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Climate-tech investing, our portfolio, the Australasian climate opportunity. Written by the team and the Climate Impact Committee.
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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…
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The ETS just broke. This is how to fix it.
Sneaking through the wall-to-wall coverage of Covid this week was news of an Emissions Trading Scheme’s cock-up. Unexpected demand in the quarterly…