Climate Matters

Joining big dots – with great sympathy for slip victims and their families

–NZ government complicit in increasing risk of floods and slips

–“Tie your tamariki to you”

–When should an emergency warning be given and to whom?

–dots of a different kind: UK national security report

–more big dots on national security

–a geeky mind-game on our place in global history

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

https://www.resilienz.co.nz/love-letter

https://www.climatecommission.govt.nz/our-work/advice-to-government-topic

https://www.resilienz.co.nz/willful-blindness

https://biogenicmethane.org/#letter

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7uh192r0

https://www.ted.com/talks/johan_rockstrom_the_tipping_points_of_climate_change_and_where_we_stand

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0eae719d837d69afc7de/National_security_assessment_-_global_biodiversity_loss__ecosystem_collapse_and_national_security.pdf

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/08/national-security-threatened-climate-crisis-uk-defence-chiefs-warn- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t5fuMt03zI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_time_scale

Cycle ways in front of commercial premises:

-Examples of good solutions

-Options for trialing solutions before fully implementing them

-Making roundabouts work for cyclists as well as motorists

-The economics of roads and cycling

https://shape.nelson.govt.nz/east-west-cycle-link

https://www.resilienz.co.nz/love-letter

https://www.nelsust.org.nz/

The inspirational young (mostly!) people at Lighthouse Aotearoa

- A great collection of user-friendly ways to engage with climate

- From the “can you believe it?” files 1: listening to the soil and to animals walk - Announcing our Valentine’s Day “Love letter to the World” poetry competition

- From the “Can you believe it?” files 2: who owns the Arctic Ocean?

- A hotter Tip for a Cooler Planet

- Even more on the great cost/benefit ratio of cycling infrastructure

- An insightful retrospective from a lifelong journalist

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-144-

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

https://www.resilienz.co.nz/love-letter

https://mailchi.mp/dbd69ed80913/talking-climate-now-in-your-inbox-10353891

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnQ6BbAl3m4

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/05/agriculture-revolution-soil-farming-earth-rover-program

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-145

https://youtu.be/8sa7uh192r0

https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/public-support-investing-urban-cycleways-outweighs-opposition-national-survey

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/28/after-a-career-as-an-environment-writer-heres-what-i-have-learned

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

Big issues

- Nuclear power: different year, same strategy

- “The Story of Everything” - Horse meat revisited (briefly)

- Dancing with the Devil: the crazy cost of our indulgences (mid-length read)

- Engineering the Earth: time to think the unthinkable? (Longer read)

- Quiz: what is SAI?

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-mike-joy-8a188b255_in-this-crazy-world-of-delusion-the-carbon-activity-7394928956006723584-cki9

https://e360.yale.edu/features/hannah-ritchie-interview

https://www.airbus.com/en/products-services/commercial-aircraft/global-market-forecast

https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/luxury-cruise-giant-emits-10-times-more-air-pollution-sox-all-europes-cars-study

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN8zvljc5EQ

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/1510/global-effects-of-mount-pinatubo

Quiz: “What is Kaya decomposition”?

- Food for thought: Hannah Ritchie on nuclear power and lots more

- Thought for food: something to ruminate on

- Big questions we’re not asking

- A glimpse into COP30 and “PreCOP” in Brazil

- Are plug-in hybrids plug-in hype?

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-142

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

https://e360.yale.edu/features/hannah-ritchie-interview

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0737080618306452

https://www.tastingtable.com/1269886/tried-horse-meat-my-thoughts/

https://www.agresearch.co.nz/news/dairy-beef-offers-potential-for-significant-emissions-savings/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X20307976

https://surplusenergyeconomics.wordpress.com/

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-134

https://natehagens.substack.com/p/the-great-simplification-19-simon

https://freshfm.co.nz/programme/climate-matters/

https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smoke-screen-the-growing-phev-emissions-scandal

https://robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/16/plug-in-hybrids-pollute-almost-as-much-as-petrol-cars-report-finds

COP 30 – more personal dimensions – The NZ delegation – Aboriginal/indigenous communities including a Māori youth delegation – feature themes and topics – Finance and local government – the selection process for next year’s COP 31.

COP30 – contentious issues – The fossil fuel lobby – Nuclear power- geoengineering

The Lighthouse Aotearoa climate group – Reaching out to peers on climate – Education for climate – The intergenerational challenge – Future projects for Lighthouse Aotearoa – Five spells with a magic climate wand

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

The Lighthouse Aotearoa climate group – The Future Council Film – Lighthouse Aotearoa – Past projects – the climate camp with NGC – Climate outreach beyond Te Tauihu

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