Author: Jez Weston
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Why we’re backing Zincovery for zinc recycling without coal
We’ve just made our fourth investment – in Christchurch-based Zincovery. The Climate VC Fund has joined Icehouse Ventures and Outset in a…
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What would $30b buy New Zealand?
By Jez Weston Under current projections, by 2030 the New Zealand government has committed to buy up to $30 billion in offshore…
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Climate VC Fund invests in Liquium’s green ammonia for fuel and fertiliser
Ammonia – the acrid-smelling chemical in cleaning products – is most widely used as an ingredient in fertiliser. It’s also being picked…
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Climate Fund backs Cleanery to tidy up emissions
Climate VC Fund is proud to announce its second investment. CVCF is the largest investor in a seed round of $2.34 million…
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How to judge the Emissions Reduction Plan
It was probably the biggest announcement of the year; maybe second only to the Budget. However you rank it, the Emissions Reduction…
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Last year set the objectives. Now we must deliver. I’ll start.
Last year was a momentous and uneven year for New Zealand’s climate risk and our response to it. In some ways it…
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Puncturing the waterbed – climate policy needs more than the Emissions Trading Scheme
By Dr Jez Weston, Rohan MacMahon The Emissions Trading Scheme sets the carbon price for New Zealand and the price has just…
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Tricksy accounting is not the outrage. Offsetting is.
As the tables are folded on COP26 one debate continues to rumble in climate circles: the accounting trick played by New Zealand…
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It’s time for churches to join the climate fight
By Rohan MacMahon and Vincent Heeringa Among the many dignitaries attending COP26 in Glasgow this month is Pope Francis, representing the principality…
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Climate VC on climate podcast
This month, Jez and Rohan featured on ‘This Climate Business’, a podcast about turning the climate crisis into opportunity. The podcast is…