million fund to co-invest in new gas fields

As insurance gets harder to buy, NZ has 3 choices for disaster recovery – and we keep choosing the worst one, Ilan Noy & Belinda Storey argue

As insurance gets harder to buy, NZ has 3 choices for disaster recovery – and we keep choosing the worst one, Ilan Noy & Belinda Storey argue

Moving towns: Four stories of communities facing relocation show the complex realities of managed retreat

Moving towns: Four stories of communities facing relocation show the complex realities of managed retreat

IAG New Zealand CEO says strong insurance support not enough when it comes to responding to natural hazard threats and government needs to take ‘urgent’ steps to make sure NZ’s natural hazards are better managed

IAG New Zealand CEO says strong insurance support not enough when it comes to responding to natural hazard threats and government needs to take ‘urgent’ steps to make sure NZ’s natural hazards are better managed

Allan Barber reports Alliance sees a return to profit, but no salvation from endemic underperformance. Too much debt, and a history of not resolving that, brings the banks back into the driver's seat

Allan Barber reports Alliance sees a return to profit, but no salvation from endemic underperformance. Too much debt, and a history of not resolving that, brings the banks back into the driver's seat

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton recommends phasing out forestry offsets for fossil emissions in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton recommends phasing out forestry offsets for fossil emissions in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme

The latest update on NZ’s state of the environment is sobering – but there are glimmers of progress, Christina McCabe says

The latest update on NZ’s state of the environment is sobering – but there are glimmers of progress, Christina McCabe says

Jesse Kearse says new satellite data shows NZ’s major cities are sinking – meaning rising seas will affect them sooner

Jesse Kearse says new satellite data shows NZ’s major cities are sinking – meaning rising seas will affect them sooner

Allan Barber points out the sort of damage the 'dinosaur' views of some in the rural sector could do if they won the argument to abandon our climate commitments. It would be a spectacular trade own-goal

Allan Barber points out the sort of damage the 'dinosaur' views of some in the rural sector could do if they won the argument to abandon our climate commitments. It would be a spectacular trade own-goal

Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says Paris Agreement participation ‘crucial’ for NZ after deputy PM Winston Peters calls it a ‘flight of futility’

Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says Paris Agreement participation ‘crucial’ for NZ after deputy PM Winston Peters calls it a ‘flight of futility’