James Hughes

Works for Tonkin + Taylor in the areas of climate change and natural hazard resilience.

[James Hughes @Jamorito]

@iain_white Spot on Iain. In fact nearly every economist I have heard speak lately has advocated for a wealth tax or similar... and yet politically it just seems too hard.

[James Hughes @Jamorito]

@iain_white @dileepa_fonseka @PhilTwyford @BenRoss_AKL @GreaterAKL @WomenInUrbanism This is a good summary. Question is whether the market will respond? If we continue to free up city fringe land in Hamilton and Tga will things likely change?

[James Hughes @Jamorito]

Ab so fluffing lutely!

[RNZ @radionz]

A Southland farmer is calling for New Zealand wool to be used in all publicly-funded buildings and KiwiBuild homes, for carpeting and insulation.

https://t.co/UKVHmDtBGC

[James Hughes @Jamorito]

@DrCameronMurray @iain_white any evidence of this nature in nz?

[James Hughes @Jamorito]

@JulieAnneGenter This is a great initiative. Question: how can we use govt stimulus money to support intensified development in cities, rather than sprawl? Are you looking at this?

[James Hughes @Jamorito]

Help. We need some of this thinking in Tauranga

[Simon Wilson @simonbwilson]

Today @aklcouncil decided Auckland should reduce carbon emissions by 50% by 2030. That's 1/3 of NZ. The first serious big proposal to deal with climate change in this country? A proposal not a plan, yet, but still it's amazing. My story, not paywalled:
https://t.co/WogMj8Hmh0

[James Hughes @Jamorito]

@simonbwilson @AklCouncil Impressive. I look forward to reading!

[Simon Wilson @simonbwilson]

Tragic news. Jeanette Fitzsimons has died. She was inspirational every time she engaged and we have lost one of our greatest.

[James Hughes @Jamorito]

And then this... begins by railing against fake news and biased media, and then doubles down on the same. So unhelpful. https://t.co/JupZsthBya

[Beth Osborne @BethOsborneSGA]

So many arguments against change can be summed up like this: your solution is imperfect so let's keep doing what we are doing, which is much worse.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

This is BRILLIANT!

“It means you spend a lot of money now for a very short-term benefit."

“I guess for $300 billion dollars we were hoping for something a little more dramatic.”

#JevonsParadox isn’t a death metal band. It’s #inducedTraffic. Via @ABCTV:

[James Hughes @Jamorito]

Sometimes you happen to come across an article that is simply. spot. on. Thank you @liamdann

[Liam Dann @liamdann]

A short (free) opinion piece in which I confront the voices in my head... https://t.co/0poZnZvxg1

[Jamie Morton @JamieMortonNZ]

In any case, it’s frustrating that climate change remains so often wedded to ideology and world views, when we should be treating it as apolitical as an approaching asteroid. Droughts don’t care who you vote for. @TacianoMilfont has some good points here:
https://t.co/RNfOqRTNNe

[James Hughes @Jamorito]

@AnitaWreford Great interview this morn Anita!

[James Hughes @Jamorito]

@SustainableAkl @AklCouncil Woah! Big news! Big changes! Congrats John and I wish you all the very best.

[James Hughes @Jamorito]

Stoked to be awarded a close second for the ipwea conference ‘best paper’ awards for our DSC Research on climate impacts on stormwater and wastewater systems. @TonkinTaylor @DeepSouth_NZ

[James Hughes @Jamorito]

@WJ_DeepSouth @TonkinTaylor @SOLGMNZ @DeepSouth_NZ Great work Wageed!

[TODERIAN UrbanWORKS (TUW) @TODUrbanWORKS]

“After declaring a #climateemergency in February, #Vancouver moved quickly to change the deadline for its most important mobility target: achieving 2/3rds of all trips by walking, biking, & public transit by 2030 instead of 2040.” - ⁦@BrentToderian⁩ https://t.co/WGFhQWreeL