Budget 2025 has put our climate targets in serious jeopardy, says the Green Party.

“Today the Government has done even worse than deny or delay climate action - they’ve actively chosen to pour gas on the fire,” says Green Party Co-Leader and spokesperson for Climate, Chlöe Swarbrick.

“The Government is setting $200 million of our public money on fire to support fossil fuel executives' profit, handing a lifeline to a sunset industry, instead of investing in real, resilient, renewable energy.

“They have the gall to call themselves ‘responsible economic managers’ while leaving us vulnerable to paying out billions in climate liabilities for failing to meet the Paris Agreement, which they also consistently act to push further out of reach.

“Our communities are confronted with ‘one in one hundred year’ climate change charged weather events year on year. The climate crisis is here. The measure of how much worse things get is the Government's willingness to act.

“Christopher Luxon knows all of this and has said, ‘yeah, nah’ to a liveable future for all. New Zealanders need to know that this is not inevitable.

“The Greens have shown how we can reduce climate-changing emissions five times faster than the Government’s plan, while reducing the cost of living, and improving the quality of life.

“Time and again, this Government shows us whose side they’re on, and it’s not that of regular people, future generations or the planet we all share,” says Chlöe Swarbrick.

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