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Submitted by Aaron Christian Kirk on Mon, 10/08/2009 - 18:28
As per Gareth's update on Facebook: BREAKING NEWS! Government announces a fully conditional 10-20% 2020 target.
From the release it notes that the target mentioned above "is an ... achievable goal." This, to say the least is what we want to be hearing from a Climate Minister who wants to participate in solving a global problem. Personally, this target is a less ambitious one, but conditional to New Zealand there is room for this number to increase.
I beg to ask the question, whether the aforementioned special Select Committee review will allow public submissions to be heard before them - that is our right isn't it? National's campaign pledges a long-term target of -50%.
Again I cannot stress how important it is and how great it would be to achieve 40%, by 2020, therefore making National's job easier in then dealing with only a further 10. It states on the Beehive website, that "New Zealand is prepared to do more if other countries do likewise". Looking at this subjectively, this statement indicates to me that 40% is not only achievable but is a reasonable number. Then again, why is the National government continuing to follow like lost sheeps on the issue of climate change or global warming? Be the leader of the pack!
STOP TEASING and DO what you know is right.
Sure the higher costs of abatement will take an affect in a variety of sectors but, compared to the loss of our clean green image, which no matter what people say is still a huge part of New Zealand's marketability - life, THE PEOPLE and living in an environmentally focused and organised country is way better than losing a few dollars here and there. Money isn't the priority of every New Zealander - you have to spend money to make money everyone knows this. I'm prepared to give all I can to bring about action. If additional taxation for addressing the issue of climate change is required, sign me up.
Just thinking about money, should MPs be charged for the amount of emmisions they use in their free travels on taxis, discounted air flights and so on? We'll talk more about that later I think :-).
Afterall taking action on climate change is for all of Aotearoa and the benefit of our whenua.
JOHN KEY - SIGN ON AT COPENHAGEN!
New post on Pundit.co.nz
Claire Browning from Pundit writes about the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS):
Fast followers: the government’s lead free pencil.
Extract:
The government does have a philosophy – a “fast follower” philosophy. But as it goes to and fro on its climate change policies, it's allowing other parties to take the lead. ... It all started with the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) review. The ETS badly needed a review, but the select committee’s terms of reference seemed to envisage a broader remit: second-guessing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and tabling options that included doing nothing. Finally, in March – as scientists reaffirmed that everything except the politics is happening further and faster than we thought – Nick Smith started saying climate change response was a government priority. By July, he felt able to take the big bold step of publicly confirming our government’s endorsement of anthropogenic global warming and IPCC mitigation targets.
Read more here.