As part of its budget update on Wednesday, Minister of Finance Grant Robertson announced that the Government has created a $4.5 billion Climate Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for the Budget…
"The current government must establish cohesive and holistic policies that are led in partnership with tangata whenua, local councils and communities, so that we are able to achieve these targets.”
This is our chance to have a say about how we would like to see Aotearoa reach its climate targets within the next 15 years.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have released their most comprehensive report on the physical science of climate change to date. This report is the result of three years…
Marine conservation non-profit Our Seas Our Future (OSOF) welcomes the Government’s announcement on Sunday confirming the phase out of more single-use plastics, but is disappointed by the time frame of…
Marine conservation non-profit Our Seas Our Future (OSOF), has today launched a new petition, calling for the protection of at least 30 percent of our oceans by 2030, or 30…
Marine conservation non-profit Our Seas Our Future (OSOF),strongly supports a plan to prohibit filters in smoked tobacco products, as included in the Government’s proposed Smokefree 2025 Action Plan. As well…
Our Seas Our Future (OSOF) welcomed the opportunity to comment on the Climate Change Commission’s (CCC) 2021 Draft Advice. As the CCC acknowledged in its report, Aotearoa is not doing…
We want the New Zealand Government to phase out Single-Use Priority (SUP)** items by 2023. The Government has indicated that these SUP items are next to be phased out, however…
Our Seas Our Future welcomes yesterday’s release of the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature and urges Kiwi leaders to pledge their commitment to nature and take action on their campaign promises. …
The policy recognises the need to address some of the big problems that face our marine environment, in New Zealand and globally but it needs to be backed-up by action…
Our Seas Our Future welcomes today’s Government’s announcement by Minister Sage of a plan to phase out more single-use and problem plastics to reduce waste and protect the environment. Our…