Climate Matters

Climate Matters

Climate Matters, an audio version of Lindsay Wood from Resilienz Ltd's Climate Matters newsletter, that gives intriguing insights into climate breakdown and climate recovery. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/pecan-pie/rise-and-shine License code: 9BX3QHXGDPO15DLL

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May 24, 2026 27 mins
Helicopter view of climate policy – the atmosphere a dumping ground –super-wicked problem are very difficult for policy – creeping (slow) problems difficult to mobilise action – time is running out – people who cause the problem have least incentive to act – lack of central controlling organisation – mitigation and adaptation – facing tipping points sooner than originally thought - cooling the planet – integrated policy approach – ...
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Front-footing the future intro - A book of its time: “Insuring the Future” - A quiz question - Prime Minister, here’s more “dumb stuff” you shouldn’t be doing - And your Freudian slip, PM, that (almost) flew under the radar - Being hit between the eyes with “Net Zero” - From the “Can you believe it?” file: A new weather word - Mind-boggling: an overabundance of the most abundant gas - Clear the Air podcasts on NZ Trucking Media h...
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May 10, 2026 21 mins
264 2026 05 11 CM 150 2026 05 03 Put on a jersey before you put on a heater Farewell and thank you to Elbephilarmonie’s “For seasons” – hello to Pecan Pies’s “Rise and Shine” thanks to Uppbeat - The biggest lesson from Artemis II? - “Hoping the ship arrives” isn’t a strategy – Quiz - Minister Mitchell, please explain “complacency” to the PM - The NZ government makes transparency more invisible - A welcome oxymoron: industrial...
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May 3, 2026 17 mins
Climate Matters is an audio version of Resilienz Ltd's Climate Matters newsletter, that gives intriguing insights into climate breakdown and climate recovery.
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April 26, 2026 21 mins
Beware the “externality” – Externalities and wide-boundary thinking – privatising profits and socialising costs – looking in the mirror – there’s no such place as “Away” – is the PM externalising again? – the politics of externalities – Peak indifference revisited – Surely we can’t extrernalise time – Bean counting and the meaning of life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ745eyky6Q - https://natehagens.substack.com/p/wide-boundary...
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April 19, 2026 15 mins
Forestry and flooding – lessons from the 2025 Tasman extreme storms – how good are we at learning from history – Nelson’s “right tree right place” strategy – is a climate strategy magic wand a magic myth?
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April 12, 2026 23 mins
energy and the economy - minerals and the economy - water and the economy - gravel and the economy - the climate crisis and the economy - “the economy” and the economy https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-148 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xW3oveI8Q1xAjlsliozXTDv5yPfx5OSG/view https://www.democracyproject.org.nz/p/democracy-briefing-the-electricity?utm_campaign=email-post-title&utm_medium=email https://une...
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April 5, 2026 25 mins
Morgan Williamms former Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment – background the NZ river flood management – changing nature of weather events and river behaviour under climate change – flood planning in the Nelson Tasman region – outline of a wide-boundary regional strategy towards flood management - storm and flood warning systems - key takeaways: it’s a challenge we can plan for: establish financial reserves, understan...
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March 29, 2026 17 mins
Obligations of the New Zealand media in reporting the climate emergency – “deliberative democracy 101” – how will deliberative democracy manifest itself in the Reality of Everything Symposium? – how will the key messages ROE symposium be propagated beyond the event itself? – final take-home messages https://events.humanitix.com/the-reality-of-everything-symposium https://www.thelentilintervention.org/ https://anuncommonland.subs...
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March 22, 2026 18 mins
“How quickly can we add renewable energy?” is the wrong question - From the “can you believe it?” files: when chess and climate collide - Pioneering EV research - Insightful stocktake of NZ energy. - More from the “can you believe it?” files: ancient stingless bees - Do listen to the clever, poignant, “the very first music.” 2 min 43 s. - Inspired basic plant monitoring technology to enhance plant stewardship - A sustainability...
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March 15, 2026 25 mins
UK government released its hard-hitting “Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security” report – food security in New Zealand – a Polycrisis perspective on the economy – Catherine’s spell form a “Magic Polycrisis Wand”. https://events.humanitix.com/the-reality-of-everything-symposium https://www.thelentilintervention.org/ https://anuncommonland.substack.com/ http://www.resilience.org/ https://www.thegrea...
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March 8, 2026 15 mins
Seeing things different ways - A climate game that doesn’t feel like a game... - Reminder: poetry competition - Another way fossil fuels gain from AI - Be amazed: Craig Tindale talks with Nate Hagens - Have a serious laugh: an EV view of fossil fuel cars - BlackRock keeps playing NZ government for suckers https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-146 https://futurecoastsaotearoa.niwa.co.nz/ https://e360.yale.edu/...
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March 1, 2026 24 mins
“Love letter to the World” poetry competition results, citations from the judges and each poem read out – mostly by the poets. https://www.resilienz.co.nz/love-letter https://www.chiasisters.co.nz/pages/ourstory?srsltid=AfmBOopTtCHfHgxmyOrXujEnNicr_iU25yM3LuXNN4Ku-Ve2rgQMZXoW https://www.lighthouseaotearoa.org.nz/
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February 22, 2026 21 mins
Reality of Everything Symposium – meaning of “Polycrisis” – UK National Emergency briefing – joining the symposium – key take away mesages https://events.humanitix.com/the-reality-of-everything-symposium https://www.thelentilintervention.org/ https://anuncommonland.substack.com/ https://www.resilience.org/ https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/
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February 15, 2026 24 mins
“Small move, Big change” by Caroline Arnold -Kelly Erhart: How can someone so young be so articulate and insightful? -New Zealand expanding the reach of the UK “National Emergency Briefing.” -“Love letter to the world” poetry comp: update on prizes and judges. -Climate-friendly and pocket-friendly eating: having our cake and eating it! -Hotter Tip for a Cooler Planet -Unpicking some of the latest from Surplus Energy Econom...
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February 8, 2026 27 mins
Joining big dots – with great sympathy for slip victims and their families –NZ government complicit in increasing risk of floods and slips –“Tie your tamariki to you” –When should an emergency warning be given and to whom? –dots of a different kind: UK national security report –more big dots on national security –a geeky mind-game on our place in global history https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/climate-matters-joining-...
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Cycle ways in front of commercial premises: -Examples of good solutions -Options for trialing solutions before fully implementing them -Making roundabouts work for cyclists as well as motorists -The economics of roads and cycling https://shape.nelson.govt.nz/east-west-cycle-link https://www.resilienz.co.nz/love-letter https://www.nelsust.org.nz/
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January 25, 2026 17 mins
The inspirational young (mostly!) people at Lighthouse Aotearoa - A great collection of user-friendly ways to engage with climate - From the “can you believe it?” files 1: listening to the soil and to animals walk - Announcing our Valentine’s Day “Love letter to the World” poetry competition - From the “Can you believe it?” files 2: who owns the Arctic Ocean? - A hotter Tip for a Cooler Planet - Even more on the great cost/bene...
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January 18, 2026 17 mins
Climate Matters is an audio version of Resilienz Ltd's Climate Matters newsletter, that gives intriguing insights into climate breakdown and climate recovery.
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January 11, 2026 24 mins
Big issues - Nuclear power: different year, same strategy - “The Story of Everything” - Horse meat revisited (briefly) - Dancing with the Devil: the crazy cost of our indulgences (mid-length read) - Engineering the Earth: time to think the unthinkable? (Longer read) - Quiz: what is SAI? https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-mike-joy-8a188b255_in-this-crazy-world-of-delusion-the-carbon-activity-7394928956006723584-cki9 https://...
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