Climate Matters

COP 30 – The fire – The general structure of COP – the physical layout – Daniela’s role – NZ gets “Fossil of the day” award

- Downstream forestry consequences of Tasman’s devastating storms

- Another nail in the coffin of the ETS

- The great NTCF Climate Action Festival is almost here!

- From the “can you believe it?” files - shark dentistry anyone?!

- A not-what-you-expect infrastructure litmus test

- A hotter tip for a cooler planet

- StatsNZ and the inequity of “no additional warming” methane policy

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-141

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/06/carbon-offsets-fail-cut-global-heating-intractable-systemic-problems-study

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1597592/full

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025-9-22-abundance-and-the-infrastructure-litmus-test

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Daniela Ramirez in Brazil for at COP30 – the atmosphere ahead of COP30 - her meeting with Jacinda Ardern and Christiana Figueres – the Earthship Prize event – Adelaide bidding for COP31 – new emphasis on action rather than negotiation – the Brazilian concept of Mutirão,

https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/outrage-optimism-the-climate-podcast/id1459416461

https://earthshotprize.org/winners-finalists/2025/

A long read on an important matter: NZ’s newly released methane targets – “rotten mutton dressed up as lamb” - a personal message to the farming community - why is rapidly cutting methane critically important? – the deceptive innocence of “no additional warming” - backtracking on the world stage - might the PM and Minister plead ignorance and deserve the benefit of the doubt?

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

https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-sets-methane-targets-2050 - https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/74/12/812/7808595?login=false https://pce.parliament.nz/publications/letter-to-dairynz-beef-plus-lamb-nz-and-federated-farmers-about-submission-on-agricultural-emissions/ https://environment.govt.nz/assets/news/Methane-Science-and-Target-Review-Terms-of-Reference.pdf - https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/2641/2025/ https://biogenicmethane.org/#letter

Cycling special

- Simon Clark, Jon Foley and Project drawdown’ quest for cost-effective climate strategies

- Ralph Chapman research into NZ provincial towns

- Protected Bicycle Lanes Protect the Climate in the US

- Waka Kotahi Cycling Action Plan

- How the past holds secrets for our future: Marc Daalder’s echo of “The Ends of the World”

- Fresh warnings on an emerging insurance crisis

- Long read: balancing opex carbon and capex carbon

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-140

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReXaS4QausQ&t=1124s

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29751618/

https://itdp.org/publication/protected-bicycle-lanes-protect-the-climate/

https://nzta.govt.nz/resources/waka-kotahi-cycling-action-plan

https://newsroom.co.nz/2021/10/26/how-past-climates-hold-secrets-for-our-future/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-12/woodside-north-west-shelf-decision-murray-watt-pilbara/105758850

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/03/climate-crisis-on-track-to-destroy-capitalism-warns-allianz-insurer

https://e360.yale.edu/features/climate-change-home-insurance

https://www.building.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/getting-started/building-for-climate-change/whole-of-life-embodied-carbon-assessment-technical-methodology.pdf

https://d39d3mj7qio96p.cloudfront.net/media/documents/BRANZ_RN_zero-carbon1.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfLx377-bOw

The second interview with scientist Jim Sinner

- A more detailed look at the Swap One campaign – how it works – prizes – joint employee/employer initiatives

- The companion Travel Safe scheme for schools

- Jim’s prior work at Cawthron Institute – the magic climate strategy he would conjure up with a magic climate strategy wand

www.swapone.nz

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First after LG elections but recorded before the results were known – From the ”can you believe it?” files: beer and cattle decarbonise each other – The answer lies in the soil: a Country Life special – “The Ends of the World” and amazing not so new book I couldn’t put down – “The Walrus Movement”: an unexpected reality check from Nate Hagens – Energy from heaven not hell: Bill McKibben on photovoltaics – a deeper dive on fossil fuel percentages

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-139

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/countrylife/2025/full-show-country-life-for-29-august-2025

https://www.soil-hub.org.nz/

https://www.sixinchesofsoil.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9MmJkkv780

https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/

https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/podcast/frankly

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejRfnSrY0ok

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/fossil-fuels-share-energy?tab=line&time=earliest..2024&country=~OWID_WRL - https://ourworldindata.org/energy-substitution-method

https://www.energyinst.org/statistical-review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uXYq_a26_U

https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/inefficiency-ice

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/12/7098

Jim Sinner discusses the newly-launched Swap One climate initiative – origin of the idea – how it works – the sort of climate and transport benefits it might bring - how to get involved

www.swapone.nz

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/

https://www.resilienz.co.nz/climate-matters

Bottom trawling called out in Nelson protest - Are we on a fools’ errand with energy for data centres? Voting goto CM of the 8th September - links to experts on local government and the climate crisis - Susan Krumdiek Clip 1 - Shane Jones sings from the same energy songsheet as Donald Trump - Susan Krumdiek Clip 2 - The missing answer to “what is hydrogel bioink?”– a longer read on “ruminants and agriculture"

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-138

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(25)00134-2/fulltext

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/570835/greenpeace-protesters-arrested-after-boarding-fishing-vessel-in-nelson

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/how-much-power-do-data-centers-use/

https://tupa.gtk.fi/julkaisu/bulletin/bt_416.pdf

https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/ai-footprint-august-2025

https://climatehuman.substack.com/p/this-is-the-coolest-summer-for-the

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/562355/power-prices-rise-faster-than-rate-of-inflation

https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/trump-is-shockingly-dumb-about-electric

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/reinvigorating-americas-beautiful-clean-coal-industry-and-amending-executive-order-14241/

https://www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/document/HansS_20250522_047940000/jones-shane

https://www.resilienz.co.nz/climate-matters-podcast-climate-and-councils