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New view on gas emissions welcome
Richard Rennie of Farmers Weekly talks with Suzi Kerr and others about the way that foresters, environmentalists and climate change experts are welcoming the Government’s policy moves to manage the country’s runaway gas emissions. More...
Oct 30, 2017
NZ water systems particularly vulnerable to climate change
The recent Edgecumbe floods saw raw sewage floating through the streets, making the clean-up extremely challenging. Six months later, 500 houses are still unliveable and flood-proofing the town remains a distant goal. The asset value of…
Oct 27, 2017
Stormwater and Wastewater Paper Coverage
The Climate Change and Stormwater and Wastewater Systems report, commissioned by the Deep South National Science Challenge, highlights infrastructure issues Aotearoa New Zealand may face as it grapples with “increasingly severe risks” of extreme rainfall,…
Oct 27, 2017
Excellence in economics brings home the Sir Frank Holmes prize
Motu is pleased to announce the top economics tertiary student for 2017 is Livvy Mitchell, from AUT who has won the Sir Frank Holmes Prize. In recognising Sir Frank Holmes as one of New Zealand’s pre-eminent economists and…
Oct 26, 2017
Coalition deal: Is our new R&D goal realistic?
Innovation experts have welcomed the new coalition government's goal of boosting spending on research and development to two per cent of GDP over 10 years. But it won't be easy - and could require a huge…
Oct 25, 2017
New Zealand PM-elect confirms ETS will stay as carbon price rallies to 1-yr high
New Zealand Prime Minister-elect Jacinda Ardern on Friday confirmed that the country’s emissions trading scheme would stay as part of the new government’s wide-reaching climate policies, as NZU prices surged 2.7% to their highest levels…
Oct 20, 2017
New Government in NZ Could Spell Changes for Pioneering Central Bank
The formation of a center-left government in New Zealand after an inconclusive election last month would likely spell big changes for its central bank, the pioneer of the inflation-targeting regime adopted across the world. This…
Oct 13, 2017
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
Motu News September 2017
From the Director of Motu Economic and Public Policy ResearchSocial science research has a somewhat odd place in New Zealand. For starters, there is ambiguity about what it includes. For some 'social science' is a…
Sep 15, 2017
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