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Podcast: Interpreting Dr Rod Carr - with Matt Burgess and Oliver Hartwich

In this podcast Matt Burgess and Oliver Hartwich analyse a short essay by Dr Rod Carr, chair of the Climate Change Commission. If you would like to listen to our latest podcasts, please subscribe to The New Zealand Initiative podcast on iTunes, Spotify or The Podcast App. Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich

Podcast

3 June, 2021

The case for a congestion charge

Emissions pricing and congestion pricing have a lot in common. The economics of both are straightforward. Read more

Dr Eric Crampton

The Dominion Post

31 May, 2021

Budget 2021: A carbon dividend would help families pay rising power bills

The biggest risk to New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme isn’t technical issues in how the scheme is run or in its accounting. The biggest risk instead is politics. Read more

Dr Eric Crampton

Newsroom

25 May, 2021

Carbon’s creative destruction

Clean air is certainly the flavour of the month in Europe judging from the skyrocketing price of carbon. Since April last year, emissions units on the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (“ETS”) have nearly quadrupled from €15 to above €56 (NZ$95) this week. Read more

Insights Newsletter

21 May, 2021

Submission: Phasing out fossil fuels in process heat

Read our submission to the Ministry for the Environment on phasing out fossil fuels in process heat. The New Zealand Initiative fully supports New Zealand’s emissions targets. Read more

Submission

20 May, 2021

Submission: Inquiry into congestion pricing in Auckland

Here is our submission to the Transport and Infrastructure Committee on the inquiry into congestion pricing in Auckland. We broadly support the analysis and recommendations provided in the “The Congestion Question: Main Findings” (the Report). Read more

Dr Eric Crampton

Submission

20 May, 2021

Submission: Ensuring our energy and airports regulation is fit for purpose

In our submission to the Commerce Commission on its open letter "Ensuring our energy and airports regulation is fit for purpose" we urge the Commerce Commission to act consistently with our statutory emissions targets as they are worded in the legislation. Terms like “decarbonisation,” “energy transition” and “low carbon economy” are not consistent with our statutory targets. Read more

Submission

7 May, 2021

How Germany's dangerous precedent on climate could impact New Zealand

What is it about climate change that turns august institutions into the intellectual equals of quivering jellyfish? Last week, Germany's highest court upheld a constitutional complaint against the Federal Government on climate change. Read more

NZ Herald

7 May, 2021

To support lower emissions, oppose the Climate Commission's plan

It is easy to dismiss critics of the Climate Change Commission’s plan to reduce emissions as opposed to any action at all. Too easy. Read more

NZ Herald

7 April, 2021

The Emissions Trading Scheme FAQ

The Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) uses prices to lower emissions. The scheme launched in New Zealand in 2008 and it is now one of the best-designed schemes in the world. Read more

Research Note

30 March, 2021

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