Climate & Environment

Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Strategy

We provide expert advice to public and private entities on investment strategies and cost-effective actions on climate and environmental policy.

Our work informs policy and projects such as:

The mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions
The reduction of the environmental footprint of human activities
Adaptation to climate change.

What we do

Our work is diverse, reflecting the uncertainty of our future, the complexity of human activity, and the unprecedented scale expected of our response.

Our advice is informed by a rich body of subject-matter knowledge and a broad suite of skills.

We undertake cost-benefit analyses of policy options and:

Develop scenarios of emissions reduction pathways
Estimate marginal abatement costs of investment decisions
Assess the environmental footprint of activities
Determine the financial performance of emissions-reducing projects.

Our work spans all major economic sectors, with a particular focus on:

Electricity generation, transmission and distribution
Transport
Agriculture
Industrial process heat
Waste.

Examples of our work in climate and environment

We bring our detailed understanding of climate mitigation and environmental economics to bear on a wide range of complex issues, helping our clients develop innovative solutions for climate-critical infrastructure transformation.

Key contacts

Corina Comendant

Senior Managing Economist
AUCKLAND
ccomendant@thinkSapere.com

David Moore

Managing Director
WELLINGTON
dmoore@thinkSapere.com

David Reeve

Director
AUCKLAND
dreeve@thinkSapere.com

Kieran Murray

Managing Director
WELLINGTON
kmurray@thinkSapere.com

Some of our recent articles of interest

The economic benefits of a circular economy in Auckland

Client: Sustainable Business Network

This report provides a view on the potential economic benefits of a more circular economy for Auckland. It has been commissioned by the Sustainable Business Network to inform its report on the circular economy opportunity for Auckland.

The emissions footprint of broadband in New Zealand

Client: Chorus

This paper provides a first assessment of the emissions footprint of the current New Zealand fibre network, with a focus on internet provision to households and small to medium-sized businesses.

Making New Zealand safer: regulating the engineering profession

Client: Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment

Sapere prepared a Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) and cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to support MBIE’s proposal for an occupational regulatory regime for engineers.

Infrastructure consenting for climate targets

Client: Te Waihanga / New Zealand Infrastructure Commission

This research models the impact on New Zealand’s emissions reduction targets if the current resource consenting system continues to delay decisions on infrastructure project consenting.

Māori Primary Health Care

Client: Wai 2575 Claimants

Sapere were asked by the claimants to respond to the Waitangi Tribunal’s recommendation that a methodology be developed to measure the degree of underfunding of Māori PHOs and providers.

Sizing of the backyard and micro-commercial egg production in Australia

Client: Australian Eggs

Which came first the chicken or the egg? We don’t have the answer to that, but we do know the size of backyard and micro-commercial egg production in Australia.

A chance to make clinical trials sustainable, effective, and equitable in Aotearoa New Zealand

Client: Liggins Institute University of Auckland

Sapere provided extensive analytical support to a consortium of researchers from the University of Auckland and the University of Otago on a Health Research Council (HRC) and Ministry of Health funded research project. The consortium was brought together to review Aotearoa New Zealand’s clinical trials activity and infrastructure.