Climate Matters

State of decarbonisation of heavy transport fleet – heavy transport is a symptom not a cause – paradox of infrastructure and regulations not keeping up with technology development – rethinking the “buy now” button – hydrogen trucks vs battery trucks – opex and energy sources - the curse of congestion -

https://natroad.co.nz/ep-24-mike-hargreaves-a-playing-field-on-the-move/

https://natroad.co.nz/ep-23-stuart-donovan-motu-research-planning-where-we-go-determines-where-we-end-up/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC33HAq--x8

An extended Climate Matters interview with Lighthouse Aotearoa

Personal top issues – messages for voting public – Lighthouse Aotearoa activities – other young people’s climate organisations – reverse mentorship – climate anxiety – climate policy magic wands

https://www.lighthouseaotearoa.org.nz/

https://www.generationzero.org/

An extended Climate Matters interview with John Lang.

Climate Trunk Educational platform – Net-zero and Net Zero Tracker – carbon removals – need engineers at the policy table – scale up PV and batteries – cheap electrolysers – substitution not reduction – human nature – shipping fuels – protect natural carbon sinks – moral hazard – carbon price

https://zerotracker.net/

https://www.kiwisinclimate.org/kic-book/

https://www.climatetrunk.com/

https://eciu.net/

An extended Climate Matters interview with Dr Catherine Knight.

The Reality of Everything Symposium – deliberative democracy – reinvigorate climate mitigation – mitigation will bring real benefits – government introduce decarbonisation incentives and disincentives for emissions – NZ one of most wasteful in the world – emissions trading scheme – carbon price – need bipartisan commitment – decarbonising transport brings huge health and environmental benefits – change from just in time to just in case product handling – An Uncommon Land book – government must drive system change – urban design – government economics NOT like running a household

https://realityofeverything.org/

https://www.catherineknight.nz/single-post/an-uncommon-land

https://anuncommonland.substack.com/

An extended Climate Matters interview with Victoria Mulligan.

Scenarios are not predictions – need to rebuild trust in society – involve people in scenarios studies – scenarios can surface key decisions and reduce conflict – scenarios planning Strait of Hormuz crisis - we need more intergenerational thinking – policy makers must be able to hold the large and detailed, the long-term and short-term

https://www.victoriamulligan.nz/

https://www.designfutures.nz/

https://www.helenclark.foundation/facing-up-to-our-future

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

https://events.humanitix.com/next-evolution-in-democracy

An extended Climate Matters interview with Miriana Stephens