Climate Matters

Climate change is a systems issue – Te Tauihu Intergenerational Strategy: Tupuna Pono being good ancestors – indigenous knowledge and wisdom – regional and global food strategies – distinctive features of Māori businesses – The Nelson Tenths – Climate Change as a teacher – Marae and Marae Pakeha – planning for and learning from disasters – multi-generational thinking

https://tehereanuku.nz/

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

https://www.tam.org.nz/

An extended Climate Matters interview with Shamubeel Eaqub

We need to use the tools we have – we all have a role to play – social cohesion critical for climate policy - reducing income inequality a key to social cohesion – deliberative democracy is an important strategy – important to get energy transition right – need to integrate transport and housing – need to free policy from electoral cycles – insurance and risk – optimism and hope

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

https://www.publicservice.govt.nz/publications/deliberative-processes-citizens-juries-and-citizens-assemblies -

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/ourregenerativefuturecampaign/

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://leanlogic.online/

https://www.schema.nz/

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/frontfooting-the-future

https://www.climatefoundation.org/

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/

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 – risk of selective mainstream media and of social media misinformation – challenge of understanding the massive problem of climate change – carbon tax worked well – vested industry obstructing progress – time and the climate crisis – fear and hope – false hope with technology – military apprehension of what is coming – social vaccine for transformation – importance of discussion and “benign uproar” – Substack CM 152 – Community fridge networks – same nitrogen plot different actors – Kiwis in Climate book – Nicola Willis earns herself a Goon Gong – CCC National Climate Risk Assessment – hotter tip for a cooler planet – a quest for “Anthropocene intelligence” in university education

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.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/12/i-couldnt-breathe-the-sinister-spread-of-frances-killer-seaweed

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-05-21/how-nitrogen-fertilizers-changed-the-food-system-part-1/

https://www.climatecommission.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/NCCRA/finals/2026-NCCRA-A3-snapshot-v2.pdf

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/australian-journal-of-environmental-education/article/from-miserable-pedagogies-to-anthropocene-intelligence-for-universities-in-the-metacrisis/3F88B03A8ADBE857E634642A21BE6946