The government’s dismantling of climate laws breaks years of cross-party agreement
- Written by Barry Barton, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
Just as world leaders gather for this year’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil, the government’s announcement of its intention to significantly change New Zealand’s climate change law upends years of cross-party consensus.
All of the proposals pose serious problems, but the change to the zero-carbon provisions in the Climate Change...





