Cyclonic Storms Raise Economic Questions.
Read MoreGabrielle’s Trumpet Challenges Fiscal Stability
climate change
Mum knows better than Maureen where the winds of climate change are blowing
The terrible damage of Cyclone Gabrielle has the potential to up-end election year just as it has up-ended so many lives. For National it brings danger (enter Maureen Pugh), for the Greens, opportunity
Read MoreShould We Nationalise the Electricity Industry?
More competition is often proposed as a means of moderating monopolies and oligopolies. It may be better to reduce competition for the electricity industry meeting our climate change needs.
Read MoreFor a true 'Partnership for the Blue Pacific', we'll need more Pacific partners
New alliances are cropping up in the Pacific, but in whose interests? Are New Zealand and its partners willing to walk the walk required to achieve genuine peace and development or will we fail to learn lessons from elsewhere?
Read MoreJacinda Ardern's popularity is saving Labour from its 1st term track record
Crisis management and an unimpeachable personal reputation have been the features of Jacinda Ardern’s first term. Which is lucky for her because her track record on housing, poverty and climate hasn’t come close to her promises
Read MoreIs there a constituency for the Sustainable New Zealand Party?
The path ahead for Sustainability New Zealand looks rocky, not because of ingrained left-right ideologies, budgets or green politics… but because of confirmation bias
Read MoreTowards a Low-Emission Economy.
Reporting a civilised conversation on the policy challenges of reducing carbon emissions.
Read MorePolicy by Panic
In too many areas the government is avoiding taking policy decisions. When it has to its panic measures are knee-jerk and quick-fix
Read MoreParis, the conclusion: climate changer or puff pastry?
After the applause has died down, will the Paris Agreement do enough to keep global temperatures down, fund emission reductions in developing countries and hold nations to account?
Read MoreLetter from Paris: How ministers need to lift their game in week 2
In his second post from Paris, Barry Coates says the current deal before ministers is not good enough to keep temperature increases below 2 degrees and spells out what's missing
Read MoreLetter from Paris: Trust & ambition in week 1
Long-time climate campaigner and Green candidate Barry Coates writes from negotiations at Paris to explain NZ's role and what's really happening behind the scenes
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday June 24
US-China talks on trade, cybersecurity and climate change begin in Washington DC; UN opens human rights office in Seoul; suicide bomber kills 35 in Nigeria; nearly 1000 migrants picked up off Libyan coast in one day; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday June 19
Pope urges action on climate change; Hong Kong votes down electoral reform package; Japan to lower voting age from 20 to 18; Islamic State works to expand influence in Afghanistan; Chad launches air attacks on Boko Haram; and more
Read MoreLeading the charge to develop a soil carbon policy
New Zealand's unusual carbon profile marks it apart from other countries trying to lower greenhouse emissions
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday March 4
Netanyahu speaks to US Congress; Australia boosts its forces in Iraq; Obama criticises China's proposed counterterrorism law; Boko Haram video shows two beheaded men; EU likely to fall short of climate targets; and more
Read MoreA new climate target – no more can kicking
Over the next year, John Key faces a choice between his – and New Zealand's – international reputation on one hand and National's support base on the other as he wrestles with reducing our carbon footprint
Read MoreOur future lies in science
New Zealand loses focus on science to its detriment, and the world's
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday April 15
Worst climate change consequences can be averted, says international panel; avian flu outbreak in Japan leads to chicken cull; Pakistani Taliban factions agree ot one-month cease fire; Guinea-Bissau heads to the polls; and more
Read MoreFacing up to climate reality: Lessons from Haiyan & Yeb Sano
When Russel Norman repeated in parliament the words of a Filipino climate negotiator there were howls of outrage, but we listen to the pleas to end the madness we will only see more devastation
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday June 27
Kevin Rudd takes back leadership of Australia; riots in China kill 27; Syria death toll reaches 100,000; Obama pushes for action on global warming; and more
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