Gratuitous hardship
In rugby, injuries are all too common. Yet we can be certain that 15 players will start for the All Blacks in their next test. Read more
25 March, 2022
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Podcast: Addressing James Shaw’s dubious climate claims
Earlier this week, Climate Change Minister James Shaw was interviewed by Andrew Dickens on Newstalk ZB about our latest research, Pretence of Necessity: Why further climate change action isn’t needed and won’t help. The Minister made some dubious claims during his interview. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich
24 March, 2022
Matt Burgess on why the new climate change policy won't make a difference to emissions
Matt Burgess talks with Today FM's Rachel Smalley about why existing efforts are enough to meet net-zero emissions.
Matt's report Pretence of Necessity: Why further climate change action isn't needed and won't help can be read here Read more
22 March, 2022
Matt Burgess on why further climate action from the government is not needed
Matt Burgess discusses his latest report with Mike Hosking, NewstalkZB about why further climate change action from the government is not needed and won't help. Matt report Pretence of Necessity can be read here. Read more
22 March, 2022
Podcast: Pretence of Necessity - Why further climate change action isn't needed and won't help
Is New Zealand’s Net Zero carbon emissions target of 2050 likely or achievable? Will electric vehicle subsidies and similar policies help us get there? Read more
22 March, 2022
Pretence of Necessity
At May’s Budget, the government will commit $4.5 billion to new spending on climate change, more than $2,000 per household. The government will also deliver its Emissions Reduction Plan, an array of levies, subsidies, regulations and hard bans. Read more
21 March, 2022
Media Release: Expensive climate policies have "no effect on emissions" – report
Wellington (Tuesday, 22 March 2022) – New Zealand is already on track to its emissions targets and the government’s new climate change policies will have almost no effect on emissions, says a new report by public policy think tank The New Zealand Initiative. The report, Pretence of Necessity by Senior Economist Matt Burgess, shows that existing policies are enough and further policies are optional but not necessary to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Read more
21 March, 2022
A bad portent
Carbon prices are the best way of getting us to Net Zero. The Emissions Trading Scheme can get the job done if the government lets it. Read more
Dr Eric Crampton
18 March, 2022
Let the emissions trading scheme do the work
The latest survey of New Zealand economists provides a clear steer for climate policy. Rather than use policies like fuel economy standards for imported vehicles, which target emissions already covered by the Emissions Trading Scheme’s cap on net emissions, the government should simply tighten the cap more quickly. Read more
Dr Eric Crampton
7 March, 2022
Central planning through the backdoor
If you thought central planning was buried with the fall of communism, you should look at the European Union. In recent years, the EU has been working on its so-called taxonomy. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich
11 February, 2022