In Aotearoa New Zealand and elsewhere, there is a growing policy focus on long-term, complex and systemic challenges and opportunities. This paper uses the term ‘transformative change’ to describe the extreme of this type of policy focus.

The Australian government has proposed that Australia host the 2026 UN Climate Conference, in 'partnership' with Pacific nations. The authors of this paper argue that Australia cannot be considered a credible host for a COP31 while it continues to subsidise and approve fossil fuel expansion.

This paper provides an overview of the national electricity market and its complex regulatory and operational framework. It also identifies trends and risks across the electricity supply chain, explores recent electricity price rises, and sets out the Australian and New South Wales government's reform programs.

The purpose of this report is to present predictions and forecasts of climate indicators and global fields for the period 2023-2027. It provides information on the expected changes in global near-surface temperature, Atlantic Multidecadal Variability (AMV), and El Niño Southern Oscillation. It also includes regional predictions for near-surface temperatures in 2023.

This paper contains 23 policy insights as part of a 'deep dive' designed to help policy-makers, emitters and markets to better understand how carbon sequestration can be scaled-up, accelerated and used responsibly.