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Greenpeace Aotearoa says that the Emissions Reduction Plan<\/a> is a poor prelude to Budget 2022, which the climate crisis requires be bold and commit to cut climate pollution from intensive dairy, put cameras on boats, and roll out a nationwide household solar scheme.<\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace lead agriculture campaigner Christine Rose says \u201cIntensive dairying is the number one cause of climate pollution in Aotearoa. The Emissions Reduction Plan gave a $92 million handout to industrial agricultural funding for more research and hypothetical techno-fixes. That\u2019s ludicrous because, as Climate Minister James Shaw says himself,<\/a> the industry has already spent about $200 million on Research and Development over the course of the last dozen years or so, and its emissions have not come down.\u201d

The Government has promised that a number of Climate Emergency Response Fund initiatives will be announced on Budget day.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe Emissions Reduction Plan was a terrible start and that makes it more essential that Budget 2022 funds a transition to more plant-based, regenerative organic agriculture that enables farmers to ditch synthetic nitrogen fertiliser<\/a> which puts our climate, waterways and health<\/a> at risk,\u201d Rose says.<\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace also says the Budget needs to fund free public transport for all, and roll out a nationwide household solar scheme.

\u201cGreenpeace and 33,000 New Zealanders<\/a> are calling on the Government to put solar panels and batteries on 500k homes by 2030 and end oil & gas subsidies,\u201d says Rose.<\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace is also calling for the Budget to fund the urgent rollout of a comprehensive cameras on boats programme, that will ensure transparency and compliance across the commercial fishing industry. <\/p>\n\n

The Aotearoa Collective for public transport equity – a collective of over 140 organisations and ten city councils – is also calling for Budget 2022 to deliver free public transport fares.<\/a><\/p>\n\n

\u201cFree public transport fares will reduce emissions, encourage a mode shift away from private vehicles, and ensure everyone has an accessible, low-carbon option to get to where they live, work and play. It\u2019s a Just Transition – with wheels on,” says spokesperson Ryan Hooper-Smith.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPETITION: Cut climate emissions from Big Dairy\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Join our call on the Government to go further than the Climate Commission’s inadequate recommendations and cut climate pollution from NZ’s biggest polluter: industrial dairying.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t \n Take Action\n <\/a>\n \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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