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More public buildings will be supported by the Government to upgrade to run on clean energy, the Minister for Climate Change James Shaw announced today.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

Parliament is leading by example by taking action to cut its carbon footprint by installing solar and improving energy efficiency, the Minister for Climate Change, James Shaw said today.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

Schools across Aotearoa New Zealand will be supported by the Government to upgrade to run on clean energy, the Minister for Climate Change James Shaw announced today.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

New Zealand will be the first country in the world to require the financial sector to report on climate risks, the Minister for Climate Change James Shaw announced today.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

More than 200 construction jobs will be secured in Taranaki through Government funding for a school expansion project, the Associate Minister of Finance, James Shaw said today.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Finance

Getting low-emission trucks on the road is a step closer with investment in infrastructure to support hydrogen vehicles, the Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods has announced.

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

The release of the National Climate Change Risk Assessment shows that the progress this Government has made to solve the climate crisis is essential to creating cleaner and safer communiti

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

This Government has today become the first in the world to outline a set of standards to guide the use of algorithms by public agencies.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Statistics

New Zealand’s state sector has taken another important step towards a clean energy future, the Minister for Climate Change James Shaw said today as he announced six new projects that will be supported by the Government’s clean-powered public service fund.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

A new programme, which sets a firm course for the Building and Construction sector to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, has been announced by the Minister for Building and Construction Jenny Salesa.

  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • Hon James Shaw
  • Building and Construction
  • Climate Change

Minister for Climate Change, James Shaw today welcomed the decision of New Zealand Green Investment Finance (NZGIF) to support projects that will cut emissions at Wellington’s port.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

New Zealand now has one of the world’s most ambitious frameworks for tackling the climate crisis, the Minister for Climate Change James Shaw said after the Emissions Trading Reform Bill passed through Parliament this afternoon.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

The Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will finally start to cut New Zealand’s greenhouse gas pollution as it was originally intended to, because of changes announced today by the Minister for Climate Change, James Shaw.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

Ensuring that Stats NZ’s direction and strategy best supports government policy decisions will be a key focus for a new Governance Advisory Board announced today by the Minister for Statistics, James Shaw.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Statistics

Investments to both save and create jobs in Budget 2020 mean unemployment can be back to pre COVID-19 levels within two years and could see the economy growing again as early as next year.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon James Shaw
  • Prime Minister
  • Deputy Prime Minister

Minister for Climate Change James Shaw has asked the independent Climate Change Commission to review New Zealand’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

Government Ministers today welcomed the release of an official statistical report highlighting the key issues affecting our rivers, lakes, streams, catchments and aquifers.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Hon James Shaw
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Climate Change
  • Conservation
  • Environment

New Zealand is making limited progress to reduce its emissions, but not nearly quickly enough, the Minister for Climate Change, James Shaw, said today in response to the release of the latest annual inventory of New Zealand’s greenhouse gases.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

The Coalition Government has launched the most significant peace-time economic plan in modern New Zealand history to cushion the impact of COVID-19 in the fight to support Kiwis’ jobs and the domestic economy from the virus.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon James Shaw
  • Prime Minister
  • Deputy Prime Minister

Supporting New Zealand to make most of digital and data driven technologies will be the focus of a new Digital Council that begins its work today.

  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Hon James Shaw
  • Government Digital Services
  • Statistics

Our Government’s programme to upgrade infrastructure and modernise the economy will help more communities to be part of the solution to climate change through a clean-powered public service.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

Roads, rail, schools and hospitals will be built and upgraded across the country under the $12 billion New Zealand Upgrade Programme announced today, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon James Shaw
  • Prime Minister
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Climate Change

A new Ministry of Education resource available for schools in 2020 will increase awareness and understanding of climate change, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change
  • Education

It’s great to see ordinary New Zealanders doing extraordinary things, Minister for Climate Change James Shaw today said in response to the news that Lisa McLaren is included in the New Year 2020 Honours List for her exceptional work leading the campaign for the Zero Carbon Bill.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change