James Shaw today... quoted in the Guardian.

“I don’t think I’ve ever felt as sad or as angry about the lost decades that we spent bickering and arguing about whether climate change was real or not, whether it was caused by humans or not, whether it was bad or not, whether we should do something about it or not, because it is clearly here now, and if we do not act, it will get worse.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/14/new-zealand-minister-delivers-furious-speech-about-lost-decades-spent-bickering-over-climate-crisis

#NZGreens #JamesShaw #ClimateChange #CycloneGabrielle

I hear #JamesShaw and #NZCCC are unhappy with the NZ government's decision to piss on the #NZETS Emissions Reduction Plan by refusing to increase the carbon price. What does it take to make NZ government commit to climate mitigation?

#NewZealand #journalists #EmileDonovan and #RodOram assess #COP27 and mention #COP21 and others, with introductory sentence by #ClimateChange Minister #JamesShaw https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018867659/cop27-and-the-fraught-reality-of-climate-change-negotiations