Build a sustainable and resilient future Archives - The Helen Clark Foundation

Premiums Under Pressure

Kali Mercier
10/11/2024
Climate change is driving steep increases in home insurance premiums. Without policy action, this could mean many people lose their…
Climate change
Adaptaion
Insurance retreat
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Bridging the Infrastructure Gap

Kali Mercier
26/06/2024
This report considers sustainable, equitable long-term solutions to funding and financing infrastructure development in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Long term strategy
Tax
Government debt
Infrastructure
Public-Private Partnerships
Funding
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A Shared Future

Kali Mercier
20/11/2023
Communities must urgently develop adaptation strategies that consider the voices of those most affected by climate change.
Climate change
Adaptation
Community engagement
Managed retreat
Public participation
Deliberative democracy
Citizens' assemblies
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Sponge Cities: Can they help us survive more intense rainfall?

Kali Mercier
13/08/2023
Urban design measures can help manage more intense rainfall events.
Environment
Climate change
WSP
Urban design
Sponge cities
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Safer Cities By Design

Anne Cunningham
09/11/2022
Coordinated urban design interventions can help make us feel safer.
Safety
Social wellbeing
Equity
Urban design
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Te Ara Matatika | A Fair Charge for Better Cities

Tom James
05/05/2022
Congestion charging centred around fairness has the potential to unlock our transport system.
Transport
Social policy
Equity
Disability
Climate change
Environment
Safer communities
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Sea Change Needed

Matt Shand
01/03/2022
The marine environment in Aotearoa New Zealand is under increasing stress.
Environment
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Te Ara Matatika | The Fair Path

Holly Walker
18/11/2021
We need connected, low-emissions cities that work better for everyone for the future.
Equity
Disability
Climate change
Environment
Safer communities
Transport
Social policy
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The Shared Path

Holly Walker
11/11/2020
Aotearoa needs low-traffic neighbourhoods and cities to reduce emissions, improve road safety, and create connected urban communities.
Environment
Safer communities
Transport
Social policy
Post-pandemic futures
Equity
Disability
Climate change
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The Role of Innovation in Getting to Carbon Zero

Kathy Errington
01/03/2019
Aotearoa New Zealand needs to look at innovative ways to decrease carbon emissions - does 'green hydrogen' have a place?
Environment
Energy
Climate change
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