THREAD: Tomorrow's #RebuildingTogether Budget will be a defining moment for New Zealand, and for Jacinda Ardern's Govt because it will have impacts for generations to come.
#nzpol #budget2020 #GreenCovidResponse #BuildBackBetter #ClimateChange
greenpeace.org/new-zealand/ca…
#nzpol #budget2020 #GreenCovidResponse #BuildBackBetter #ClimateChange
greenpeace.org/new-zealand/ca…
We're looking for Govt to prioritise future-ready projects over 'shovel-ready' in the Covid recovery Budget. With unprecedented sums on the table, we have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get a jump on the other existential crises we face.
Jobs are a priority, but they need to be created in the right industries. We need more people working in growth areas like renewable energy, sustainable transport and #regenerativeagriculture, which have a clear future in a post-#Covid19 world.
There are vital choices to make now. We must build rail, not roads, and we must invest in renewable energy, not fossil fuels. We must invest in a shift to #regenerativeagriculture, not prop up old ways of farming that pollute our water and drive #climatechange emissions.
Here's some things we'd like to see in #Budget2020:
1. A $1 billion regenerative farming fund: new plant-based food factories and compost plants, as well as grant funding for farmers to take up regenerative techniques like agroforestry. greenpeace.org/new-zealand/st…
1. A $1 billion regenerative farming fund: new plant-based food factories and compost plants, as well as grant funding for farmers to take up regenerative techniques like agroforestry. greenpeace.org/new-zealand/st…
2. Significant investment in public and active transport: electric buses, trains and cycleways.
3. Support for home insulation, heat pumps, home solar and batteries and community wind.
4. Significant investments in conservation: pest eradication, native forest planting, including on erosion-prone land and riverbeds.
5. Investments in electric transport: rail, EV charging networks and introduction of the feebate scheme.
6. Upgrades to drinking and wastewater, including maintenance of natural infrastructure (e.g. wetland restoration and stream fencing).
7. Investments in domestic reuse, recycling and the circular economy (incl. a nationwide container deposit scheme) to combat plastic pollution.
Please unroll this for us @threadreaderapp
