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Who should bear the cost of the changing climate?
Insurance Business NZ covers the work done by Motu and the Deep South National Science Challenge around insurance and climate change here...
Oct 9, 2017
ETS or carbon tax? NZ needs a strategy
Suzi Kerr writes in Newsroom about the benefits of an emissions trading scheme vs a carbon tax. In the lead up to this election there has been some debate about how New Zealand should respond to…
Sep 22, 2017
Gender Wage Gap Coverage
The paper examining the reasons behind the gender wage gap was popular in the media. Here is a list of where the article featured: Mainstream Media The Conversation - Women paid less for same contribution to work, and sexism…
Sep 5, 2017
Working for a better world
Anne-Marie Brook is developing a Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) after realising that the world doesn’t currently have a simple, transparent way to track the human rights performance of countries. The Gisborne Herald reports.
Aug 27, 2017
Regenerating East Coast Māori land for carbon farming
A new three year research project beginning this year will identify the opportunities and barriers for Maori land on the East Coast that could be used for native forest regeneration for carbon farming. Manu Caddie, Business…
Aug 25, 2017
Farmers advocate takes wrong message from climate reports - Andy Reisinger
As a climate scientist, I strongly rebut Tuesday's opinion piece by Robin Grieve who claimed he was relating facts from the Motu Research report, Cows, Sheep and Science: A Scientific Perspective on Biological Emissions from…
Aug 24, 2017
East Coast land study builds case for lucrative native forest future
The North Island's picturesque East Coast is set to become a testing ground for a nationwide model that could potentially establish hundreds of thousands of hectares of new native forest, combat climate change and improve…
Aug 23, 2017
Global support for 'Trump Forest' stuns NZ trio
Suzi Kerr comments in this story from the NZ Herald on how three New Zealand environmentalists pushing to plant a global forest cheekily dedicated to US President Donald Trump say they've been overwhelmed by worldwide…
Aug 23, 2017
Carbon Charge or ETS? The pros and cons.
This blog post from Jeanette Fitzsimons is a valuable addition to how people can think about making NZ climate-safe. The recent Climate Declaration to the NZ govt includes the suggestion: “Abandon the ETS and replace it…
Aug 21, 2017
Study boost for carbon farming on Coast
THE future of East Coast carbon farming has received a boost with a three-year research project beginning this year to identify the opportunities and barriers for reforesting Maori land. Ruatoria charitable company Hikurangi Enterprises, Motu Economic…
Aug 21, 2017
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