Martha Jeffries

New Zealand government sued over ‘dangerously inadequate’ emissions reduction plan Exclusive: In the first legal challenge to the plan, top climate lawyers claim the government relies too heavily on forestry and failed to consult the public

New Zealand: so clean and green we’re being sued for climate failure.

Under law, the gov must have a credible emissions plan. But they:

🚫 Scrapped 35 policies
🌲 Chose offsets over real cuts
🤫 Hid 95% of the plan
When govs won’t act, people sue.

🔗 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

While the world sprints toward clean energy NZ just hitched its economic wagon to a 19th-century coal cart and called it realism. In The Post, I unpack the magical thinking behind scrapping climate policy and doubling down on fossil fuels.
🔥 Read here: www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3607...