Climate Matters

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/

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

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

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 www.resilienz.co.nz

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

A wider view – Tangata whenua and indigenous wisdom – changes to forestry practices in the region – can tourism be climate friendly? – A just transition – where to next for Rachel Sanson?

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

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