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Coastal properties may lose insurance
There may come a day when your coastal property is refused insurance because of the high-risk of storm damage and erosion due to rising sea-levels. Belinda Storey is a climate economist who works with Motu…
What drives the gender pay gap?
The earnings differential between men and women is a recurring topic in academic research and policy debates. While the gender pay gap is sometimes interpreted as a blatant sign of discrimination that calls for stricter…
The risks of living near the ocean
Would you buy a house that might flood in the future, and how much would you pay for it? Eloise Gibson of Newsroom talks to the researchers working out the effect of sea level rise…
How climate change could send your insurance costs soaring
Climate change is not only set to transform our environment, it's also likely to cause insurance costs to skyrocket. This in-depth article from Stuff talks to a variety of learned folk and looks at some…
A Motu Top 10 on festive giving ideas; gender, nature and nurture; lost Einsteins; how Nazis are made; paywalls; potatoes and productivity, Mugabe's lottery win & climate change in the USian mind
Today's Top 10 at interest.co.nz is a guest post from Kate Preston, Shakked Noy, Nathan Chappell and Sally Owen from Motu Economic and Public Policy Research. It looks at festive giving ideas; gender, nature and nurture;…
Could shared equity schemes be a way for the new government to forge a new path in state housing?
Gareth Vaughan of interest.co.nz takes a look at a shared equity scheme that was proposed and rejected for Tamaki. This is both an article and a video with Pat Snedden and Arthur Grimes. More...
Opportunity for Ardern over 'wellbeing'
Colin James writes in the Otago Daily Times about what the Treasury is telling Grant Robertson about ''wellbeing economics''. This includes a look at Arthur Grimes's work. More...
New view on gas emissions welcome
Richard Rennie of Farmers Weekly talks with Suzi Kerr and others about the way that foresters, environmentalists and climate change experts are welcoming the Government’s policy moves to manage the country’s runaway gas emissions. More...
Stormwater and Wastewater Paper Coverage
The Climate Change and Stormwater and Wastewater Systems report, commissioned by the Deep South National Science Challenge, highlights infrastructure issues Aotearoa New Zealand may face as it grapples with “increasingly severe risks” of extreme rainfall,…
Coalition deal: Is our new R&D goal realistic?
Innovation experts have welcomed the new coalition government's goal of boosting spending on research and development to two per cent of GDP over 10 years. But it won't be easy - and could require a huge…
