Tagged: Jan Wright

Getting it Wright on sea level rise - Hot Topic

Gareth Renowden • Nov 27, 2014 •

• Climate politics,
• Climate Science,
• Jan Wright,
• nz,
• Paleoclimate,
• Sea level,
• SLR

Sea level rise of up to 40cm around New Zealand by the middle of this century is already locked in and will cause significant problems for coastal communities and infrastructure, according to a new report just released by Dr Jan Wright, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment. The report — Changing Climate and Rising Seas: […] … Read More

The billion dollar gap - Hot Topic

Gareth Renowden • Apr 07, 2011 •

• Climate business,
• Climate politics,
• emissions,
• ETS,
• ETS review,
• Jan Wright,
• nz

Dr Jan Wright, New Zealand’s parliamentary commissioner for the environment, today released her submission (pdf) to the Emissions Trading Review panel. It calls for a significant toughening up of the scheme that was so extensively watered down by the current government in 2009, in order to avoid a billion dollar per year cost to taxpayers. [...] … Read More