All articles by Russel Norman
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NZ’s rising climate emissions and Jacinda Ardern’s big chance to cut them
When it signed onto the Paris Climate Agreement, New Zealand pledged to increase its net greenhouse gas emissions by 10% by 2030, compared to 2005. The latest NZ Government report…
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Adaptive ideas in the era of the Anthropocene
To survive the twin climate and ecological crisis, our ideas must evolve - we need to embrace ideas that allow us to adapt to the world as we collectively have made it, and we desperately need to jettison some maladaptive ideas that are locking us into a climate and biodiversity disaster.
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Pact between farming lobby groups and Government is the opposite of climate action
Picture this. Jacinda Ardern standing in the middle of Queen St on the bonnet of a tractor with her middle finger raised as ten of thousands of climate strikers stream…
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What institutional reform befits the era of the long climate crisis
It is a real privilege to present this years Bruce Jesson memorial lecture.
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Ardern falls short on climate following Greta Thunberg’s UN address
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has delivered a fiery speech to world leaders at the UN Climate Summit in New York City. Greenpeace says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern must take…
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Fishing industry yarn on Māui dolphin quickly unravelling
The fishing industry has been killing off Māui dolphins for years, and their denials are now putting the entire New Zealand seafood export market at risk.
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System Change needs People Power
Russel Norman’s talk to Public Service Association Staff Conference – May 28, 2019 In this short talk I want to make three points before opening it up for discussion and…
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Farmers have been mollycoddled long enough
The way the Federated Farmers have been speaking recently I can’t help but wonder if a few of their lobbyists have been sneaking into meetings of Extinction Rebellion. Trading their…
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Hope beats hate
Yesterday we saw the best, and the worst. Thousands of young people came together to demand a brighter future, and a small group of far-right white nationalists carried out a…
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How long is the tail wagging the fish in NZ’s fisheries management?
What’s that thing people say? You don’t know what you’ve got until they’re gone. Strangely I’m starting to feel that way about National’s former minister for primary industries. Bring back…