An iwi leader is suing the government over its "failure" to act fast enough on climate change.
Climate change iwi leaders group chair Mike Smith, from Ngā Puhi and Ngāti Kuri, made the announcement he was taking the government to court at today's release of the Interim Climate Change Commission report.
Mr Smith said he wanted the government to declare it would halve greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, and eliminate them by 2050.
Posted on - 2019-07-16Lawmakers backed the German politician as European Commission president by a slim majority on Tuesday, after she met calls to strengthen climate ambition.
The European Parliament confirmed Ursula von der Leyen as the first women president of the European Commission in a nail-biting vote on Tuesday that put climate change centre stage.
The German former defence minister scraped the majority she needed, with 383 votes to 327. Both the liberal Renew Europe and the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) groups announced they would back her nomination less than an hour before the secret ballot started.
Climate change played a decisive role after liberal, socialist and green blocs all demanded von der Leyen strengthen her climate platform as a condition for their support.
Posted on - 2019-07-16A group of families - including one from Fiji - are appealing against the decision to reject their attempt to sue the European Union over its climate targets.The 'People's Climate Case', as it has been dubbed, was thrown out in April by the General Court of the European Union, which said individuals didn't have the right to challenge the bloc's environmental plans.
Posted on - 2019-07-15