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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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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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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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2014
In 2009, New Zealand’s (NZ) new National-led government abandoned the Carbon Neutral Public Service (CNPS) program, a Labour-led government initiative intended to help Government achieve carbon neutrality within its core agencies. This short analysis article provides an overview and brief...
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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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Social vulnerability and climate change adaptation: The critical importance of moving beyond technocratic policy approaches
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Kehler, Sarah, Birchall, S. Jeff
Planning policy can play a key role in effective, equitable climate change adaptation; however, its capacity remains undermined by technocratic approaches reliant on hard measures, discounting significant research on addressing sources of social vulnerability for successful adaptation policy. Not...
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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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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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The Built Environment in a Winter Climate: Improving University Campus Design for Student Wellbeing
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McDonald-Yale, Eden, Birchall, S. Jeff
Like urban environments, the campus built environment can influence general wellbeing of students. At the same time, campuses are their own unique form and need to be analyzed in their own way. This study identifies elements of the campus built environment that contribute to student wellbeing,...
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The influence of governance structure on local resilience: Enabling and constraining factors for climate change adaptation in practice
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Birchall, S. Jeff, Bonnett, Nicole, Kehler, Sarah
Across the globe, the need to adapt is urgent. Coastal communities are particularly vulnerable to climate stressors such as rising sea levels and erosion, while more extreme and variable weather events interact to accentuate risk. While local governments are increasingly recognized as a central...