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Deep South Challenge Welcomes Suzi Kerr as New Science Lead
The Deep South’s Impacts and Implications Programme is gearing up with a recent researcher workshop and the recruitment of a new science lead – Dr Suzi Kerr. As one of New Zealand’s foremost climate economists and…
Motu Research Update #26
Motu Research Update #26 features articles on: construction productivity; labour market dynamics following a regional disaster; charting a course to NZ's low-emission future; are NZ and Australia a single housing market? and more. Check it out here.
Motu researchers on the average man, the economics of the Olympics, real estate music videos, the productivity puzzle, World Bank poacher turned gamekeeper & more
Every Friday, interest.co.nz put out a Top Ten of interesting links from around the web, to give people some fascinating, hopefully illuminating long reads over the weekend. Here's Kate Preston, Nathan Chappell and Wilbur Townsend with their…
Drivers of urban change: Wellington Region - Arthur Grimes
How can our cities provide a desirable, prosperous, socially inclusive, healthy and environmentally sustainable way of life? This presentation brings together the views of key decision-makers and cutting-edge research, exploring the issues of compact vs.…
Urban limit helps make region liveable place
Prof Tim Hazeldine from the University of Auckland Business School discusses the Auckland metropolitan urban limit, in particular... "Why the fuss all of a sudden? Actually, the source of discontent can be traced to a 2009…
For taxpayers, arbitraged carbon credits are not money in the bank
Largely as a result of three years of arbitrage between foreign and domestic units as New Zealand de-linked its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) from international carbon markets, the New Zealand government was liable for 140…
New Zealand carbon trade "sorry tale" of pollution fraud
Xinhua cover the Morgan Foundation Climate Cheats II report and Motu's working paper examining the impacts of how NZ delinked from Kyoto here...
'Dirty dozen' cheated on ETS - Morgan Foundation
Motu's Catherine Leining comments on the new Morgan Foundation report into those companies that benefited most from offsetting their carbon emissions with cheap European units. RadioNZ report here. "The reality is that more firms may want to…
Q&A - Grimes on Impact of Housing Crisis for non-Aucklanders
Q and A covers the Auckland Housing Crisis and the Unitary Plan. Arthur Grimes is interviewed (at 9:55) about the impact of Auckland housing prices on the rest of the country. More...
How right price, right credits would suit farmers
A carbon price of $25 and a 50 per cent allocation of free credits would make the Emissions Trading Scheme viable for some farmers, a new report shows. More at CarbonNews (paywalled).
