Climate Matters

Last episode before election – completed the FFF series but there will be plenty more progressive feedback - the government deserves to be red carded on its professional Foul on the NZ-EU FTA – Tanes Tree Trust conference Nelson - How cool to be cool: a movement of its time - The same only different: more nitrogen where it’s not wanted - Watch this space! Official advice on what the government should be doing - A hotter tip for a cooler planet - A quest for “Anthropocene Intelligence” in university education. Mike Joy.

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-152

https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/community/bmore-community-fridge-network-free-food-pantries-baltimore-city-fighting-food-insecurity/

https://www.climatecommission.govt.nz/reports-and-evidence/publications/2026-national-climate-change-risk-assessment/

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7yEX13uldFo5Fvvvh6WC2d

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/australian-journal-of-environmental-education/article/from-miserable-pedagogies-to-anthropocene-intelligence-for-universities-in-the-metacrisis/3F88B03A8ADBE857E634642A21BE6946 https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-05-21/how-nitrogen-fertilizers-changed-the-food-system-part-1/ https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/12/i-couldnt-breathe-the-sinister-spread-of-frances-killer-seaweed

An extended Climate Matters interview with Jeet Sheth

Jeet Sheth and Lindsay Wood review the series – diverse range of experts with a surprising number of common messages - wide boundary thinking – social cohesion – integrative and insightful te ao Māori philosophy – connection with nature - transparency, education, and lobbying – social vaccine concept – deliberative democracy – scenarios and foresight planning – food, energy and minerals security – protect and maintain CO2 sinks (forests, soil, oceans) – carbon removals -food and energy security - enabling policies – constructive discussion of differences

https://tehereanuku.nz/

https://www.tetauihu.nz/#mihi-welcome

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-149

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFcjNseHGfw

https://www.resilienz.co.nz/interviews-with-experts

https://www.resilienz.co.nz/policy-directions

An extended Climate Matters Panel Discussion - Part 2

Matauranga Māori perspectives – energy and electrification – urban design – the polycrisis – party politics – the panel’s magic wand climate policies – closing thoughts

https://kai-anamata-mo-aotearoa.webflow.io/

An extended Climate Matters Panel Discussion - Part 1

Overall take aways – social cohesion – governmental cohesion – the EU-NZ Free Trade Agreement – public education – youth perspective with Lighthouse Aotearoa – independent technical advice in policy – scenarios and imagination – the economy

https://kai-anamata-mo-aotearoa.webflow.io/

https://www.helenclark.foundation/social-cohesion

An extended Climate Matters Interview with Eliza Prestidge-Oldfield

“NZ in the Dock” The EU NZ fair Trade Agreement complaint – Government legislating to stop the Mike Smith case from proceeding – importance of government heeding evidence – lobbying influence in New Zealand politics – NZ’s Zero Carbon Act – forestry and the ETS – the roles of central and local government – train MPs in good lawmaking

https://www.eli.org.nz/

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/nz-in-the-dock-climate-matters-special

https://www.bothends.org/en/Whats-new/Press/Both-ENDS-files-first-climate-complaint-under-EU-trade-enforcement-mechanism-over-New-Zealands-climate-rollbacks/

An extended Climate Matters Interview with Ben Wareing.