Climate change

11 Aug 17, 10:02am

Guest

Motu on a new robot language, the impact of iGen, immigration and job creation, BS detectors for science and inoculating against misinformation, depressing facts on climate change, and an obligatory reference to Jacinda Ardern
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Green rebels talk; Ardern keeps issue at arm's length

8 Aug 17, 12:56pm

Alex Tarrant

194 comments

Labour leader Ardern seeks to keep Greens' troubles at arm's length as Kennedy Graham and David Clendon withdraw from Greens' caucus; English seeks to heap pressure on the Left, but ends up putting more on himself
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Taking the politics out of climate change

7 Aug 17, 11:05am

Brian Fallow

19 comments

Brian Fallow argues climate policy cries out for political consensus but that remains elusive. Suggests the establishment of an independent, expert advisory body
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Rising sea levels and the 'no insurance, no mortgage' dilemma

31 Jul 17, 12:05pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

25 comments

How longer term insurance policies could prevent mortgage defaults in the future
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The export goal, climate change & augmented reality

30 Jul 17, 8:08am

Alex Tarrant

31 comments

The government's 40% export goal, climate change, clean rivers and a case of augmented reality; With the goggles on, things look fine. But AgResearch reveals the cold, hard reality in our agriculture emissions efforts
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The Green Party needs to split or focus

29 Jul 17, 7:38am

Alex Tarrant

99 comments

This election and the next more than ever are screaming out for an environmental party to hold the balance of power, Alex Tarrant says; The Greens need to split or grow up and focus only on environmental issues
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Call to put Climate Change targets into law

27 Jul 17, 2:30pm

Alex Tarrant

27 comments

NZ needs to take next step in climate change fight and put targets into law, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says
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Pricing unveiled for first green bond in NZ market

27 Jul 17, 12:43pm

Gareth Vaughan

World Bank offshoot International Finance Corporation seeking at least NZ$100 mln through first green bond in NZ Kauri market
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Our Paris climate change goals face a problem with agriculture the heifer in the room

27 Jul 17, 5:02am

Alex Tarrant

53 comments

NZ's climate change goals face a problem, with many eggs in the basket of waiting for agreement on an international carbon market, which has no guarantee of happening; 2030 may be closer than we think
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Dairying - climate villain or hero?

23 Jun 17, 8:44am

Guest

11 comments

Fonterra's Jeremy Hill points out that if the world's dairy producers were as emissions-efficient as New Zealand, the global carbon footprint from dairy would be more than halved
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This week's guest Top 10

9 Jun 17, 10:02am

Guest

17 comments

Motu on Budget winners and losers, getting the 50s out of economics, poverty as a disease, the new Silk Road, smiling as a proxy for diversity, and the problem with ‘and’
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US has 'extraordinary record' on climate change - Tillerson

6 Jun 17, 4:22pm

Alex Tarrant

49 comments

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson defends President Trump's move to pull US from Paris Climate Accord, says decision was in best interests of American people
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Climate change and tax policy

31 May 17, 5:02am

Guest

28 comments

Paul Young says higher carbon prices can make our tax system fairer and more progressive, while tackling the urgent crisis of climate change
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Party Policies - Environment - Climate Change

27 May 17, 9:47am

Julia Wiener

Election 2017 - Party Policies - Environment - Climate Change
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Party Policies - Environment - Carbon Tax

27 May 17, 9:47am

Julia Wiener

Election 2017 - Party Policies - Environment - Carbon Tax
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Party Policies - Environment - Emissions Trading Scheme

27 May 17, 9:47am

Julia Wiener

Election 2017 - Party Policies - Environment - Emissions Trading Scheme
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Time to end pastoral farming's carbon emission subsidy

19 Apr 17, 12:00pm

Brian Fallow

46 comments

Brian Fallow is encouraged by the collegiality on display in Parliament over climate change, but notes the cow in the room remains agriculture
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Climate change report indicates challenges for NZ agriculture

19 Apr 17, 8:44am

Allan Barber

1 comment

Allan Barber reviews a cross-party review of how to achieve climate targets, one that will entail a difficult transition for rural economies
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The generational debate just got real

26 Mar 17, 6:02am

Alex Tarrant

53 comments

Warnings on New Zealand's environmental performance this week mean the intergenerational debate just got real in an election year, Alex Tarrant says
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A 'presentist' intergenerational bias

24 Mar 17, 9:31am

Alex Tarrant

10 comments

Vic Uni Professor Jonathan Boston rallies against intergenerational equity bias that favours short-term political thinking; Outlines NZ successes, failures and why income inequality desperately needs to be tackled
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