Climate Matters

An extended Climate Matters interview with Simon Millar

The Agriculture and Climate conference – business as usual but with more tech – Recloaking Papatuanuku – food security – why isn’t government discussing regenerative agriculture? – a slew of new policy – integrated land management – food waste https://pureadvantage.org/ https://pureadvantage.org/recloaking-papatuanuku/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EumkdJobmw https://pureadvantage.org/campaigns...

An extended Climate Matters interview with Nathan Surendran

Energy, society and system thinking – NZ has 200 million fossil fuel slaves – hard biophysical limits ahead – won’t be enough diesel to go round - rationing by price very inequitable globally – rooftop solar and batteries is the way to go – tradable energy quotas – need to get the money out of politics with minimal fully transparent lobbying – Wise Response Climatemattersnz.substack.com https://le...

An extended Climate Matters interview with Dr Christina Hood.

Climate policy issues, the ETS, and more – the importance of independent technical advice to government – the electricity sector structural operation and wholesale pricing – Timeframes cost and investment for climate strategies – the bioeconomy and the next industrial revolution – improving the Zero Carbon Act – the ETS and forestry – the International Court of Justice https://www.resilienz.co.nz/...

Climate Matters is an audio version of Resilienz Ltd's Climate Matters newsletter, that gives intriguing insights into climate breakdown and climate recovery. Low income communities – iron fist in the embroidered glove metaphor - official hypocrisy on supporting poorer communities - need sincerity in attempts to elevate low incomes – the myth of “The Cornucopian Enchantment” under market economy –...

An extended Climate Matters interview with Dr Mike Joy.

Wide boundary thinking – massive artificial nitrogen inputs – why can’t we discuss scaling down our activities – climate policy and narrow boundary thinking – climate myopia –fossil fuel products are everywhere – siloed thinking – student loans and tax- a polycrisis explainer – energy abundance and the climate crisis – Canterbury is the freshwater disaster of NZ – freshwater impacts the harbinger...

An extended Climate Matters interview with Dr James Renwick.

Update on climate science – things worsening faster than expected - Antarctic sea ice and deep ocean circulation – need to reduce methane as well as other GHG – “no additional warming” policy and balancing food production with protecting the planet – fossil fuels affect everything - let’s get used to discussing climate https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-153

An extended Climate Matters interview with Prof Jonathan Boston.

Helicopter view of climate policy – the atmosphere a dumping ground –super-wicked problem are very difficult for policy – creeping (slow) problems difficult to mobilise action – time is running out – people who cause the problem have least incentive to act – lack of central controlling organisation – mitigation and adaptation – facing tipping points sooner than originally thought - cooling the pla...

Front-footing the future intro - A book of its time: “Insuring the Future” - A quiz question - Prime Minister, here’s more “dumb stuff” you shouldn’t be doing - And your Freudian slip, PM, that (almost) flew under the radar - Being hit between the eyes with “Net Zero” - From the “Can you believe it?” file: A new weather word - Mind-boggling: an overabundance of the most abundant gas - Clear the Ai...

264 2026 05 11 CM 150 2026 05 03 Put on a jersey before you put on a heater Farewell and thank you to Elbephilarmonie’s “For seasons” – hello to Pecan Pies’s “Rise and Shine” thanks to Uppbeat - The biggest lesson from Artemis II? - “Hoping the ship arrives” isn’t a strategy – Quiz - Minister Mitchell, please explain “complacency” to the PM - The NZ government makes transparency more invisible - A...

Climate Matters is an audio version of Resilienz Ltd's Climate Matters newsletter, that gives intriguing insights into climate breakdown and climate recovery.

Beware the “externality” – Externalities and wide-boundary thinking – privatising profits and socialising costs – looking in the mirror – there’s no such place as “Away” – is the PM externalising again? – the politics of externalities – Peak indifference revisited – Surely we can’t extrernalise time – Bean counting and the meaning of life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ745eyky6Q - https://nateh...

Forestry and flooding – lessons from the 2025 Tasman extreme storms – how good are we at learning from history – Nelson’s “right tree right place” strategy – is a climate strategy magic wand a magic myth?

energy and the economy - minerals and the economy - water and the economy - gravel and the economy - the climate crisis and the economy - “the economy” and the economy https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-148 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xW3oveI8Q1xAjlsliozXTDv5yPfx5OSG/view https://www.democracyproject.org.nz/p/democracy-briefing-the-electricity?utm_campaign=email-post-titl...

Morgan Williamms former Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment – background the NZ river flood management – changing nature of weather events and river behaviour under climate change – flood planning in the Nelson Tasman region – outline of a wide-boundary regional strategy towards flood management - storm and flood warning systems - key takeaways: it’s a challenge we can plan for: establi...

Obligations of the New Zealand media in reporting the climate emergency – “deliberative democracy 101” – how will deliberative democracy manifest itself in the Reality of Everything Symposium? – how will the key messages ROE symposium be propagated beyond the event itself? – final take-home messages https://events.humanitix.com/the-reality-of-everything-symposium https://www.thelentilintervention....

“How quickly can we add renewable energy?” is the wrong question - From the “can you believe it?” files: when chess and climate collide - Pioneering EV research - Insightful stocktake of NZ energy. - More from the “can you believe it?” files: ancient stingless bees - Do listen to the clever, poignant, “the very first music.” 2 min 43 s. - Inspired basic plant monitoring technology to enhance plant...

UK government released its hard-hitting “Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security” report – food security in New Zealand – a Polycrisis perspective on the economy – Catherine’s spell form a “Magic Polycrisis Wand”. https://events.humanitix.com/the-reality-of-everything-symposium https://www.thelentilintervention.org/ https://anuncommonland.substack.com/ http://www.resilie...

Seeing things different ways - A climate game that doesn’t feel like a game... - Reminder: poetry competition - Another way fossil fuels gain from AI - Be amazed: Craig Tindale talks with Nate Hagens - Have a serious laugh: an EV view of fossil fuel cars - BlackRock keeps playing NZ government for suckers https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-146 https://futurecoastsaotearoa.niwa...

“Love letter to the World” poetry competition results, citations from the judges and each poem read out – mostly by the poets. https://www.resilienz.co.nz/love-letter https://www.chiasisters.co.nz/pages/ourstory?srsltid=AfmBOopTtCHfHgxmyOrXujEnNicr_iU25yM3LuXNN4Ku-Ve2rgQMZXoW https://www.lighthouseaotearoa.org.nz/