Climate Matters

Reality of Everything Symposium – meaning of “Polycrisis” – UK National Emergency briefing – joining the symposium – key take away mesages https://events.humanitix.com/the-reality-of-everything-symposium https://www.thelentilintervention.org/ https://anuncommonland.substack.com/ https://www.resilience.org/ https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/

“Small move, Big change” by Caroline Arnold -Kelly Erhart: How can someone so young be so articulate and insightful? -New Zealand expanding the reach of the UK “National Emergency Briefing.” -“Love letter to the world” poetry comp: update on prizes and judges. -Climate-friendly and pocket-friendly eating: having our cake and eating it! -Hotter Tip for a Cooler Planet -Unpicking some of the latest from Surplus Energy Economics. -A Planetary Boundaries update we need but don’t want https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-145 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXeLqr4IlVE&t=5s https://anuncommonland.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-reality-of-everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7uh192r0 https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/12/grocery-shopping-on-a-budget-may-be-the-surest-way-to-lower-your-emissions/ https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-137 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-025-01270-4 https://www.nelsontasmanclimateforum.nz/ https://mailchi.mp/dbd69ed80913/talking-climate-now-in-your-inbox-10353891 https://surplusenergyeconomics.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/316-the-class-of-26/

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

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