We've heard a lot from various corners of government on climate change this term about aiming for 1.5 degrees, being a good Pacific neighbour, nuclear free moment etc. So how is our Paris Agreement target for 2030 aligned with those aims? A thread /1

https://twitter.com/oxfamnz/status/1306040055589289985

/2 The first critical thing is which pathway for 1.5 degrees do we choose? The one with no or low overshoot, or one with high overshoot that could set off devastating feedback loops, and that relies on speculative, expensive and rights-breaching carbon capture technology.

Historic moment, and a huge step-up for the country. Now continues the work to actually cut our pollution, and do that in a transformative and just way.

But this is a huge win for so many people that have driven this from a concept to piece of legislation. Some listed below 1/7

https://twitter.com/NZGreens/status/1192300615302447104

First and foremost @GenZeroNZ :
Back in the day, @realpaulyoung with the original concept for the law in 'The Big Ask' report, and Jamie for all the policy heavy lifting once it was a Bill
@LisaMcLaren2013 for the immense effort coordinating the campaign the whole way 2/7

Great to see some political intent behind framing the climate crisis strongly from @AklCouncil. Look forward to seeing how that translates into decision-making. As to what that could look like - a thread: 1/6
ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/articles/news/… 1 +ve of this is requirement for climate impact statements on all council reports. Like Maori impact statements, will force decision-makers to turn minds to this. Disappointing that requiring this of CCOs was not taken up; @AklTransport decisions have huge climate impacts 2/6