Lance Wiggs - Punakaiki Fund, Climate VC Fund.

[Helen Clark @HelenClarkNZ]

Very depressing that Fonterra plans to sell off well-known consumer brands. If they go into foreign ownership, that has adverse implications for #NZ’s balance of payments. Company’s vision seems limited to being an efficient commodity producer. https://t.co/Gs9rhUSW8o

[Diego Känzig @drkaenzig]

Our results imply a SCC of $1,056 per ton of carbon dioxide vs. $151/tCO2 when we estimate the model on local temperature shocks.

A business-as-usual warming scenario leads to a present value welfare loss of 31%. Both are multiple orders of magnitude above previous estimates.

[Diego Känzig @drkaenzig]

𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁: A 1°C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world GDP. The response is highly statistically significant and persistent.

[Diego Känzig @drkaenzig]

Thrilled to share our latest work with @AdrienBilal! Check out our new working paper:

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝘀. 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲

Read here: https://t.co/TWtYiH5M9b

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[Lance Wiggs - Punakaiki Fund, Climate VC Fund. @lancewiggs]

@publicaddress Well done Russell. A great journey, and an important one.

[Lance Wiggs - Punakaiki Fund, Climate VC Fund. @lancewiggs]

@traskjd @TimFWelch median

[Lance Wiggs - Punakaiki Fund, Climate VC Fund. @lancewiggs]

We are in dark times.
https://t.co/B0TndFm5DX

[Russell Brown @publicaddress]

In 2024, Calgary, the city where Seymour was claiming in 2010 that public transport would never work, has a light rail network with the 2nd-highest ridership in North America (it runs on wind-generated electricity) and the most extensive walk-and-cycle network on the continent.

[Salvatore Mattera @SalvMattera]

Someone asked me, "if many people are gradually developing long COVID, wouldn't we see it in the economic data?" Yes, we would. And in fact we are. A few recent examples:

[Lance Wiggs - Punakaiki Fund, Climate VC Fund. @lancewiggs]

@JohnJCampbell @DrSeaRotmann Thank you.

It needed one paragraph of the book to understand the mine was being operated catastrophically unsafely.

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

State of the Climate: 2023 smashes records for surface temperature and ocean heat | @hausfath

Read here ➡️ https://t.co/EBfcA8q9o1

[Lance Wiggs - Punakaiki Fund, Climate VC Fund. @lancewiggs]

@jamespeshaw Thanks for all the work, and smart work at that.

[Lance Wiggs - Punakaiki Fund, Climate VC Fund. @lancewiggs]

Aussies called this Toe Cutting: Short term cost saving that has disastrous long term consequences.

[AUC NEWS @auc_nz]

Goodbye rubbish bins, hello more litter
Auckland Council is removing 30% of the region’s rubbish bins from public spaces in an attempt to cut costs.
The removal of about 30% of the region’s 10,000 rubbish bins by the end of March as part of the annual budget savings target.

[Lance Wiggs - Punakaiki Fund, Climate VC Fund. @lancewiggs]

@CityAklccrg A moored cruise ship emits as much as 2000 idling cars do.

[Lance Wiggs - Punakaiki Fund, Climate VC Fund. @lancewiggs]

@DylanReeve @byroncclark I’d strongly prefer the reverse. Property ownership records should be in the clear. And trusts etc.

again if you are investigating Nazis or being stalled then that’s clearly a case for exemption.

[Lance Wiggs - Punakaiki Fund, Climate VC Fund. @lancewiggs]

@byroncclark I get that there are edge cases, and these should be allowed to hide, but part of the reason for transparency is to allow people to also look at the real estate records, to follow the money. Closing records is going the wrong way - we should be opening up more.

[Catherine Arrow @Caanz]

Brilliant piece from @JohnJCampbell this morning. Says everything that needs to be said and more. Thank you.

John Campbell: Are we on the cusp of something new or something old?

https://t.co/SVdn6mwNUD

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

Tonight, our hearts are in Bethlehem, where the Prince of Peace is once more rejected by the futile logic of war, by the clash of arms that even today prevents him from finding room in the world. #Christmas

[Lance Wiggs - Punakaiki Fund, Climate VC Fund. @lancewiggs]

Finally installed it seems. The wheels turn very slowly inside @AklTransport

[Lance Wiggs - Punakaiki Fund, Climate VC Fund. @lancewiggs]

Right now @AklTransport