released its climate change policy at Pariroa P\u0101 in South Taranaki today<\/a>. The plan includes commitments to phase out synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, bring agricultural emissions into the ETS, set up a fund to support M\u0101ori farmers to transition to regenerative agriculture, ban new onshore oil and gas permits, withdraw existing exploration permits within five years, establish a national M\u0101ori strategy for renewable energy and to increase investments in grassroots clean energy projects.<\/p>\n\nGreenpeace Executive Director, Dr Russel Norman, has welcomed the policy, saying:<\/p>\n\n
\u201cClimate change demands that we are bold, that we develop policy that meets the demands of the low carbon future rather than bends to the demands of the high carbon polluters of the present. And this policy is bold.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cThe Australian bushfires and this autumn\u2019s droughts are a stark reminder that we\u2019re experiencing a climate crisis. We need visionary political leadership to phase fossil fuels and replace them with clean energy.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great to see the M\u0101ori Party committing to ban new onshore oil and gas exploration permits and to phase out existing permits. Greenpeace remembers how M\u0101ori have been in the front lines of opposition to new oil and gas exploration, and this policy honours that struggle.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s also great to see the Party commit to a five year phase out of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser. These chemicals are driving the surge in climate and water pollution coming out of New Zealand farms in recent decades. And the support in the policy for M\u0101ori farmers to transition to regenerative agriculture is the other side of the coin.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cThe policy to include agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme is also welcome. Price signals matter, and the decision by the current and previous Governments to exclude agriculture from the ETS was a sellout of future generations.” <\/p>\n\n
Norman also welcomed the commitment to increase grassroots renewable energy projects.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cNew technologies like solar, wind and batteries allow us to power our homes, businesses, marae and transport systems with energy made right in our communities, owned by the people who use it.” <\/p>\n\n
While Greenpeace has applauded the policy, Norman is urging the M\u0101ori Party to make climate change and renewable energy a non-negotiable bottom line in any potential coalition agreement.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cClimate change doesn\u2019t negotiate. We need political leaders that will stand firm in their commitment to safeguard the natural world that we all depend on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
Greenpeace is calling on all political parties to commit to using the Covid-19 recovery as a springboard from which to build back better and address the worsening climate and environmental crises. <\/p>\n\n
\u201cToday\u2019s young people will need to deal with the debt from our economic response to Covid-19. We must build back in ways that create a more secure and resilient future for our children.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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