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We need to talk about #IndigenousDataSovereignty#GreenSky#ClimateSky#adapt#AoNZtheconversation.com/nature-marke...

‘Nature markets’ may help preserve biodiversity – but they risk repeating colonial patterns of Indigenous exploitation

Biodiversity credits could unlock new funding for nature restoration. But if this happens without consideration of Indigenous data sovereignty, it could create a new form of colonialism.

In our new explainer series, Watt Now?, we argue for electrification for humans, which includes: 💡 Cheaper energy, cheaper living. 💡 Cleaner energy, healthier people. 💡 More ownership, more mana. 💡 More distribution, more resilience. EnergySky GreenSky ClimateSky www.rewiring.nz/watt-now/peo...

People Power

People sometimes talk about ‘carbon tunnel vision’ – that is, the single-minded pursuit of emission reductions at the sake of everything else. But this is the wrong way to think about electrification....

Carbon tunnel vision is a real problem. It is the single-minded pursuit of emission reductions at the sake of everything else. But this is exactly the 🛑 WRONG WAY 🛑 to think about electrification. Electrification is about so much more... www.sei.org/perspectives...

You've heard of 'carbon tunnel vision'... At Rewiring Aotearoa, we argue for 'electric-panoptic vision' – that is, an integrated view of opportunities, risks, interconnections and trade-offs. Read our explainer here: www.rewiring.nz/watt-now/peo...

These explainers are part of Toha's open consultation, which are bringing the system into the public domain, piece by piece. Learn more here and, please, we'd love your feedback!! substack.toha.network/p/an-open-in...

An open invitation to the Toha system

‘To be a leader, a rangatira, then, is to excel at weaving people together, to encourage or inspire others to go on a journey together, to exercise agency, and to light the way toward a world in which...

We need #ClimateActionsubstack.toha.network/p/introducin...

Introducing the Time Value of Action

We need action now. As much as possible. As soon as possible.

Also telling when users of this graphic will attack, say, electrification because it's supposedly fixated on GHG emissions, then ignore or deny that electrification has positive implications for reduced primary energy, reduced global material requirements, higher EROI, air pollution, yadda yadda.

Some of the failures to persuade certain constituencies, & to turn acceptance into action, can be explained by failures to engage pathos (which is what I argued in paper above). But appeals to emotion need not be manipulative - actually I'd argue there are practical & ethical reasons to be sincere.

I actually think that the increased global acceptance of the reality of climate change is one example of truthful persuasion. However, climate science has been belief-oriented, whereas effective persuasion involves connecting with values & emotions too. Pathos as well as logos & ethos.