All posts by Ilan Noy
NZ biggest firms will soon have to disclose their climate risk – but will it really curb climate change?

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Climate change has many catastrophic consequences, including droughts, floods, wildfires, heat waves, rising sea levels and biodiversity loss. These all have adverse implications for social cohesion, economic development and financial stability. Regrettably, the goals of advancing a better…
Canterbury ratepayers risk paying the price twice if Tarras airport takes off

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. This week saw the 12th anniversary of the first major Canterbury earthquake on September 4 2010. Since that event and the catastrophic aftershock of February 22 2011, the Canterbury economy has proved quite resilient. So it’s a good…