Research Area

Climate Change

Climate change represents a significant hazard to communities, the economy, and the natural environment. Successful adaptation to the impacts of climate change will require a thorough understanding of its likely risks and opportunities. The AERU’s work on climate change is focused on understanding the dynamic and interconnected economic aspects of climate change, including possible policy avenues for successful adaptation, with a particular focus on New Zealand’s primary sector.

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What We've Done

Climate Change, Food & Fibre Value Chains, Regional Development

Westpac Agribusiness Climate Change Report

Climate Change, Food & Fibre Value Chains, Regional Development

In partnership with Westpac New Zealand, the AERU (lead author Professor Anita Wreford) produced research assessing the risks and opportunities presented by climate change to New Zealand agribusiness, as well as the sector's vulnerabilities and potential responses.

Climate Change, Food & Fibre Value Chains, Regional Development

Climate Change, Regional Development

Primary Sector Preparedness

Climate Change, Regional Development

Through a suite of approaches incorporating physical science, agricultural productivity models, economic approaches and social science, this project aims to fill some of the gaps in our understanding of the impacts of climate change on agriculture.

Climate Change, Regional Development

Climate Change, Economic Valuation, International Trade

The Economic Impacts of Extreme Events

Climate Change, Economic Valuation, International Trade

The AERU is currently engaged in a project to estimate the economic impact of extreme events in relation to climate change on New Zealand's primary sector, funded by MPI's Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change programme.

Climate Change, Economic Valuation, International Trade

Climate Change, Regional Development

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Climate Change, Regional Development

Anita Wreford was New Zealand’s only lead author of the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land (2019), the second Special Report to be produced in the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Cycle (AR6).

Climate Change, Regional Development

National Climate Change Risk Assessment

Climate Change, Regional Development

The New Zealand Government launched a National Climate Change Risk Assessment to take place in 2019 and 2020 to provide an overview of how climate change may affect New Zealand, with the AERU’s Associate Professor Anita Wreford leading the Economy domain.

Climate Change, Regional Development

Climate Change, Consumer Insights, International Trade, Regional Development

The Matrix of Drivers

Climate Change, Consumer Insights, International Trade, Regional Development

The AERU were the principal investigators for the Matrix of Drivers, a project aiming to identify all of the known drivers and issues that affect land and water use in New Zealand, funded by the Our Land and Water National Science Challenge.

Climate Change, Consumer Insights, International Trade, Regional Development