Ross Inglis

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

What will it take to wean NZ off its addiction to imported oil? Kirsten Corson reckons a decent oil crisis isn't a bad place to start:

https://t.co/STW6nwegWm

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

How well are we doing at cutting our share of global warming emissions? John Lang, co-founder of the Net Zero Tracker, tells me the data is pretty damning:

https://t.co/zxGYFbaYPI

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

How should the insurance sector respond to global warming? What priority should NZ give to cutting emissions? I asked former Tower chair Michael Stiassny on to This Climate Business to talk about it:

https://t.co/oviI1Smsc3

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

What does October’s energy policy announcement mean for the future of NZ’s electricity market and the climate? Law professor Barry Barton steps me through a package big on fossil fuels and very quiet on renewables.

https://t.co/guCQZYcDVd

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

NZ's newest big storage battery is showing early signs of softening electricity prices. Climate and energy modeller Dr Jen Purdie tells me it's a step towards a low-emissions grid but we've got a long way to go:

https://t.co/wZDmghyEcW

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

Auckland builder Paul Webster-Young is turning a new home into a case study for construction that sends less waste to landfill and costs less over time. He tells me how he's doing it on @ClimateBizNZ:

https://t.co/UtZUzt889o

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

New Zealand’s houses have come a long way since the ’70s but there’s plenty we can do to make them more sustainable. Architect Mike Hartley is designing for less building waste and that, he tells me on @ClimateBizNZ, starts by talking with the builder:

https://t.co/iHy8ykYOnm

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

What does a fat cat have to do with businesses getting real about sustainability? Andrew Davies, B Lab Australia and NZ's CEO, tells me all about it on This Climate Business:

https://t.co/nmqdYPo2qn

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

@BrianTamakiNZ Come on over and get mine, Brian. Don't like your chances.

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

What would a journalist from outside New Zealand find if they ran the ruler over our current climate policies? Australian writer Royce Kurmelovs has done just that, and he tells me the answer can be rendered in two words: quiet quitting:

https://t.co/FZtJluosLg

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

Our national emissions reduction plan isn't fit for purpose and Lawyers for Climate Action are heading to court to fix it. Jessica Palairet explains all on This Climate Business:

https://t.co/0r3oCS0zr9

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

New Zealand’s dairy sector has an awful environmental record, but what if we decided to do dairy differently? Iwi-owned Miraka Limited is figuring out how to produce lower-emissions export dairy based on kaitiakitanga. Miraka’s Brendan Haigh explains:
https://t.co/HU0AEs9Tj1

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

Is NZ's corporate climate disclosure system farsighted or onerous and expensive? Victoria University's https://t.co/QW6JNPQTLu explains a world-leading initiative now under threat:

https://t.co/8qn1XIBSfg

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

The industrial adhesives essential to MDF, particle board and the like are a health hazard and a $12billion business. Here's the story of a NZ company with a better, kinder glue made from recycled plastics.

https://t.co/lsmQMT8z7a

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

@sausagewalker01 @JohnJCampbell Not this one. Perhaps best to speak for yourself.

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

Aotearoa has announced its most recent target for reducing greenhouse gases and at best it is modest. Newsroom's @marcdaalder talked me through a nationally determined contribution that contributes little:

https://t.co/mPj0Cm2q6G

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

As sea levels rise, home insurance premiums follow. A new report from the Helen Clark Foundation and engineering consultancy WSP NZ says it’s time we sorted out how best to protect our homes. Report author Kali Mercier tells me she has some ideas:
https://t.co/Hfo0Ij9Cld

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

NZ is woefully exposed to the risks of climate change and has no coherent strategy for moving people and assets away from them. Sustainability consultant Kelly Flatz tells me the national conversation about managed retreat is only just starting:
https://t.co/o1FXQPmUPa

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

I walked Burrard Bridge on a drizzly Sunday afternoon and there was a steady stream of roadies and commuter cyclists and any other tribe you care to mention. See, @SimeonBrownMP, it is possible and it does work.

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

Part of the case for liberating a lane of the Auckland Harbour Bridge is that it's been done elsewhere, and it's worked. Example: Vancouver's Burrard Bridge. This Art Deco-style wonder allocated a lane to cyclists in 2009 and then added another cycling lane in 2017.

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

There was furious opposition to the original lane reallocation for reasons Aucklanders will recognise: fears of gridlock and fears retail sales would be gutted. Neither happened.

[Ross Inglis @rossunwired]

Instead, Vancouverites took the their bikes and rode the bridge - more than a million bike trips a year. Traffic still flows and retailers still flourish.