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20
Apr 2018
Climate finance: The answer to a low-emissions future for New Zealand
Overlooked until now, climate finance may be the answer to a low-emissions future for New Zealand.That's the message from The Policy Observatory's Dr David Hall and Sam Lindsay of economic research collective Mōhio, who prepared the report for the Ministry of Environment. Investigating opportunities for New Zealand in climate finance, they outline ten recommendations.The report, read more
31
May 2018
New project page for forestry research
The transition to a low-emissions landscape is a new project page on our website. It highlights a series of projects Senior Researcher David Hall is undertaking on various aspects of afforestation, and includes links to the projects’ outputs. You can read more about this work here:https://thepolicyobservatory.aut.ac.nz/publications/the-transition-to-a-low-emissions-landscape