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  • Time to put nature and liveable communities at the centre of planning under RMA

    James Shaw July 24, 2019 9:54 AM
    A comprehensive review of the Resource Management Act are both well overdue and welcomed by the Green Party.    Green Party Co-leader James Shaw said:   “A comprehensive review and overhaul of our resource management law will ensure that we prioritise the environment and protect quality of life, create liveable cities and protect nature for present and future generations”, Green Party Co-leader James Shaw said today.   “We need an RMA which ensures that our towns and cities foster strong...
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  • Youth Parliamentarians pass motion declaring climate emergency

    July 17, 2019 3:23 PM
    The 2019 Youth Parliament has declared a climate emergency via a motion in the Parliament.   The motion was put forward by Chlöe Swarbrick’s youth MP Luke Wijohn, after concerted work from all Youth MPs in the Green Party caucus.   Green spokesperson for Youth Chlöe Swarbrick said:   “Our rangatahi are doing what some adults in this Parliament refuse to do – they’re recognising the need for urgent and immediate climate action.   “It should be called what it...
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  • Congratulations on Climate Leaders Coalition milestone

    James Shaw June 24, 2019 9:41 AM
    Minister for Climate Change and Green Party co-leader, James Shaw, has congratulated New Zealand’s Climate Leaders Coalition on its milestone in now having signed up 100 members. “This is an incredible achievement considering the Coalition was born out of the vision of some 60 business leaders less than a year ago,” James Shaw said. “These 100 Climate Leaders Coalition members, together with their suppliers, now represent more than a third of New Zealand’s private sector GDP. “Together with the businesses...
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  • Landmark climate change bill goes to Parliament

    James Shaw May 08, 2019 10:30 AM
    The Government is today delivering landmark action on climate change – the biggest challenge facing the world and New Zealand. “To address the long-term challenge of climate change, today we introduce the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill to Parliament,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. “We’ve built a practical consensus across Government that creates a plan for the next 30 years, which provides the certainty industries need to get ahead. “In March this year, tens of thousands of New...
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  • More “dangerous and unpredictable” weather warning

    James Shaw February 07, 2019 11:43 AM
    The Minister for Climate Change has welcomed new New Zealand-led research that warns of more “dangerous and unpredictable” weather in the future if the world doesn’t get more serious about climate change action.   “This research explores what could happen with ice melts occurring at both polar caps and paints a disturbing picture of what our world will be like if we fail to act,” says James Shaw.   “It is research like this that emboldens me in my work...
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  • New Year's Honours recognise work that addresses climate change

    James Shaw December 31, 2018 7:34 AM
    The Minister for Climate Change congratulates recipients in the 2019 New Year’s Honours whose work is helping Aotearoa New Zealand understand and address climate change.   James Shaw has extended his congratulations to Sir Stephen Tindall, now a Knight Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to business, the community, and the environment.   “Sir Stephen gives valuable leadership in support of climate change action and environmental work with his philanthropic organisations providing millions of...
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  • $100 million investment fund launched to invest in reducing emissions

    James Shaw December 05, 2018 11:02 AM
    Business and the Government will jointly tackle climate change with the launch of New Zealand Green Investment Finance Ltd; a $100 million fund to reduce New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions, Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, and Climate Change Minister, James Shaw, announced today.
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  • Conference gets underway in Poland to write rules on climate change action

    James Shaw December 03, 2018 11:46 AM
    The Minister for Climate Change and Green Party co-leader, James Shaw, says New Zealand will put in every effort to ensure success for the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which gets underway in Katowice, Poland, tonight.    “Over the next two weeks in Katowice, COP24 needs to agree the guidelines that countries will use to implement the Paris Agreement,” says James.   “The negotiations cover a complex range of...
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  • Green Party celebrate passing of bill to end offshore oil and gas drilling

    James Shaw November 07, 2018 5:43 PM
    The Green Party is celebrating the passing of the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill, ensuring we are act meaningfully to address climate change in Aotearoa.
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  • Working together to make Southland carbon neutral

    Eugenie Sage October 23, 2018 4:30 PM
    Southland has set itself the ambitious goal of becoming a carbon neutral region which the Government is backing with a $190,000 grant from the Government’s Community Environment Fund. Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage announced the funding today for the Carbon Neutral Advantage project which will see local business, industry and communities work together to transition Southland to a carbon neutral region. “Venture Southland’s ambitious project to take a regional approach to reducing carbon emissions shows great leadership and is something...
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