Journal Articles (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
Items in this Collection
- 12Birchall, S. Jeff
- 3Murphy, Maya
- 1Bonnett, Nicole
- 1Brown, Robert D.
- 1French, Emily L.
- 1Landman, Karen
- 5New Zealand
- 4Carbon management
- 2Climate Change
- 2Climate change policy
- 2Government organizations
- 2Greenhouse gas emissions
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2014
In 2008 New Zealand (NZ) changed from a Labour-led to a National-led Government, and this resulted in a shift to Government’s carbon emission mitigation strategy, including the abandonment of the Communities for Climate Protection and the Carbon Neutral Public Service programs. Using deLeon’s...
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Structural challenges that contributed to the decline of the Communities for Climate Protection program
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In 2004 New Zealand’s (NZ) Labour-led government launched the Communities for Climate Protection - NZ (CCP-NZ) programme. Following a shift in Government leadership in 2008, from Clark’s Labour-led to Key’s National-led government, the CCP-NZ programme was discontinued. Through the narratives of...
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Qualitative Inquiry as a Method to Extract Personal Experiences: Approach to research into organizational climate change mitigation
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Climate change and solutions to solving this wicked problem require a mixed methods research approach that draws on quantitative and qualitative inquiry together. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the applicability (and effectiveness) of a mixed methods approach applied to research...
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Mixed Methods Research: A comprehensive approach for study into the New Zealand voluntary carbon market
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Murphy, Maya, Milne, Markus, Birchall, S. Jeff
Climate change and solutions to solving this wicked problem require a mixed methods research approach that draws on quantitative and qualitative inquiry together. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the applicability (and effectiveness) of a mixed methods approach applied to research...
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Managing carbon in times of political change: The rise and fall of the New Zealand Carbon Neutral Public Service program
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The New Zealand (NZ) government, under Prime Minister Helen Clark’s Labour-led administration, sought in 2007 to move government core organisa- tions towards carbon neutrality. In late 2008, the NZ government changed from a Labour-led to a National-led (traditionally more conservative)...
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2019
Birchall, S. Jeff, Bonnett, Nicole
Northern communities are experiencing greater climate variability, with extreme climate impacts occurring more frequently and with more intensity; with the need for adaptation to reduce the risk becoming more immediate. Specific stressors and decision dynamics surrounding the nature of local...
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Evolution of the New Zealand voluntary carbon market: An analysis of CarboNZero client disclosures
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Milne, Markus J., Murphy, Maya, Birchall, S. Jeff
Climate change has the potential to dramatically change the world as we know, both in terms of the environment and the way in which societies operate. Public policy responses to climate change continue to evolve, with many western economies proposing mechanisms for emission reductions, for...
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2018
French, Emily L., Birchall, S. Jeff, Landman, Karen, Brown, Robert D.
In the wake of major earthquakes public open spaces become hubs for both short-term disaster response efforts and support longer-term recovery needs. At present, few open spaces are actually designed to support these intermittent but critical uses. Currently, there is no consolidated body of...
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Carbon management in New Zealand local government: Co-benefits of action and organizational resolve in the absence of government support
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In an effort to promote public sector carbon management, in 2004, New Zealand’s (NZ) Labour-led government funded local government membership in the Communities for Climate Protection - New Zealand (CCP-NZ) program, the NZ arm of ICLEI’s Cities for Climate Protection campaign. In late 2008 the...