All articles by Christine Rose
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IPCC report a wake-up call for Hipkins as climate election approaches
Greenpeace says that the latest report confirms the industrial drivers of climate change, its dire planetary impacts, and the urgent need for transformative action.
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Greenpeace ‘floods’ Fonterra’s Auckland HQ
The Fonterra corporate HQ in Auckland appears to be flooded this morning, and Greenpeace activists are piling flood-damaged household items on the dairy giant’s doorstep.
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Why Fonterra was targeted by the climate strike
On Friday thousands of us around Aotearoa, and around the world, marched for climate action and climate justice.
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Greenpeace slams Hipkins U-turn on climate and roading
Greenpeace says the decision by Prime Minister Chris Hipkins to reprioritise future transport budgets, away from walking, cycling and public transport, in order to pay for Cyclone Gabrielle road reconstruction,…
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Where’s the agriculture emissions plan?
As the country struggles to recover from climate-fuelled weather events like Cyclone Gabrielle, the Government has yet to come up with an effective plan to cut emissions from Aotearoa’s biggest…
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Greenpeace warns politicians to get ready for a climate election
Greenpeace Aotearoa is telling politicians to prepare themselves for a climate election.
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Greenpeace submission on the government’s agricultural emissions pricing consultation
Read Greenpeace's submission on the government's agricultural emissions pricing consultation
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He Waka Eke Noa fails to cut dairy emissions
Greenpeace Aotearoa says that even with amendments released today, the Government’s farmgate emissions pricing system known as He Waka Eke Noa will fail to cut climate emissions from agriculture, New Zealand's biggest polluter.
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Report shows tree planting no substitute for cutting dairy emissions
Greenpeace Aotearoa says that a new report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) shows New Zealand can’t plant its way out of climate pollution from intensive dairy. Instead, the Government has to act - and cut synthetic nitrogen fertiliser and reduce the dairy herd, for the sake of the climate and future generations.
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Greenwashed dairy cows on Parliament lawn highlight government inaction on climate
Greenpeace Aotearoa has brought a mock dairy herd to Parliament’s lawn to highlight the government’s use of greenwashing instead of real action on New Zealand’s biggest climate polluter: intensive dairy.