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Gene Technology Bill Submission Greenpeace Aotearoa

In the early 2000s, the GE Free NZ movement successfully fended off the release of Genetically Engineered organisms into our food and the environment. We insisted on a precautionary approach…

Niamh O'Flynn

17 February 2025

Greenpeace Aotearoa Submission to the Board of Inquiry on GCSL’s resource consent applications to build and operate a waste-to-energy incinerator in Te Awamutu

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Plastics, Freshwater, Climate Change

Greenpeace Aotearoa Submission on GCSL’s resource consent applications to build and operate a waste-to-energy incinerator in Te Awamutu

This is a submission by Greenpeace Aotearoa on the publicly notified application by Global Contracting Solutions Limited (GCL) to establish and operate a waste-to-energy incineration power station in Te Awamutu.

Greenpeace Aotearoa

29 January 2025

Greenpeace opposes the Treaty Principles Bill in its entirety because we believe that protecting Te Tiriti is the responsibility of everyone who calls Aotearoa New Zealand home and because it is inextricably entwined with our mission to protect nature and peace. Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a “promise of two peoples to take the best possible care of each other.” Through it, Māori gave the Crown the authority to set up a government for her people who had settled or were to settle in Aotearoa while promising the protection of ongoing Māori sovereignty over their lands, territories and resources. It is a vital agreement for everyone who calls Aotearoa New Zealand home, and it is the responsibility of all New Zealanders to honour it. Since 1840, successive governments have breached that foundational agreement. The Treaty Principles have provided a framework to make progress in addressing those breaches and the painful truth of the history of colonisation, including its present-day impacts on both people and nature. This attempt by the ACT party to unilaterally rewrite these principles represents a huge backward step in the reconciliation of our nation and the coming together of our cultures. It should be rejected. Anyone who has been welcomed back to Aotearoa New Zealand, via the carved gateway (tomokanga) and birdsong at Auckland International Airport, will sense that this Bill strikes at the very heart of our identity as New Zealanders.

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AboutUs

Greenpeace Submission on the Treaty Principles Bill

Greenpeace opposes the Treaty Principles Bill in its entirety because we believe that protecting Te Tiriti is the responsibility of everyone who calls Aotearoa New Zealand home and because it…

Greenpeace Aotearoa

17 December 2024

The liquefied gas industry has always been an intrinsically dangerous business, and that's not changing. This report delves into the history of liquefied gas (LNG) accidents, highlighting lack of transparency, underestimated risks to human safety, and failing safety protocols.

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Oil&Gas

Explosive Truths: The Perils of LNG Fossil Gas

The liquefied gas industry has always been an intrinsically dangerous business, and that’s not changing. This report delves into the history of liquefied gas (LNG) accidents, highlighting lack of transparency,…

Nick Young

9 December 2024

A green turtle swims, right flipper reaching upwards, just above the seabed with light shining down through the water

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Oceans

How the Global Ocean Treaty can boost climate action

In December 2019, Greenpeace International released 30×30 In Hot Water: The climate crisis and the urgent need for ocean protection. This makes the scientific case for creating a network of marine…

Greenpeace International

22 October 2024

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Oceans

Achieving the 30×30 target through the Global Ocean Treaty

Through the Global Ocean Treaty, the global community can deliver the 30×30 target and ensure the long-term health and sustainability of the ocean beyond borders.

Greenpeace International

22 October 2024

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Seabed Mining, Oceans

Gambling with the deep sea: Those betting on mining the Arctic

The Norwegian government has announced a decision to open up a vast area of its continental shelf in the Norwegian and Greenland Seas to deep sea mining.

Greenpeace International

18 October 2024

Given that nearly half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, the main source of which is methane from the livestock sector, it is imperative for methane emission reduction to occur in this sector in order for New Zealand to achieve its climate commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement is our roadmap for a livable future for our children and grandchildren. Because climate change is truly an existential crisis, it requires all nations to do their part. Honouring our commitments to the Paris Agreement is essential if we are to avoid catastrophic impacts on our homes, health, livelihoods, critical infrastructure and ability to grow food. It is an obligation we have to future generations both here in Aotearoa New Zealand, in our neighbouring Pacific and across the Earth. The advice you provide in your report to the Government will inform our targets under the Paris Agreement. It will make or break our commitments. Our children’s future is in your hands. We are therefore very concerned that the Panel’s terms of reference explicitly require that our methane targets be reviewed in line with “no additional warming” as this would seriously undermine the Paris Agreement and climate action more generally. The concept of “no additional warming” is related to the model known as Global Warming Potential* (or GWP* for short). While GWP* can be a useful tool to track methane emissions variations over shorter timescales and to differentiate its impacts with longer-lived emissions, climate scientists have warned against its use as a metric to inform policies and mitigation actions corresponding to specific emission reduction targets for a number of reasons. Drawing from this scientific advice, we summarise our key concerns in this short submission under the following headings: Lowering climate ambition at the expense of the Paris Agreement Potential associated breaches of trade agreements We also provide a bibliography of references to scientific articles raising concerns about GWP*, which we encourage the Panel to go through in detail to inform your advice.

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Climate Change, Food&Farming

Greenpeace Submission to the Methane Review Panel on the Review of Methane Science and Target

Given that nearly half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, the main source of which is methane from the livestock sector, it is imperative for methane emission reduction to occur in this sector in order for New Zealand to achieve its climate commitments under the Paris Agreement.

Amanda Larsson

15 October 2024

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Climate Change, Food&Farming

REPORT: Turning down the heat

Pulling the climate emergency break on big meat and dairy

Nick Young

9 October 2024

Submission on the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill 2024

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Oil&Gas

Submission on the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill 2024

This egregious bill attempts to deepen the country’s dependence on fossil fuels. It removes the ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration permits, it weakens the financial security provisions…

Russel Norman

1 October 2024

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