Radically Different World

‘Humanity’s desire for hope is understandable, especially when the future looks threatening and anxiety provoking. Yet hope, to be genuine and lasting, requires firm foundations.’

Jonathan Boston provides an urgent exploration of our future in the face of climate change. Focusing on adaptation challenges, he assesses the impact on communities, the need for robust relocation policies and a fair and effective compensation scheme. He also addresses the troubling prospects for property insurance. This Text helps us to understand and prepare for the profound changes ahead.

Author Biography:

Jonathan Boston, ONZM, is an Emeritus Professor of Public Policy in the School of Government at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. His research interests include climate change policy, child poverty, governance and welfare state design.

He has served as the Director of the Institute of Policy Studies and the Director of the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. During 2022 and 2023 he was a member of the Expert Working Group on Managed Retreat for the Ministry for the Environment and assisted the Environmental Defence Society with a project on climate change adaptation. He is the editor of Policy Quarterly.

Other BWB books and Texts by Jonathan Boston: Transforming the Welfare State: Towards a New Social Contract (2019), Social Investment: A New Zealand Policy Experiment, edited with Derek Gill (2018), Safeguarding the Future (2017), The Child Poverty Debate, with Simon Chapple (2015), Child Poverty in New Zealand, with Simon Chapple (2014).

Format: Paperback
Imprint: Bridget Williams NZ
Publication date: 01/07/2024