Voting to secure sustainable future for Aotearoa

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

Opinion

Fighting climate change is vital for a sustainable economy.

The vast majority (97 percent) of climate scientists agree that humans are causing global warming and climate change.

And despite much of the misinformation published here, the Greens are not the enemy.

The Green Party  manifesto begins: “Our vision is a climate-friendly Aotearoa that honours Te Tiriti and meets the needs of everyone within the boundaries of the planet so that we and the rest of nature can thrive.”

We are proud of the progress we have made. Over the last six years, we have taken more action on climate change than the previous three decades of governments combined.

During the same period Labour declared a National Climate emergency, passed the Zero Carbon Act, banned new offshore oil and gas exploration, made electric vehicles more affordable, backed businesses to switch away from fossil fuels, invested in clean technology, and lots more.

Voting begins next Monday. and again I remind readers: climate change is the defining issue of our time and we are at a defining moment. From shifting weather patterns that threaten food production, to rising sea levels that increase the risk of catastrophic flooding, the impacts of climate change are global in scope and unprecedented in scale.

So please remember this and vote for a Labour/Green government. It is so important  to secure a sustainable future.

BOB HUGHES