{"id":14806,"date":"2020-10-19T13:30:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T00:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/?p=14806"},"modified":"2025-06-05T07:34:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T19:34:19","slug":"jacinda-arderns-nuclear-free-moment-heres-three-things-that-would-make-it-a-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/jacinda-arderns-nuclear-free-moment-heres-three-things-that-would-make-it-a-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacinda Ardern\u2019s \u2018Nuclear-Free Moment\u2019: Here\u2019s three things that would make it a reality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New Zealanders have gone to the polls and decided to keep Jacinda Ardern at the helm for another three years. The Labour leader\u2019s promise of kindness, hope and protecting nature has clearly mirrored Kiwis\u2019 aspirations for a better future.<\/p>\n\n<p>When she became Labour leader, Ardern promised to lead a Government of transformation &#8211; on poverty, inequality and the environment. She famously called climate change her generation\u2019s \u201cnuclear-free moment\u201d and vowed ambitious action.<\/p>\n\n<p>This election, Ardern\u2019s opponents in the National Party ran on a deliberate anti-climate platform, vowing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/national-party-energy-policy-election-2020\/\">overturn the ban on new deep sea oil exploration<\/a> and to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/national-promises-dirty-rivers-and-more-fuel-for-climate-fires-greenpeace\/\">roll-back freshwater protections<\/a>. Former coalition partners, New Zealand First, promised to keep being a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/a-handbrake-for-silly-ideas-peters-to-discuss-coalition-disagreements-in-conference-speech\/RTYAJP4FQIW46QJBIDVOEJVONA\/\">\u201chandbrake\u201d<\/a> on green policies. New Zealanders roundly rejected both offerings, sending NZ First out of Parliament and ousting National from several of its former strongholds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>The election result has delivered a strong mandate for the transformational climate action that the Prime Minister promised.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large  caption-style-medium caption-alignment-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/10\/83882dd0-gettyimages-1280717769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/10\/83882dd0-gettyimages-1280717769.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/10\/83882dd0-gettyimages-1280717769-475x340.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption>Labour Party leader and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern claims victory during the Labor Party Election Night Function at Auckland Town Hall on October 17, 2020 in Auckland<div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Phil Walter \/ Getty Images<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>New Zealanders admire Ardern\u2019s adept handling of crises. They rewarded her with their votes in the polling booth. The second-term Prime Minister will need to be ready to guide the nation through a number of storms yet to come. The Covid recession is just the first southerly, preceding the twin fronts of climate crisis and ecological breakdown.<\/p>\n\n<p>This year we\u2019ve seen unprecedented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/44725\/the-planet-on-fire-in-photos\/\">wildfires rage across California, the Amazon and the Arctic<\/a>. They\u2019ve followed hot on the heels of last summer\u2019s deadly bushfires in Australia, which turned New Zealand skies an apocalyptic dark red. We haven\u2019t forgotten the images of families submerged in lakes to avoid the flames; of rescuers desperately trying to save millions of stranded and burned koalas.<\/p>\n\n<p>At home, in the Mackenzie Basin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/the-climate-catastrophe-and-industrial-dairying-our-embarrassing-aunty\/\">early spring fires have destroyed homes in \u014chau and gobbled up thousands of hectares<\/a>. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/mfe-report-shows-govt-action-needed-to-reduce-agribusiness-emissions\/\">report<\/a> out last week warns such events will happen increasingly often here in New Zealand and abroad.<\/p>\n\n<p>We\u2019ve also witnessed how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/covid-insights-protect-nature-health\/\">messing with nature can cause our economies to grind to a halt<\/a>. The majority of new infectious diseases &#8211; including Covid-19 &#8211; have their origins in wildlife. The systematic destruction of nature is bringing us into close contact with these new diseases that have the ability to turn our whole world upside down.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>It\u2019s becoming harder and harder to argue that you have to trade off the environment for the sake of the economy, when it\u2019s environmental destruction that caused our current recession.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iag.co.nz\/latest-news\/articles\/Kiwi-concern-grows-about-climate-change.html\">The vast majority &#8211; 79 percent &#8211; of New Zealanders are concerned about climate change<\/a>. Roughly the same number want a <a href=\"https:\/\/mro.massey.ac.nz\/bitstream\/handle\/10179\/15566\/Aotearoa-New%20Zealand%20Public%20Responses%20to%20COVID-19%20and%20Climate%20Change.pdf\">green recovery from Covid-19<\/a>. And now they\u2019ve re-elected the leader who promised to deliver. So what does Ardern\u2019s new Government need to do in its second term to make good on the promised \u2018nuclear-free moment\u2019?<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From industrial agriculture to regenerative farming<\/h2>\n\n<p>The big ticket item we should all be looking out for is this: <strong>transitioning New Zealand away from intensive dairying and into regenerative farming. <\/strong>There are simply too many cows for our waterways or our climate to cope with. The use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/new-zealands-hidden-climate-killer-synthetic-nitrogen\/\">synthetic nitrogen fertiliser<\/a> is making the problem even worse.<\/p>\n\n<p>Here\u2019s the thing. Transitioning to regenerative farming won\u2019t just stop our climate emissions and water pollution from getting worse. It has the potential to reverse the damage. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/what-is-regenerative-agriculture\/\">Regenerative farming<\/a> treats the land like an ecosystem, not like a milk mine. It stores water and carbon in the soil, improves soil health and brings back wildlife.<\/p>\n\n<p>It\u2019s also what our customers are asking for. The global market for organic grew 397% between 2000-2016. In the European Union, the demand for organics is growing faster than they can produce it. In Denmark for example, imports of organic food have increased by 180% between 2008-2017.<\/p>\n\n<p>Intensive dairying is New Zealand\u2019s biggest climate and river polluter. It\u2019s also a health risk. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/395386\/health-expert-renews-call-for-study-on-nitrates-in-drinking-water\">Scientists are sounding the alarm<\/a> about nitrate contamination in drinking water and its links to colorectal cancer. They\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/332592\/new-coalition-forms-to-tackle-freshwater-quality\">raising concerns<\/a> about harmful pathogens like E. coli and campylobacter that spread from livestock to humans when ecosystems are degraded.<\/p>\n\n<p>Ardern\u2019s Government needs to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/act\/ban-chemical-fertiliser\/#petition\">phase out synthetic nitrogen fertiliser<\/a> and establish a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/campaign\/regenerative-farming-revolution\/\">$1 billion fund to support farmers to transition to regenerative practices<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transforming transport<\/h2>\n\n<p>Next up, we should be looking at transport. Transport is the fastest-growing source of carbon emissions in New Zealand. It\u2019s happening because of decades of underinvestment in alternatives to driving, like rail, buses and bike paths. Now the Government has committed billions of dollars specifically for shovel-ready infrastructure. It\u2019s the perfect opportunity to build the convenient, affordable and accessible transport options we need.<\/p>\n\n<p>Think safe cycleways, more electric buses and better commuter rail within and between our cities. Ardern also needs to commit to phasing out imports of petrol and diesel cars, ideally by 2030. And the Government needs to make it cheaper for families to make their next car electric, through grants or other incentives.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Protecting our oceans<\/h2>\n\n<p>Next, we should be seeing a strong commitment from the Government to protect the oceans. The world\u2019s oceans have taken up more than 90 percent of the excess heat and more than 20 percent of the climate emissions produced since the 1980s. We can thank the many organisms living in the vast blue seas that climate change hasn\u2019t gotten the better of us already. But if the big blue is going to continue to be our ally in the fight against climate change, we urgently need to provide protection to all the biodiversity that lives there.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petition.act.greenpeace.org.nz\/cameras-on-boats?_ga=2.12834303.935317837.1603058561-1012644493.1535519815\">Putting cameras on all commercial fishing vessels<\/a>, not just some, will force big fishing companies to operate legally, managing the oceans in a way that means there will be enough fish for generations to come.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We\u2019re at a fork in the road<\/h2>\n\n<p>A lack of ambitious policy &#8211; just more business as usual &#8211; will lock us into further climate and ecological devastation.<\/p>\n\n<p>Instead we have the chance to restore the natural systems we depend on to survive &#8211; from the climate, to healthy soils, to abundant oceans and clean water. To build an Aotearoa New Zealand where native forests are rebounding, we power our homes with clean energy and our streets are safe for walking or biking.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Next time Jacinda Ardern talks about her \u2018nuclear-free moment\u2019, ask whether she is promising to transition our agriculture system to regenerative farming that doesn\u2019t use harmful inputs like synthetic nitrogen fertiliser. Ask whether she\u2019s investing billions in new electric buses, trains, bikes and cars. And ask whether she\u2019s requiring transparency in the fishing industry, so that fish stocks and ocean wildlife can recover. If there\u2019s a tick next to all of these things, that\u2019s action worthy of a \u2018nuclear-free moment\u2019.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"EmptyMessage\">Block content is empty. 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