Increase incentives to electrify houses, industries and transport
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Environment
The current government has drafted a replacement to the Resource Management Act and established “Fast-track” consent for major projects, saying it is important to balance economic needs with protecting the environment. About a third of NZ is public land, and debates about hunting access and economic activity in these areas have been prominent in the last three years. Meanwhile, agricultural emissions are not treated like other industrial emissions - yet the climate crisis continues to exacerbate natural disasters in Aotearoa and beyond.
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Phase out inshore bottom-trawling by 2030 and make fishing more sustainable
Retain the Climate Change Commission
Strengthen the Emissions Trading Scheme and include agriculture
Increase NZ's marine reserves to 30 percent of our ocean territory, and protect coastal habitats
Recognise introduced game species in law
Increase access for hunting on conservation land
Offer government backed long-term loans for home batteries and solar installations
Establish a government backed clean energy loan scheme
Create a job guarantee programme for jobs focused on ecosystem regeneration
Repeal the Fast-track Approvals Act
Ensure agriculture is not part of the emissions trading scheme
Increase support for businesses and households from the emissions trading scheme
Repeal the Zero Carbon Act and NZ's net zero goal
Provide loans for people to purchase solar set-ups for their homes
Review the Emissions Trading Scheme
Continue support for the Paris Agreement, Antarctic Treaty and other international institutions
Establish a national energy independence plan
Assert tino rangatiratanga over freshwater
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