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Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor, Climate Change Minister James Shaw and visiting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte co-hosted a business roundtable in Auckland this morning focused on work

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Hon James Shaw
  • Agriculture
  • Climate Change

Climate Change Minister James Shaw has today announced the appointment of Dr Rod Carr as Chair-designate for the Climate Change Commission.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

New Zealand is today taking action to reduce the potent global warming hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) gases, Climate Minister James Shaw and Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage announced today.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Climate Change
  • Environment

Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says a slew of new research projects will boost New Zealand’s world-leading efforts to help farmers understand and mitigate the effects of climate change.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Hon James Shaw
  • Agriculture
  • Climate Change

Statistics Minister James Shaw has welcomed the first release of 2018 Census data.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Statistics

Ministerial Diary August 2019

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  • Hon James Shaw

Climate Change Minister James Shaw has today released the framework for assessing climate change risks in Aotearoa. 

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

Minister for Climate Change James Shaw has today released New Zealand’s first national guidance for local businesses to voluntarily offset their emissions.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

Minister for Climate Change James Shaw has welcomed Barbados Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Hon. Kirk Humphrey, to New Zealand for discussions with the Government on a range of bilateral and multilateral issues.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

The creation of an entity to provide political parties with independent and non-partisan policy costings is a step closer today, according to Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Associate Finance Minister James Shaw.

  • Hon Grant Robertson
  • Hon James Shaw
  • Finance

In accepting the findings of the independent review into last year’s Census, the Minister of Statistics has pointed to the review’s findings that the most important statistical information regarding population coverage is better than previous census surveys have achieved.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Statistics

The Minister for Climate Change and the Associate Minister of Health have congratulated the winners of this year’s Enviro-Mark Solutions Awards for their outstanding work in reducing carbon emissions.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Hon Julie Anne Genter
  • Climate Change
  • Health

Climate Change Minister James Shaw has today released the Government’s Climate Action Plan in response to the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into the low emissions economy.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

Ministerial Diary July 2019

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  • Hon James Shaw

A third set of fixes to the ETS has been made as the Government continues its work with industry to reach our climate change goals, Climate Change Minister James Shaw and Forestry Minister Shane Jones said.

  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change
  • Forestry

The Minister for Climate Change has welcomed today’s report from Transpower examining New Zealand’s future energy options.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

The Government has welcomed Danone’s announcement today of a $40 million investment into making its Balclutha milk powder plant carbon neutral.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Hon James Shaw
  • Agriculture
  • Climate Change

The Minister for Climate Change has welcomed a new and stronger pledge from the Climate Leaders Coalition (CLC) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with what’s needed to limit warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

There is still time for people who want to play a critical role in Aotearoa New Zealand’s climate change action to put their names forward for the independent Climate Change Commission, says the Minister for Climate Change.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

The Government has welcomed Fonterra’s commitment today to speed up its transition away from using coal.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change
  • Energy and Resources

The Government has reached an historic consensus with farming leaders to implement farm-level pricing of climate change emissions from the agriculture sector by 2025; signalling a strong commitment from the Government and farming leadership to cooperate in order to tackle climate change, announced the Minister for Climate Change, James Shaw.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Hon James Shaw
  • Agriculture
  • Climate Change

Ministerial Diary June 2019

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  • Hon James Shaw

The Minister for Climate Change is welcoming a Statistics New Zealand report on how emissions are tracking across the economy.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change