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I\u2019m writing this on the eve of what will probably be one of the most important actions I\u2019ll take in my life.<\/p>\n

In about eight hours, by the time you read this, I\u2019ll be starting an ascent<\/a> of the outside of Wellington\u2019s tallest building \u2013 the Majestic Centre – to reach the headquarters of Austrian oil giant, OMV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Abi

Abi and Nick on their climb up the Majestic Centre in Wellington to deliver a message OMV<\/p><\/div>\n

We\u2019re expecting the climb to take about 10 hours. The building is 29 stories high and more than 100 metres tall. OMV\u2019s office is on floor 20. When we reach it, we have a message to deliver.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll have a climbing companion, Nick, with me.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

First stop on the climb to OMV’s HQ<\/p><\/div>\n

We\u2019re using a combination of aid climbing and industrial climbing techniques. The first person will pull up the wall metre by metre using crack climbing equipment, and then the second person will climb up double ropes to reach them.<\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t exactly a position I ever imagined I\u2019d find myself in, but a few weeks ago I watched as a monstrous self-propelled oil rig commissioned by OMV came over our horizon and the fire in my gut that compels me to take action all of a sudden burned with a new ferocity.<\/p>\n

\"OMV<\/p>\n

OMV will be using this rig to drill 12 wells off the Taranaki Coast, with further plans to do the same in the wild and pristine Great South Basin off the Dunedin Coast later this year.<\/p>\n

The company is expanding its search for oil and gas to the furthest reaches of the planet, right when much of the world is coming to terms with the fact we\u2019re now living in a climate crisis.<\/p>\n

Over the past six months, we\u2019ve seen a growing global movement of governments formally declaring a climate emergency. In New Zealand, councils up and down the country are doing the same, including Wellington, Auckland, and Dunedin.<\/p>\n

On the other side of this we have the world\u2019s biggest climate polluters, companies like OMV, hell-bent on robbing us of a liveable future just so they can turn a profit.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the height of the Majestic Centre that scares me the most \u2013 I\u2019m a highly trained and experienced climber and we\u2019re using world class safety gear and techniques \u2013 in fact we\u2019re going above and beyond normal procedures for climbing of this kind.<\/p>\n

What really scares me is what will happen if we don\u2019t stop OMV.<\/p>\n

OMV is drilling for oil in the pristine Arctic. They\u2019re one of the 100 companies that have caused more than 70% of the world\u2019s climate emissions since 1988. And now they\u2019re planning to expand oil and gas drilling into some of New Zealand\u2019s most wild and pristine seas, close to M\u0101ui dolphin habitat and breeding and foraging grounds for Blue Whales and Southern Right Whales.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re doing all this to search for and exploit the fuels that are driving the climate emergency.<\/p>\n

We have just 10 years to turn things around. If we don\u2019t halve global carbon emissions over the next decade, we\u2019ll be locked into extreme weather and heating that will threaten all life on Earth, including our own.<\/p>\n

So that\u2019s why I\u2019m here – way up here – taking action.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t need to scale the side of a massive building to take action. All of us have a particular set of skills to contribute. And it\u2019s going to take all of us – every community, every government, every country, every person – using every tool in our belt in this fight for our future.<\/p>\n

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