Climate Matters

Forestry and flooding – lessons from the 2025 Tasman extreme storms – how good are we at learning from history – Nelson’s “right tree right place” strategy – is a climate strategy magic wand a magic myth?

energy and the economy - minerals and the economy - water and the economy - gravel and the economy - the climate crisis and the economy - “the economy” and the economy

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-148
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xW3oveI8Q1xAjlsliozXTDv5yPfx5OSG/view
https://www.democracyproject.org.nz/p/democracy-briefing-the-electricity?utm_campaign=email-post-title&utm_medium=email
https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2023-02/1.%20Simon%20Michaus-Challenges%20and%20Bottlenecks%20for%20the%20Green%20Transition.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKzsjvRVkik
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/588902/moa-point-disaster-exposes-deeper-problems-public-health-experts-warn
https://itbrief.co.nz/story/exclusive-sustainability-expert-warns-nz-must-reassess-data-centre-water-use
https://economy.ac/news/2025/09/202509279542
https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-146
https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360475752/nzs-gritty-problem-insatiable-appetite-gravel
https://cdn.ymaws.com/concretenz.org.nz/resource/resmgr/docs/conf/2019/s3_p4.pdf
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/climate-risk-insurance-future-capitalism-g%C3%BCnther-thallinger-smw5f/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2518268-shift-in-the-gulf-stream-could-signal-ocean-current-collapse/
https://www.bas.ac.uk/news/antarctic-bottom-water-shrinking-warming/
https://www.bcg.com/press/12march2025-economic-case-climate-investment
https://www.bcg.com/publications/2025/investing-in-climate-action
https://surplusenergyeconomics.wordpress.com/

Morgan Williamms former Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment – background the NZ river flood management – changing nature of weather events and river behaviour under climate change – flood planning in the Nelson Tasman region – outline of a wide-boundary regional strategy towards flood management - storm and flood warning systems - key takeaways: it’s a challenge we can plan for: establish financial reserves, understand your flooding vulnerability and history; review fencing design on flood plains

Obligations of the New Zealand media in reporting the climate emergency – “deliberative democracy 101” – how will deliberative democracy manifest itself in the Reality of Everything Symposium? – how will the key messages ROE symposium be propagated beyond the event itself? – final take-home messages

https://events.humanitix.com/the-reality-of-everything-symposium
https://www.thelentilintervention.org/
https://anuncommonland.substack.com/
http://www.resilience.org/
https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/

“How quickly can we add renewable energy?” is the wrong question - From the “can you believe it?” files: when chess and climate collide - Pioneering EV research - Insightful stocktake of NZ energy. - More from the “can you believe it?” files: ancient stingless bees - Do listen to the clever, poignant, “the very first music.” 2 min 43 s. - Inspired basic plant monitoring technology to enhance plant stewardship - A sustainability conference running on “truth serum.” Sure. - More from the “can you believe it?” files: taking the pulse of a forest - Indigenous wisdom, science, and more.

https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-147
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-primary-energy?time=1800..latest
https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/tata-steel-chess-netherlands-halted-coal-protest-2853592-2026-01
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jan/23/chess-wimbledon-opens-with-an-environmental-protest-as-niemann-shares-lead
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(25)00257-8/fulltext
https://newzealandenergy.substack.com/p/new-zealands-2026-energy-stock-take-583
https://www.instagram.com/p/DRpXtWSgLZe
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpu_t3yC6fI&t=1s
https://substack.com/inbox/post/184073223?triedRedirect=true
https://fridayoffcuts.com/#9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVxG40NoH1E&t=1s
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/09/to-live-a-normal-life-again-its-a-dream-come-true-uks-first-climate-evacuees-can-cast-off-their-homes-and-trauma https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/201-rosa-vasquez-espinoza