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How to have quality freshwater and plenty of it
Julia Talbot-Jones of Victoria University of Wellington and Freshwater Programme Lead at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research argues against piecemeal measures to improve our rivers and waterways. Water is the primary medium through which the world will…
Sep 27, 2019
‘Ground zero’: How will climate-driven drought impact rural communities?
New economic research commissioned by the Deep South Challenge, co-funded by Manaaki Whenua: Landcare Research and with the support of Motu Economic and Public Policy Research will investigate the impact of climate change-driven drought on vulnerable…
Sep 4, 2019
Motu’s John McDermott wins NZ’s Top Economics Award
The Executive Director of Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, John McDermott, has won the NZIER Economics Award. This is Aotearoa’s most prestigious award for economists in New Zealand. Dr McDermott joins other Motu economists who…
Sep 3, 2019
Fighting Climate Change a Bonus for Planting Native Trees
Over the last three years researchers at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research have worked with Hikurangi Enterprises Ltd to scope Māori landowner interest in native forest regeneration and carbon farming. “With the introduction of the…
Sep 2, 2019
Zero Carbon Bill - oral submission from Catherine Leining and John McDermott
John McDermott is the Executive Director and Catherine Leining is a Policy Fellow at at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research in Wellington. This is the oral submission to the Environment Select Committee they made…
Aug 30, 2019
Who will win the 2019 Rugby World Cup?
Niven Winchester is a Senior Fellow at Motu Economic & Policy Research. He specializes in economy-wide modelling for climate policy analysis. He spent 10 years as a Principle Research Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of…
Aug 29, 2019
Research aims to help identify future recessions
In Aotearoa, before the GFC a ‘normal’ rate of insolvencies involved about 13 businesses failing every year. Failures ranged from large corporates usurped by innovative upstarts to businesses whose product didn’t survive the test of…
Aug 13, 2019
Friendlier skies: a win-win solution to reduce aviation CO2 emissions
Carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft are projected to triple between now and mid-century, even if substantial technology and operational improvements are implemented to make flying more energy efficient. Absent policy constraints, this explosive growth rate…
Aug 2, 2019
Population growth pushes up house prices but the share of migrants doesn't
There has been widespread recent concern that strong increases in immigration flows have caused a housing crisis in New Zealand. “We know that between 1986 and 2013, the number of foreign-born New Zealand residents more than…
Jul 31, 2019
Lowering emissions without breaking the bank
India’s economy is booming, driving up electric power consumption to unprecedented levels. The nation’s installed electricity capacity, which increased fivefold in the past three decades, is expected to triple over the next 20 years. At…
Jul 24, 2019
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