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Over the weekend Paula Bennett gave her first speech as climate change Minister. How did she rate? A couple of her statements were very promising, but much of it was a continuation of the ‘do nothing and make excuses’ approach … Read More

When we talk about climate change, a lot of people (including our public servants and politicians) focus on the cost of taking action – most commonly without any regard to the cost of NOT taking action. So the conversation usually … Read More

The Government has committed New Zealand to a climate change target for 2030. Once you look behind the headline numbers, the target is grossly underwhelming, which calls into question whether the Government is really serious about the existing target of … Read More

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with Batman. Yet every Christmas morning, under the tree I found Superman merchandise. Apparently my parents couldn’t tell the difference, which led to several years of bitter disappointment. The annual round of … Read More

Over the weekend Paula Bennett admitted that when New Zealand handed over 97m fraudulent carbon credits it wasn’t “the right thing to do”. But in defense of the Government she maintains that “we haven’t broken any rules”. She certainly hasn’t … Read More

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Reading between the lines for the Government’s review of the emissions trading scheme it’s easy to detect the admission of a cock-up. By allowing our scheme to get flooded by cheap, fraudulent foreign credits, the Government has spent the last … Read More

The Paris agreement has been warmly received around the world; finally we have an international agreement that has lived up to the hype. But let’s be honest, our expectations have been surpassed only because they have been lowered over many … Read More

The big news from Paris overnight was Canada throwing its weight behind a bid to limit warming to 1.5 degrees. While it is an eye-catching political move from a new administration, the reality of the situation facing the world is … Read More

Recent revelations from Carbon News have shown that almost everyone – officials, business groups, advocacy groups – wants a cross party consensus on climate change. Everyone that is, apart from the ruling National Party who are blinded by their perception … Read More