Climate Change
Executive Summary
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges Aotearoa and Te Ao Māori will
ever face. It poses an existential threat to our culture, our whakapapa, and the
environment that sustains us, including the taonga that make up our indigenous
biodiversity.
The protection of Papatūānuku cannot be achieved without indigenous
leadership and knowledge, or the recognition of indigenous rights. In Aotearoa
that means that whānau, hapū and iwi must be at the forefront of climate action
and the solutions must be our own.
This is an ambitious plan for climate action that recognises the size and scale of
the challenges that we face and sets out how Te Ao Māori can contribute to
mitigating the worst impacts of the climate crisis while also adapting to the
reality of our already-changing climate and embracing environmental protection
and restoration as an opportunity to ensure our whānau have what they need to
thrive.
Te Pāti Māori will:
* End new onshore oil and gas permits and withdraw existing onshore
and offshore oil and gas permits within five years and aim to
decommission sites by 2030
* Ban seabed mining permits nationwide and withdraw existing seabed
mining permits
* Establish $1bn Pūngao Auaha clean energy fund
* Introduce a national Māori strategy for renewable energy and clean
technology
* Establish $300m Mātai Ahuwhenua agricultural innovation and support
fund
* Immediately bring methane emissions from agriculture into the ETS
* Phase out synthetic nitrogen fertiliser
* Renew the Jobs for Nature programme, and prioritise pest control
* Implement Taiao Jobs Guarantee to ensure everyone can get a job in
clean economy
* Introduce free public transport
* Create a targeted scheme to incentivise low-income and rural whānau
to purchase electric and low emissions vehicles
* Establish $100m Māori Taiao Relief Fund
* Establish a Māori National Service Defence framework
* Set up an equity-based adaptation fund for people who are uninsure
* Ensure Aotearoa plays a greater role in supporting Pasifika leaders on
the world stage through aggressive diplomatic efforts