Average global temperature in the last 12 months:
1.56°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average
Forty countries including Aotearoa have declared a climate emergency. In 2023, the COP host country, United Arab Emirates, used climate talks to make oil and gas deals with multiple countries. The President of COP28 intends to continue with his oil company’s record investment in oil and gas production. The President of COP29 (this year) is another oil executive.
In 2021, the UN launched the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration because nature-based solutions must triple by 2030 to counter the dual climate and environmental crises. Yet the New Zealand Government has given itself the power to exempt parts of the country from any or all of the Resource Management Act requirements, enabling the destruction of biodiversity and pollution of rivers and coasts.
The Government has also scrapped every positive action to reduce emissions, ignoring both the MfE ‘Our atmosphere and climate’ report and the Climate Change Commission’s latest report. It plans to open up conservation lands to mining and the ocean to drilling for oil and gas.
This puts us on a catastrophic path to the future, turning Aotearoa into a ‘pariah state’.
Our goal: help everyone protect and restore our natural ecosystems so that we can all adapt and thrive in a changing climate
“It’s time to be on the right side of history.” – Dr Rod Carr; Chair Climate Change Commission
The story of climate change:
Native ecosystems, te taiao, are essential in helping us mitigate and adapt to climate change:
“The time is now, Ināia tonu nei, to lead the change we want to see and to remain steadfast to the values that underpin our nationhood—values like whanaungatanga kaitiakitanga and manaakitanga.” – Climate Change Commission
What we’re doing to restore our native ecosystems, te manu o te taiao, and tackle climate change. Every project, big and small, includes resources to help you become climate resilient:
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We would love to share what you’re doing in ‘your places’ too, please contact: [email protected].