Climate Matters

An extended Climate Matters interview with Dr Mike Joy.

Wide boundary thinking – massive artificial nitrogen inputs – why can’t we discuss scaling down our activities – climate policy and narrow boundary thinking – climate myopia –fossil fuel products are everywhere – siloed thinking – student loans and tax- a polycrisis explainer – energy abundance and the climate crisis – Canterbury is the freshwater disaster of NZ – freshwater impacts the harbinger of everything else – the Reality of Everything Symposium

https://realityofeverything.org/

https://www.resilienz.co.nz/frontfooting-the-future

An extended Climate Matters interview with Dr James Renwick.

Update on climate science – things worsening faster than expected - Antarctic sea ice and deep ocean circulation – need to reduce methane as well as other GHG – “no additional warming” policy and balancing food production with protecting the planet – fossil fuels affect everything - let’s get used to discussing climate

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-153

An extended Climate Matters interview with Prof Jonathan Boston.

Helicopter view of climate policy – the atmosphere a dumping ground –super-wicked problem are very difficult for policy – creeping (slow) problems difficult to mobilise action – time is running out – people who cause the problem have least incentive to act – lack of central controlling organisation – mitigation and adaptation – facing tipping points sooner than originally thought - cooling the planet – integrated policy approach – sea level rise – relocate before properties damaged – manifestos should rethink insurance – funding mechanisms for funding retreat – insurance losses $300 bn per annum- weaker insurance decreases resilience – re-election dilemma from sufficiently strong policy – current government gave away cross party agreement – we need political leaders to speak the truth about climate change – highlight the multiple benefits that can come from good climate policy – learn to cope with extraordinary losses

https://teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/insuring-the-future-reimagining-home-insurance-in-aotearoa?srsltid=AfmBOorOQJpPYGsjLHGqvFdbwqVhAu1xN0stEUEntk7DPOLep77qXYbL

Front-footing the future intro - A book of its time: “Insuring the Future” - A quiz question - Prime Minister, here’s more “dumb stuff” you shouldn’t be doing - And your Freudian slip, PM, that (almost) flew under the radar - Being hit between the eyes with “Net Zero” - From the “Can you believe it?” file: A new weather word - Mind-boggling: an overabundance of the most abundant gas - Clear the Air podcasts on NZ Trucking Media

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-151

https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/219-tad-patzek

https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2026/04/an-ordinary-storm-with-extraordinary-impacts-what-made-wellingtons-deluge-so-intense

https://teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/insuring-the-future-reimagining-home-insurance-in-aotearoa

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/592178/talk-of-relocation-after-string-of-weather-disasters-christopher-luxon-says

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

https://www.tabledebates.org/building-blocks/nitrogen-food-system

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/594954/luxon-calls-oecd-warning-on-government-s-lng-plans-load-of-rubbish

https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/11/oecd-tells-nz-theres-no-future-in-gas/

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/methane-targets-special

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-joining-big-dots

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360977914/govt-moves-kill-landmark-climate-court-case-against-big-polluters

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

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5k347-1a90ab2/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crr185nx0n9o

264 2026 05 11 CM 150 2026 05 03 Put on a jersey before you put on a heater Farewell and thank you to Elbephilarmonie’s “For seasons” – hello to Pecan Pies’s “Rise and Shine” thanks to Uppbeat - The biggest lesson from Artemis II? - “Hoping the ship arrives” isn’t a strategy – Quiz - Minister Mitchell, please explain “complacency” to the PM - The NZ government makes transparency more invisible - A welcome oxymoron: industrial scale regenerative forestry - “From the “can you believe it?” files: US gas price goes negative - Hot energy tip for winter - “CPR for a planet” - a blog recommendation

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a0523d7bff20056c1c5cecd/t/629ff4315f0d4c16f40707b0/1654649906693/RESILIENZ+AND+FRESHFM+LOCAL+BODY+ELECTION+PODCAST+MUSIC+STORY+2022+06+06.pdf

https://uppbeat.io/track/pecan-pie/rise-and-shine

https://energyandresilience.substack.com/p/hoping-the-ship-arrives-isnt-a-strategy?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=563109&post_id=193926856&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2riv9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email https://newzealandenergy.substack.com/p/ceasefire

https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/04/12/govt-gives-briefing-on-cyclone-vaianu-response-full-video/

https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/30/govt-reviews-official-information-act-costs-as-requests-spike/ - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/20/hybrid-organ-trees-fungi-union-loblolly-pines-startup-forest-management https://academic.oup.com/ismej/article/16/5/1327/7474139?login=false - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-46792-w https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/215-chris-keefer

https://boereport.com/2025/09/15/us-natgas-prices-at-waha-hub-in-texas-fall-into-negative-territory-2/

https://lylel.substack.com/p/cpr-for-a-planet?utm_source=post-email-

https://www.resilienz.co.nz/willful-blindness - title&publication_id=6436140&post_id=191583366&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2riv9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Climate Matters is an audio version of Resilienz Ltd's Climate Matters newsletter, that gives intriguing insights into climate breakdown and climate recovery.

Beware the “externality” – Externalities and wide-boundary thinking – privatising profits and socialising costs – looking in the mirror – there’s no such place as “Away” – is the PM externalising again? – the politics of externalities – Peak indifference revisited – Surely we can’t extrernalise time – Bean counting and the meaning of life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ745eyky6Q - https://natehagens.substack.com/p/wide-boundary-news-biodiversity-depletion - https://online.hbs.edu/blog/post/what-is-the-triple-bottom-line - https://mightyearth.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/chocolates_dark_secret_english_web.pdf - https://e360.yale.edu/features/the-real-price-of-a-chocolate-bar-west-africas-rainforests - https://www.undp.org/africa/waca/blog/crumbling-empire-chocolate - https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/590985/fuel-crisis-business-as-usual-luxon-says-but-some-industries-are-struggling - https://energyandresilience.substack.com/p/every-country-in-our-supply-chain?utm_campaign=comment&utm_medium=email&utm_source=substack&utm_content=post - https://jessemulligan.substack.com/p/waiting-for-what?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2309718&post_id=190906362&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2riv9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email - https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/591028/watch-pm-christopher-luxon-gives-updates-on-fuel-response-plan - https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/methane-targets-special - https://www.wired.com/story/peak-indifference-on-climate-change/ - https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/visualizations-data/ycom-us/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_capital - https://www.bcg.com/publications/2025/investing-in-climate-action