Kasey
@kaseymcdonnell.co.nz
Do I need to say views my own because they are my own
I’ll almost certainly make a TikTok about this over the weekend. This is what a pretty easy blend of climate and weather forecasts can look like. It isn’t that hard
♨️ Australian Heat Wave
A 'severe' to 'extreme' heat wave is underway, with highs of 41–46.7°C (106–116°F) — running 15–16°C (27–29°F) above average for early-mid January.
Human-caused climate change is making dangerous heat like this not only more likely but more intense.
A 'severe' to 'extreme' heat wave is underway, with highs of 41–46.7°C (106–116°F) — running 15–16°C (27–29°F) above average for early-mid January.
Human-caused climate change is making dangerous heat like this not only more likely but more intense.
January 9, 2026 at 9:39 AM
I’ll almost certainly make a TikTok about this over the weekend. This is what a pretty easy blend of climate and weather forecasts can look like. It isn’t that hard
Can we please mention climate change in articles like this? www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
Hottest day in years recorded across southern Australia as bushfire warnings remain
Meanwhile, firefighters in Victoria and Western Australia continue to battle out-of-control blazes.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 7, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Can we please mention climate change in articles like this? www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
can we just… fix things?
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 7, 2026 at 4:07 AM
can we just… fix things?
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Holy shit it's real
January 1, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Holy shit it's real
Begging the 2028 Wellington Mayor and Council to be sworn in at the Railway Station pretty please
January 1, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Begging the 2028 Wellington Mayor and Council to be sworn in at the Railway Station pretty please
I really believe we are at the precipice of a revolution in energy greater than the dawn of the fossil fuel age. Here comes the sun.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy
Clean energy infrastructure is being deployed with unmatched scale and speed—and China is leading the way
www.science.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I really believe we are at the precipice of a revolution in energy greater than the dawn of the fossil fuel age. Here comes the sun.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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*cough* NZTA plans for urban highways and tunnels in Wellington
Still not sure who did this, but it’s really good advice for cities.
December 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
*cough* NZTA plans for urban highways and tunnels in Wellington
Rates have been going up too much because we underfunded replacing assets!
Good news though, we found a way to stop rates going up so much
It’s underfunding the replacement of *different* assets
Looool
Good news though, we found a way to stop rates going up so much
It’s underfunding the replacement of *different* assets
Looool
December 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Rates have been going up too much because we underfunded replacing assets!
Good news though, we found a way to stop rates going up so much
It’s underfunding the replacement of *different* assets
Looool
Good news though, we found a way to stop rates going up so much
It’s underfunding the replacement of *different* assets
Looool
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By choosing to no longer decarbonise, NZ is choosing to be poorer. Continued fossil fuel dependency means forever volatile import costs, increased public health burden, and international market risk. Economically stoopid.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds
Analysis marking 10 years since Paris climate agreement underscores effectiveness of strong government policies
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
By choosing to no longer decarbonise, NZ is choosing to be poorer. Continued fossil fuel dependency means forever volatile import costs, increased public health burden, and international market risk. Economically stoopid.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Some outlets will report this as an unqualified disaster, rather than something complex with benefits for first home buyers. I so hope this means more creative, wacky and fun to be around people can afford to buy in Wellington. Let’s keep apartments cheap!
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Wellington has NZ's cheapest homes, Herne Bay still the most expensive suburb
A property data firm says it's been a year of stagnation, with lower mortgage rates helping improve sales volumes but a sluggish economy and weak labour market keeping values down.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Some outlets will report this as an unqualified disaster, rather than something complex with benefits for first home buyers. I so hope this means more creative, wacky and fun to be around people can afford to buy in Wellington. Let’s keep apartments cheap!
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Another document for the SH1 project, another document with absolutely no mention of carbon or emissions. I wonder if any carbon impacts sit under the entirely redacted key risks or cost and contingency sections. nzta.govt.nz/assets/proje...
nzta.govt.nz
November 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Another document for the SH1 project, another document with absolutely no mention of carbon or emissions. I wonder if any carbon impacts sit under the entirely redacted key risks or cost and contingency sections. nzta.govt.nz/assets/proje...
What a surprise. Sigh.
New: Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says the Government is no longer committed to advocating for a global phase-out of fossil fuels, marking a significant change in position.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/26/g...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/26/g...
Govt backtracks on fossil fuel phase-out
Australia, the UK, the EU and Pacific nations backed a roadmap away from fossil fuels at COP30, but New Zealand didn't sign up
newsroom.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
What a surprise. Sigh.
Like I told the council this morning, what will a review tell us? It’ll say this is still value for money - more than a second mount vic tunnel that’s for sure. It’s still good for the climate. Even if the price is higher. I’d much rather grow our city than be the last person of my age left here.
Another 6 month review will not deliver the Golden Mile, just like the reviews before it. This city is stuck in managed decline and we desperately need to build our way out of it
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Like I told the council this morning, what will a review tell us? It’ll say this is still value for money - more than a second mount vic tunnel that’s for sure. It’s still good for the climate. Even if the price is higher. I’d much rather grow our city than be the last person of my age left here.
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“The more options people have, the more they’ll use the one that works best for their needs. And for many trips in a city, that won’t always be a car. What’s not to like about freedom of choice?”
Great op-ed by @connorsharp.bsky.social on the immense value of complete and connected bike networks. 🚲
Great op-ed by @connorsharp.bsky.social on the immense value of complete and connected bike networks. 🚲
Op-ed of mine in The Post today on behalf of @greaterauckland.bsky.social on why urban cycling infrastructure is really important (and why urban roading infrastructure is not)
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
Pedal power surges, but Auckland infrastructure trails the biking boom
OPINION: Adding car lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity. But this maxim does not apply to adding cycling options.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“The more options people have, the more they’ll use the one that works best for their needs. And for many trips in a city, that won’t always be a car. What’s not to like about freedom of choice?”
Great op-ed by @connorsharp.bsky.social on the immense value of complete and connected bike networks. 🚲
Great op-ed by @connorsharp.bsky.social on the immense value of complete and connected bike networks. 🚲
Presenting to Wellington city council about the golden mile today… if you want a sneak peak of what my speech is about
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Presenting to Wellington city council about the golden mile today… if you want a sneak peak of what my speech is about
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With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
Oh my god www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Oh my god www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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The transit riders vs drivers election.
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The transit riders vs drivers election.
Years of consensus building up in smoke within 24 months. The next strategy for the climate movement should be rapid deployment to make it harder to burn it all up.
When I wrote this just two-ish months ago, the premise was that the architecture of the CCRA (zero carbon act) remained, but the policies that sustained it had been hollowed out.
With the CCRA changes today, I feel like that no longer holds
www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
With the CCRA changes today, I feel like that no longer holds
www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
How Jacinda Ardern’s ‘groundbreaking’ climate law has become ‘a shell’
The Zero Carbon Act promised to lock climate ambition into law. But with key policies repealed, delayed or watered down, the once 'world-leading' legislation has become a husk of its former self.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Years of consensus building up in smoke within 24 months. The next strategy for the climate movement should be rapid deployment to make it harder to burn it all up.
Inspired by @thewaroncars.bsky.social’s book, so I’m trying to help support people focused places here in Wellington! Let’s mobilise to get more space for people in our city 💟
November 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Inspired by @thewaroncars.bsky.social’s book, so I’m trying to help support people focused places here in Wellington! Let’s mobilise to get more space for people in our city 💟
Ban fossil fuel advertising. Can’t be trusted. newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/02/s...
Settlement gets Z Energy out of court – not 'out of the petrol business'
After a long legal fight the fuel giant, consumer and environmental groups find one thing to agree on: the Govt must step up to ensure NZ's emissions targets are achieved, they say. Jonathan Milne rep...
newsroom.co.nz
November 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ban fossil fuel advertising. Can’t be trusted. newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/02/s...
Life after Cars by @thewaroncars.bsky.social nails how much better life will be when we stop designing streets for cars. Streets made for people to enjoy are amazing; challenging, inspiring, connecting us. Streets for cars make us sad. Streets for people revitalise us.
October 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Life after Cars by @thewaroncars.bsky.social nails how much better life will be when we stop designing streets for cars. Streets made for people to enjoy are amazing; challenging, inspiring, connecting us. Streets for cars make us sad. Streets for people revitalise us.
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Things that cost approx $16 billion
-Northland road
-Lake Onslow power scheme
-Northland road
-Lake Onslow power scheme
October 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Things that cost approx $16 billion
-Northland road
-Lake Onslow power scheme
-Northland road
-Lake Onslow power scheme
Auckland has pay by debit card and fare caps. Maybe it’s worth dumping the NTS and just using their system.
Totally with @yadana.bsky.social here. Cities like Sydney have been doing integrated ticketing for over a decade. Also Cable Car retired Snapper in expectation of the 2026 rollout. Another embarrassing example of NZ failing at simple infrastructure.
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
‘Getting ridiculous’: Councillor slams ticketing delays
A Wellington regional councillor says 17 years is too long to wait for national ticketing, as NZTA delays the city’s rollout to 2027.
www.thepost.co.nz
October 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Auckland has pay by debit card and fare caps. Maybe it’s worth dumping the NTS and just using their system.