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  • 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

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  • 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

  • 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


  • 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

  • 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


  • 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

  • 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

  • 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


  • UK government released its hard-hitting “Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security” report – food security in New Zealand – a Polycrisis perspective on the economy – Catherine’s spell form a “Magic Polycrisis Wand”.

    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/



  • Seeing things different ways - A climate game that doesn’t feel like a game... - Reminder: poetry competition - Another way fossil fuels gain from AI - Be amazed: Craig Tindale talks with Nate Hagens - Have a serious laugh: an EV view of fossil fuel cars - BlackRock keeps playing NZ government for suckers

    https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-146
    https://futurecoastsaotearoa.niwa.co.nz/
    https://e360.yale.edu/digest/ai-coal-nuclear?x-craft-preview=ee62e8addcc3020652f13c8d0dfe92cd07ece36f6174bdf9d507852de443a647ewvtnmyyip&token=-ecAuOrKaRL7g5jmDPeOgSKwwEPWg6pC
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t5fuMt03zI
    https://www.airseedtech.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/p/DMs9Oertpl7
    https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/16/blackrock-bails-on-2b-nz-climate-fund/?utm_source=Newsroom&utm_campaign=5bbd29804c-Summer_Briefing+14.01.2026_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_71de5c4b35-5bbd29804c-97876027&mc_cid=5bbd29804c&mc_eid=e3cf58c2df

  • “Love letter to the World” poetry competition results, citations from the judges and each poem read out – mostly by the poets.

    https://www.resilienz.co.nz/love-letter
    https://www.chiasisters.co.nz/pages/ourstory?srsltid=AfmBOopTtCHfHgxmyOrXujEnNicr_iU25yM3LuXNN4Ku-Ve2rgQMZXoW
    https://www.lighthouseaotearoa.org.nz/